FUTURE CITIES
CATAPULT
REMOVING BARRIERS AND
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES
DR CATHY MULLIGAN, HEAD OF DIGITAL STRATEGY AND
ECONOMICS
RESEARCH FELLOW, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
@API_ECONOMICS

W H O W E A R E & W H A T W E
D O
2
THE
CATAPULT
FAMILY
SEVEN WORLD-LEADING
INNOVATION CENTRES
MAKING CONCEPTS COMMERCIAL
TAKING UK INNOVATIONS TO
THE REST OF THE WORLD
OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY
Glasgow
HIGH VALUE MANUFACTURING
AFRC - Strathclyde
CPI - Wilton/Sedgefield
AMRC & NAMRC - Rotherham
WMG - Coventry
MTC - Ansty
NCC - Bristol
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
Milton Keynes
CONNECTED DIGITAL
ECONOMY
London
FUTURE CITIES
London
CELL THERAPY
London
SATELLITE APPLICATIONS
London

THE FUTURE
IS URBAN

OVERWHELMING PRESSURE TO
DO MORE WITH LESS
INCREASING
POPULATION
HIGHER
INEQUALITY
RESOURCE
PRESSURES
+
+

…BUT
IT FACES
CHALLENGES
THE
FUTURE
IS URBAN…

MARKET
DEVELOPMENT
AND / OR
CREATION IS
NOT SIMPLE

FACILITIES
CENTRAL LONDON
INNOVATION
CENTRE
Housing our Cities Lab:
a facility for business,
SMEs, cities to do data
analytics, modelling,
visualisation
To provide evidence,
support innovation &
help unlock the market

BUILDING DIGITAL
STRATEGY IN CITIES
• Building a series of demonstrator test-
beds in cities
• Creating the world’s first database of
economic impact of ICT in cities
• Proving the market exists and that the
economics are viable for SMEs and cities
alike

MARKET
CREATION IN
THREE
(RELATIVELY)
SIMPLE
STEPS

1. Digital Economy
Fundamentals
3. Global
DEMAND-DRIVEN
Standards
2. Appropriate,
correctly targeted
Technologies
Market
Build the right
business case
Build the right
ecosystem
Build the right
stuff

THANK-YOU
@API_ECONOMICS