Presentation on issues with ‘top down’ IoT deployment, the alternatives: collaborative technologies and how to make this work. Presented by Tom Saunders, Senior Researcher at Nesta at Local Digital Futures: The Internet of Things & Local Public Services on 8 June 2015 in London.

1. Tom Saunders, Senior Researcher, Nesta
Local Digital Futures conference, June 2015

2. Investments
Research & Analysis
Innovation Skills
Innovation Lab

4. • Issues with ‘top down’ IoT deployment
• Alternatives: collaborative technologies
• How to make this work

7. Smart city vision today

8. Four issues with IoT and
cities

9. Over reliance on technology and
data

10. Lack of integration with other
work in cities

11. Little evidence that IoT leads to
return on investment

12. No role for people

13. Another way: using collaborative
technologies to engage with
citizens
Crowdsourcing
Collective
intelligence
The
collaborative
economy

14. Crowdsourcing: Smarter ways
to collect data

19. 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

21. Human centred smart cities combine digital
social innovation (bottom up approaches)
with local government efforts to engage, en

22. The collaborative economy:
Smarter ways to use resources

24. P2P car rental Car pooling

27. Four recommendations

28. Take human behaviour as seriously
as technology

29. Use, generate and share evidence

30. Invest in smart people alongside
smart technologies

31. Set up a civic
innovation lab to
drive innovation in
collaborative
technologies

32. Thank you
www.nesta.org.uk
tom.saunders@nesta.org.uk
@tom_saunders