Derby is not one of the 10 "super-connected cities" or 8 "Core cities" in the UK. However, Derby aims to become an "Ultra-Connected Smart City" through several initiatives. First, Derby is building a core network connecting public agencies, businesses, and developments. Second, the Osmaston vision will create homes, businesses, and community services while also implementing superfast broadband and sensors. Third, Smart Derby City plans to expand these approaches city-wide and link to smart transport. These initiatives could position Derby as a leader in using data and technology to manage resources, jobs, and public services effectively.

1. Graham Bennett

2. Launch of INCA’s
Ultra-Connected Smart Cities
Special Interest Group

3. Derby is not 1 of 10:
‘super-connected cities’
Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff,
Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Manchester, or
Newcastle.
Derby is not 1 of 8:
‘Core cities’
Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester,
Newcastle, Nottingham, or Sheffield.

4. Derby is 1 of 27:
Aberdeen, Brighton & Hove, Cambridge, Chelmsford,
Coventry, Derby, Dundee, Exeter, Gloucester, Hull,
Leicester, Londonderry, Newport, Norwich, Oxford,
Perth, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Preston,
Salford, Southampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland,
Swansea, Wolverhampton, York.
Still missing from 10 & 27:
Liverpool, Nottingham, and Sheffield.

5. Why Derby should be an
Ultra-Connected Smart City
1. Global competitiveness, to
rebalance the national
economy for growth

7. UK’s No.1 high-tech city. . .

8. Why Derby should be an
Ultra-Connected Smart City
1. Effective resource
management:
• Energy
• Transport
• Security
• Health & Social care
• Smart Citizens

9. Why Derby should be an
Ultra-Connected Smart City
1. Local employment:
• 1,000 more jobs every year . . .
• Boost start-up rate
• 21st Century skills

10. What Derby is doing to become
an Ultra-Connected Smart City
1. Core Network
Connecting:
•Public sector agencies
•Major businesses/business parks
•Major new developments

11. What Derby is doing . . . . .
2. The Osmaston vision

12. At Osmaston . . .
There will be:
•330 new homes
•Significant enterprise units
•A new GP surgery
•A new school
•Refurbishment of up to 2,500 homes
•Genuine resident engagement
Plus:
•Neighbourhood wide superfast broadband
•Sensors and actuators in all homes

13. The Osmaston approach
• Sensors will provide vital evidence for
city-wide refurbishment programmes
• Sensors & actuators will support local
effective management of energy
• New GP surgery will enable development
and delivery of telecare and telehealth
• Training facility for GPs in use of
data/technology

14. What Derby is doing . . . . .
3. Smart Derby City
• Osmaston trail-blazer will support city-
wide roll outs
• Will link into smart transport management
• Data generated could allow development
of “app’s” to support the citizen
All part of developing Derby as a smart city

15. Conclusions: (1)
Our shared context:
•The future is unpredictable
•Greater interconnectedness than before
•Scale & speed of change is increasing
•‘Impacts’ are quicker & greater
•Quality, current information is essential
•Data infrastructure can help cope . . . ?

16. Conclusions: (2)
We need to:
•Think comprehensively - ‘whole system’
•Address fragmented market – not ignore!
•Business model, inc stimulating demand
•Confront threat of ‘spoiling tactics’
•Recognise no single “killer App’”
and most of all, accept that . . . . .

17. Partnership Matters!