A Smart City Is An Open City - Tom Heath

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Dr Tom Heath

Head of Research, Open Data Institute


@tommyh

A smart city is an open city

Open data
Open standards
Open infrastructure
Open culture
Open for everyone

People-centred
outcomes,
not technology solutions

What does a smart city


mean to you?
Choose one outcome

What we chose
Greater agency over our own
surroundings
All actors taking their share of
responsibility
Optimum connectivity
(human, physical)

What we chose
Humans not HGVs
Ensuring community spaces
benefit everyone
Raising your kids in the area
you've lived for 15 years

The technocratic vision


alone wont get us there
So what will?

Your brief for today


Use your:
talks
questions
discussions
to help us shape the answer

http://theodi.org/smart-cities
@tommyh | tom.heath@theodi.org

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