The document summarizes Manchester's digital agenda and initiatives to promote smart, sustainable growth through digital transformation. Key efforts include establishing the Manchester Digital Development Agency to coordinate the digital agenda, promoting open innovation and open data, developing a connected "living lab" testbed, and working towards a vision of a future smart city that uses digital technologies to improve quality of life.

1. Manchester City Region: Manchester Digital Development Agency: MDDA set up in 2004 to coordinate Digital Agenda for the city region Dave Carter, Head, MDDA, Manchester City Council. UK.

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8. Open Data

9. Free , not-for-profit , volunteer run central space for creative technologists , artists , critical practitioners to support serendipitous cross-over and signposting

12. E-health

13. The Corridor £3.2bn turnover

14. University £650m Metropolitan University £250m NHS Trust £500m

15. Context Corridor Science parks Hospitals Universities Corridor Connections Informal events brought clinicians together with digital businesses

16. Results Extraordinary flow of ideas Innovative identification of problems, not just solutions Follow through very difficult Cultural gap Procurement by NHS complex