Jane Morgan from Digital Scotland presents at the University of Glasgow's Commonwealth Future Cities Business Networking event on the 24th July 2014

1. Smart Cities
Supporting National Outcomes
Jane Morgan
Scottish Government

2. Scotland’s strategic vision
• Data Vision for Scotland- agreed by cross sector Data
Management Board published April 2014
• Innovative and trusted use of data to support
– high quality public services
– sustainable economic growth
• Essential element of wider approach to “digital first” public services
– User focused
– Joined up between providers
– Make effective use of data in design and delivery

3. • Data Action Plan – published July 2014 –actions being taken
and planned
– a working document- comments very welcome
• Key strand is data innovation – drawing on
– substantial new analytical resources
– open data
• Smart and Future Cities a key part of this agenda

4. Smart Cities for all of Scotland
• The Cities Alliance
– Smart Cities is one of 3 investment strands
• Current project to:
– Use self assessment tool on baseline and ambitions
– Identify scope for collaborative projects e.g. data infrastructure
– Draw up investment plan
• Learning from Glasgow demonstrator

5. Finding out more
for all information on
• Scotland’s Digital Future: Delivery of Public Services
• Data Vision and work of the Data Management Board
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Economy/digital/
digitalservices