A smart city uses digital technologies and data to improve city services, reduce costs and resource consumption, and better engage with citizens. It needs three things: 1) an ongoing register of its assets and resources, 2) a connected community to discuss needs and wants, and 3) a way to implement solutions to meet community goals. Leeds aims to become a smart, data-driven city by creating a platform to solve problems using open data and turning these solutions into products and services for all.

2. WHAT IS A SMART - SMART CITY?
A Future City,
A Connected City,
A Digital City,
A
Data City……….

3. IS IT THIS?
A smart city (also smarter city) uses digital technologies or information
and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance quality and
performance of urban services, to reduce costs and resource
consumption, and to engage more effectively and actively with its
citizens.

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5. IT IS A CITY THAT KNOWS ITSELF AND HOW
TO MAKE THE MOST OF THAT…

6. “Leeds Gov Jam" by Lisa Jeffry is licensed under CC BY 2.0

7. BUT HOW DOES A CITY KNOW ITSELF?

8. FIRST, IT MUST UNDERSTAND WHAT IT HAS
GOT..
But that changes every day…

9. SECOND IT MUST BE ABLE TO ASK ITSELF
WHAT IT WANTS…
Maybe that changes every day too?

10. THEN IT CAN DECIDE HOW TO PUT IN PLACE
WHAT IT NEEDS TO GET WHAT IT WANTS…

11. A SMART CITY THEREFORE NEEDS THREE
THINGS
1. An always on register
of ‘what is has got’
3. A delivery vehicle for
getting what it wants
2. A connected
community discussing
what it wants and
needs

13. LEEDS DATA CITY - WTF (FLIP)
• What's in it for me/you?
• Who gave you/us permission?
• Why should we get involved?

14. VISION:
Lead the world in the innovative use of data to drive health and wellbeing
outcomes.
Through this develop the techniques and capabilities that can be applied to all
sectors including FinTech and Digital/Tech.
MISSION:
Using our city as a platform we will solve our problems using data, turning these
solutions and opportunities into products and services for all.

15. KNOWING WHAT WE’VE GOT
Leeds.thedatacity.org

16. KNOWING WHAT WE WANT
Data City

17. Leeds Data City
Region
Constant
Communication
3.
Engaged
Community
4.
Enabling
Infrastructure
2.
Access to
Funding
6.
Vibrant Hub
‘Cluster’
5.
• Public ‘Leader’
• Health & Well-Being
figure-head
• Clear Vision
• Bold objectives & success
criteria
• Programme
Management / Office
• Operating Model
• Operating Vehicle (s) – eg Social Enterprise, Mutual etc
• Leeds Asset Map – inc Skills / jobs database
• Leeds Data Mill
• IX Leeds / Ourdatamutual.org
• Safeguarding of data & standards
• Cross agency data sharing platforms
• Funding from Cabinet Office,
NESTA, TechNorth, Innovate
UK etc
• Build of a VC tech fund for
LCR
• Clear process for fielding
inward investment enquiries
etc. (LEP)
• Internet backbone (IXL Leeds)
Cluster of many interlinked hubs
• Data City Working Group
• ODI members
• Local Councils / Authorities
• Business Services: accounting, PE, etc (KPMG)
• NHS(TBD?)
• Universities(TBD?)
• Tech City & Tech North links
• Existing Leeds tech/ data & health communities
• Skills & Talent Development
• University & LIDA
• Sales and marketing of the ‘Data
City’ vision
• Communications & PR plan
• Events program
• Announcement of a tech hub and
consequential PR
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Strong Leadership
1.
A DELIVERY VEHICLE

18. BECAUSE A SMART CITY ….
• Uses data to solve its’ own problems and drive economic growth
• Differentiating through using data to solve its own problems and
exporting these solutions as a global leader is a magnetic city.
• Unites digital, technology, smart & future city
• We have already seen the success of a similar model for
infrastructure in IXLeeds