Alex Gluhak presented on Digital Catapult's work accelerating IoT innovation in the UK. Digital Catapult combines technology and business expertise to apply R&D and accelerate economic growth. They are working on several initiatives including a London-wide LoRaWAN network and innovation programs in multiple UK regions to support local IoT sector growth and development of new IoT products and services from UK SMEs. Gluhak discussed several partner organizations and outlined Digital Catapult's vision of a national LPWAN network and IoT innovation ecosystem in the UK.
3. • Applied R&D to accelerate economic growth and
productivity for the UK
• Combines tech and business expertise
• A not-for-profit, private limited company
• Completely neutral
DIGITAL CATAPULT
4. LOW POWER WIDE AREA NETWORKS (LPWAN)
Providing long range low bandwidth
connectivity for many devices
Low power operation up to 10 years
on batteries
Deep indoor penetration
Low connectivity cost (~1£/dev/year)
or infrastructure costs
[Source: Infoholics Research, 2016]
5. IS THE UK FALLING BEHIND?
France (Orange, Bouygues)
Belgium (Proximus)
Netherlands (KPN)
Swiss (Swisscom)
US (Senet)
India (Tata Communications)
Korea (SK Telecom)
Japan (Softbank)
….
National Rollouts
6. ….THE UK INDUSTRY IS FALLING BEHIND
FR
54%
US
10%
ES
9%
BE
6%
UK
4%
IT
3%
NL
3% OTHER
11%
Number of LPWAN module and device manufacturers
8. INNOVATION PROGRAMME
1) Lower barrier of tech access 3) Lower barrier of market access2) Lower barrier of innovation
LPWAN test
network
Tutorial/Training
Device eco-system
Environment for
App enablement
Partner network
opportunity
Challenge sponsors
(demand side)
Community
platform
Challenge based
open calls
Skill-up workforce
Knowledge transfer
Business modelling
support
Commercial
prototype support
9. THINGS CONNECTED LONDON PARTNERS
Programme delivery
SME innovation support
Research
Knowledge transfer
Work force skill-up
Node-hosting
App Enablement Knowledge partner
Certification &
testingLORA net provider
10. THINGS CONNECTED LONDON NETWORK
London wide LoRaWAN deployment
covering M25 boundary by March 2017
Launched open call Sep 2016 with 80+
expressions of interests, mainly SMEs
LPWAN London community of more than
350+ entrepreneurs
First cohort of 20 UK SMEs on-boarded
onto our network and programme
Coverage end of 2016
11. LoRaWAN USE CASES
20+ products and service developed and piloted on top of our London network
12. BEYOND LONDON
Six new UK LPWAN innovation hubs accelerating 60 SMEs for up to 1 year
Cambridge Wireless
Cambridge
ADI UK
Bradford
HBB
Bristol
Hartree Center (STFC)
Daresbury
Sensor City Liverpool
Liverpool
AB Open
Halifax / Calder Valley
13. THINGS CONNECTED BRISTOL
LoRaWAN
BRISTOL
Core delivery partners
Bristol Is Open
Supporting eco-system
End of Feb
3rd March
17th March
Online application
closes
Pitch Day Competition
Watershed, Bristol
Interviews (1hr)
6th March
16th March
10 SME winners
announced
2017
Details: https://hbb.org.uk/iotuk-boost/
Contact: John Bradford
44. • 30% of city congestion is from vehicles looking for parking.
• £760m parking fines issued to UK drivers 2016.
• 10% of vehicle emissions come from looking for parking.
• 40,000 UK deaths each year attributed to poor air quality.
• 20% of all Freedom of Information (FOI’s) requests are parking
related.
THE FACTS
“If you reduce congestion by 10%. You can increase GDP by
2%.
That would inject another £6.5Bn into London alone.”
62. Bristol is Open (BIO) is delivering programmable digital infrastructure, to
facilitate R&D, innovation and experimentation at a city scale.
A joint venture between the University of Bristol and Bristol City Council, BIO is a
unique combination of advanced infrastructure and an experimentation platform.
Collaborating with an ecosystem of academics, corporate partners, SMEs, and
the citizens and communities of Bristol, BIO facilitates experimentation, exploring
the development of software, applications and services.
78. We have an agnostic test bed
for smart city technology, you
will be able to bring any
technology to the BIO platform
to experiment with
What are the a challenges
though?
We will want to hear from you
as our platform develops
87. 5G & BIO
• UK Government describe 5G as a
‘network of networks’ combining
Optics and Wireless. Delivering
seamless wireless access to
fast, reliable and high capacity
broadband:
– Determined to be at the leading
edge of the 5G revolution
– Looking to focus support on 5G
and integrated fibre trials
– Seeking locally led ‘use cases’
• Bristol / BIO / University of
Bristol uniquely positioned to be
at forefront:
– Dedicated fibre and wireless R&D
testbed across the city
– World Class academic research
@ UoB
– An existing programme of EU
research associated to 5G
– Working with an ecosystem of
corporates & SMEs
– Collaborating with other leading
centres in UK and beyond
89. As well as technology and
networking, we are also
looking for use cases:
- Energy
- Mobility / Transport
- Air & Water quality
- Security / video analytics
- Health
- Public Services
- Buildings
- ……..
93. @jukesie | mySociety Venturefest | 3 February 2017
Our mission
mySociety is a notforprofit social enterprise
with a mission to invent and popularise digital tools
that enable citizens to exert power
over institutions and decision makers.
102. Four simple steps
1. Enter a postcode
2. View the map
3. Make a report
4. Send to the council
@jukesie | mySociety Venturefest | 3 February 2017
103. Available on the move
Our web service is beautifully
responsive and works across
desktop, tablet and mobile as
standard.
Or we can offer you a branded
mobile application currently
available for both iOS and Android.
Most people use the website, but in
some cases up to a third of all
reports are reported via our mobile
apps.
@jukesie | mySociety Venturefest | 3 February 2017
107. Security Scenario in a Smart Stadium
107
Dynamically reconfigure network resources
to handle high priority services (e.g. emergencies)
Configuration 1
Universal Wi-Fi internet
access to all spectators
Configuration 2
Security personnel
access only
112. Bristol Is Open: Joint Venture between Council & University
Provides the city
infrastructure
Provides the SDN/NFV
technology
Bristol Is Open Network
Powered by Zeetta Networks!
113. REPLICATE – Smart City
€25m Smart City HORIZON2020 Project
Zeetta’s NetOS® orchestrates city infrastructure
113
Leading Cities Following Cities
http://replicate-project.eu/
114. Thank You!
For more information please contact: Vassilis Seferidis
Email: vassilis@zeetta.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 7917 303 903
119. We convene businesses,
universities and city leaders so
that they can work with each
other to solve the problems that
cities face, now and in the
future.
120. In the process we grow the UK
economy and make the country
a destination for urban
innovation
121. OUR URBAN
FUTURE
1950
746m
30% of total population
TODAY
3.8bn
54% of total population
2050
6.3bn
66% of total population
TOTAL POPULATION
2.52bn
TOTAL POPULATION
7bn
122. THE UK IS
PERFECTLY
PLACED TO HELP
With world-class architects,
academics, engineers,
developers, designers and
planners, the nation is home to
the talent required to transform
urban spaces.
We’re helping businesses,
universities and cities to
overcome urban challenges.
123. THE CATAPULT
FAMILY
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
DIGITAL
London
FUTURE CITIES
London
CELL AND GENE
THERAPY
London
SATELLITE
APPLICATIONS
Oxford
• Closing the gap between
concept &
commercialisation
• Unlocking opportunity &
reducing innovation risk
• Ten world-leading
innovation centres
ENERGY SYSTEMS
Birmingham
PRECISION MEDICINE
Cambridge
125. • We convene businesses,
universities, investors, innovators
and cities.
• We test and develop new products
and services to accelerate them to
market.
• We enable the adoption of
innovations in cities around the
world.
128. ADVANCE INNOVATION
50+ 4000+ 4
ACADEMIC
COLLABORATIONS
GUESTS THROUGH
THE URBAN
INNOVATION CENTRE
IN CLERKENWELL
DEMONSTRATOR
PROJECTS –
TESTING
TECH ON THE
GROUND IN CITIES
129. GROWING UK COMPANIES
39+ 210+ 15+
PROJECTS WITH
BUSINESSES
INCLUDING SMES
SME ENGAGEMENTS PROJECTS
SUPPORTING
EXPORTS ON 4
CONTINENTS
130. MAKE CITIES BETTER
42 4 8
CITY STANDARDS
INSTITUTE MEMBERS
NEW CITY
STANDARDS
PUBLISHED OR IN
DEVELOPMENT WITH
THE BRITISH
STANDARDS
INSTITUTION
CITY DATA AND
MODELLING
PROJECTS
132. Header
CAPSTONE
• Future Cities Catapult is
helping to develop the legacy
of the Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park.
• Working with Intel Labs
Europe, Imperial College and
University College London,
we're developing and
deploying technologies to
enhance visitors’ experience
• Our aim is to ensure the park
becomes renowned as a
hotbed for innovation and
cutting edge technology.
133. Header
LIF
E
• The Life First Emergency Traffic
Control (LIFE) project aims to
reduce the time taken by
ambulances to reach critically ill
patients
• The project is funded by
Innovate UK, and delivered by
FCC in partnership with Red
Ninja, the Transport Systems
Catapult and DINNIQ
• Our role is to identify the main
issues around delays, so we
can accurately define the
challenge and shape a suitable
response.
134. Header
CITIES STANDARDS INSTITUTE
• A world-class partnership
between Future Cities Catapult
and the British Standards
Institute for the creation of
smart city standards
• CSI is a membership
programme bringing together
city stakeholders including
councilors, academics and
businesses
• Our standards are already being
used internationally. The two
standards delivered to date are
being included in ISO
standards, via the 268
Committee on Smart and
Sustainable Cities
135.
136.
137. EXPORTING
INNOVATION
Our urban future is a global
phenomenon, so we’re working
hard to take the best new
technologies and services from the
UK to cities across the globe.
138. Header
DUBAI
• We’re helping Dubai to
achieve
it’s ambition of becoming the
happiest city in the world
• Becoming a smarter city is
one
of our key strategies for
making Dubai happier
• We’ve suggested 36 actions
city authorities can take to
make Dubai smarter and
happier
139. NEW TOWN
KOLKATA
We’ve been working with key
stakeholders in New Town
Kolkata to help it develop a
roadmap rooted in local
needs and strategic
priorities.
140.
141.
142. WORKING WITH
SMEs
We work with small and medium sized
businesses to connect them to the
cities market, help them share
information on the latest topics, trends
and opportunities in the world of urban
innovation
143. DISCOVER
Lunchtime lecture series, coffee
mornings, workshops, cities immersion
day
CONNECT Speed networking, Third Thursday,
one-to-one sessions, urban
innovation showcase
COLLABORATE Research & Development bids,
commercial opportunities, open
calls, co-working space
144. Interested in what
we’re doing?
Want to
collaborate on a
project?
Want to work with
us?
Visit our website
www.futurecities.catapult.org.uk
Follow us on Twitter
@FutureCitiesCat
Connect with us on LinkedIn