1525 tech companies, directly employing over 53,000 people, with a combined turnover of over £11.8 billion Cambridge files more patents per head of population than the next ten highest UK cities combined Grown ten £1 billion-pound businesses (and one $20bn business) from scratch.

2. “Cambridge is a city of considerable magic”
Lewis Herbert – City Council Leader
• 1525 tech companies, directly employing
over 53,000 people, with a combined
turnover of over £11.8 billion
• Cambridge files more patents per head of
population than the next ten highest UK
cities combined
• Grown ten £1 billion-pound businesses (and
one $20bn business) from scratch.
Economic Success – Cambridge
Phenomenon
Educational Success
In 2012, the student population was
estimated at 29,087
Tourism
4.5 million People visit
Cambridge each year
Quality of Life
• 743.59 hectares of protected open
space
• Highest rate of cycling per head in UK
• 1,500 listed buildings; 13,000
properties in 11 conservation areas –
Quality built environment
• Arts and Culture

3. Challenges
Growth - 2031
•Approx. 33,000 new houses
•Population increase of approx. 50,000 people
•44,000 new jobs
•Constrained City
Ageing Population
•By 2022, Cambridgeshire social services expect more than 3,000
people aged over 90 and an additional 4,500 aged between 75
and 90.
Reducing Budgets
•£115m in last 3 years, another £121.4 million over next 5 yrs –
overall budget of £1.3b over the whole County (680,000 pop)

4. ‘Wicked Problems’
• Transport
• Congestion – increasing pressure on the network
• Already high levels of cycling/public transport use
• Health and Social Care
• Ageing population
• Increases in demand as Cambridge grows
• Pressure on budgets
• Energy
• Grid Capacity
• Energy Security
• Carbon emissions
• Digital/networked society
• More people have the ability to connect, share and take action
independently of traditional institutions and structures.

5. How can the ‘Internet of Things’
help build a better society?
How can we support the
development of the IoT in
Cambridgeshire – ensure innovation
and support economic growth?

6. Data – from
data
management
to data science
Sensor connected
devices &
Internet of Things
Big Data &
Analytics
Data Sharing Connected
Infrastructure
Digital
Connectivity
Infrastructure –
Fibre, Wi-Fi and
Mobile
Open Data
Smart Cities

8. Intelligent mobility projects
IoT data sharing & analytics across public & private domains - Use case: cycling in
Cambridge & London
• Making private IoT data more useful & valuable
–combine with public data
–made discoverable through entitlement
–cross-domain analytics
Internet of Things – Tech City Launchpad
STRIDE - Smart Transport Internet of Things Data Ecosystem
• Create an environment where organisations can share data
• Created a Data Hub
• Acted as a focal point for the development of smart transport
applications and business process improvements