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Tom Saunders, Senior Researcher, Nesta
Local Digital Futures conference, June 2015
Investments
Research & Analysis
Innovation Skills
Innovation Lab
• Issues with ‘top down’ IoT deployment• Alternatives: collaborative technologies• How to make this work
Vision fro
m the past
Smart city vision today
Four issues with IoT and cities
Over reliance on technology and data
Lack of integration with other work in cities
Little evidence that IoT leads to return on investment
No role for people
Another way: using collaborative technologies to engage with
citizens
Crowdsourcing Collective intelligence
The collaborative
economy
Crowdsourcing: Smarter ways to collect data
Collective intelligence: Smarter ways to make decisions
“Statistical data on noise pollution or crime cannot express how people feel about these conflicts or how suggested solutions fit into
their cultural traditions.”György Enyedi
Human centred smart cities combine digital social innovation (bottom up approaches) with local government efforts to engage, en
The collaborative economy: Smarter ways to use resources
P2P car rental Car pooling
Four recommendations
Take human behaviour as seriously as technology
Use, generate and share evidence
Invest in smart people alongside smart technologies
Set up a civic innovation lab to
drive innovation in collaborative technologies
