Presentation on the Future City Programme and building IoT solutions in Milton Keynes. Presented by Sarah Gonsalves, Head of Policy at Milton Keynes Council, at Local Digital Futures: The Internet of Things & Local Public Services on 8 June 2015 in London.

1. Sarah Gonsalves
Head of Policy
Milton Keynes Council
MILTON KEYNES
Future City Programme –
Building IoT Solutions

2. A Planned New City
70,000
260,000

3. Milton Keynes Growth 2010-2026 – infrastructure challenges
• 28,000 new homes
• 1.5 jobs per home
• Population grows to 300,000+
Travel demand increase of 60%
but
practical capacity improvements
address only 25% increase
Energy and water demand and
infrastructure challenges
Reduce carbon emissions per person by 40% (2010 – 2020)

4. MK Future City: Programme Objectives
The Metropolitan Century , OECD, February 2015
• Address barriers to sustainable housing
and jobs growth
— manage infrastructure pressures
— create new service models
— reduce carbon emissions
• Improve the lives of citizens
— responsive/bespoke services
— engaged citizens
— education and skills
• Build leadership in urban innovation
— foster innovation & business growth
— attract investment
— enhance reputation

5. Milton Keynes Future City: Innovation Cluster
Satellite
Applications
Internet of
Things City
Network
Smart Waste
Smart Homes
Electric
Mobility
Intelligent and
on-demand
mobility
Smart Grid & Energy
MK:Smart City Data Hub

6. An integrated innovation and support programme
leveraging large scale city data to drive economic growth
MK:SMART PROGRAMME
• Open and collaborative
• Reduced barriers to innovate
• Information as an asset
• City wide: distributed and scalable
• Chargeable services

7. Internet of Things – Experimental Sensor Networks
MESH
UNB
MK Datahub
Analytics
Integration
Curation
Storage
Import
SENSORS NETWORKS DATA HUB & APPLICATIONS
TVWS

8. Sensor & Data Networks
Car parking
Traffic flows Water meters
Low Power Wide
Area Network
Local Area
Networks
Environmental Sensors

9. Recycling collection use case

10. Sensor deployments
Soil
moisture
sensors Water
moisture
dashboard
Presence sensors

11. Satellite Data: Urban Planning

12. LUTZ Autopods
Sensors on
Autopods – lidar
and stereo
cameras – create
digital 3-d
picture of the
environment in
which they
operate

13. • Focus on city challenges & use cases
• Overarching vision/framework
• Strategic focus plus open innovation
• Eco-system of partners and core
capabilities
• City-scale functionality & integration
• Culture
- align interests
- co-production
- ease of access & engagement
Components of success

14. Energy
Waste
Telecommunications
Water
PolicingandEmergency
Educationandtraining
Health
Transport
Socialservices
Planningandbuilding
Financeandeconomy
Environmentalservices
Education
Outreach
Citizens Enterprises
Datahub and network infrastructure
Charities
SMEs
Community
groups
Citizens
Universities
Start ups
Social
entrepreneurs
Corporate
enterprises
Grow
sustainability
of local economy
Innovation in city
services
P o l i c y a n d g o v e r n a n c e f r a m e w o r k
CHALLENGES
• Investable business
models
• Delivery of benefits at
scale
• Expanding use cases
across more services
• Sustainability of core
capabilities
• Attraction of new
enterprises
SUCCESS FACTORS
• R&D/Innovation Funding
• Experimentation &
demonstration
• Strategic focus plus open
innovation
• Eco-system of partners &
city-scale capabilities
• Culture
- collaborative
- ease of engagement
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Summary overview