The workshop on programmable cities at the University of Bristol, led by Dean Andrew Nix, focuses on advancements in engineering research, particularly in healthcare, smart cities, and data science. Key projects include the 'Toucan' project, which explores the integration of wired and wireless networks through Software Defined Networking principles, and initiatives aimed at medical sensing and autonomous vehicles. Bristol has become the world's first open programmable city with the launch of 'Bristol is Open,' supported by government funding and collaboration between the university and local city council.

1. Welcome
Professor Andrew Nix
Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
The Software Defined Network - Programmable City

2. On behalf of the University of Bristol I’d like to welcome
you all to this exciting Workshop on Programmable
Cities.
In particularly, I’d particularly like to thank
• Dan Pitt (Chief Executive of Open Network Foundation)
• Inder Monga (CTO of ESnet)
Welcome to Bristol!

3. Faculty Research Aims and Priority Areas
Engineering at Bristol is recognised globally for the
quality of its research.
This is achieved by investing in world class people,
facilities and collaborations.
Faculty priority areas are well aligned to this Workshop:
• Healthcare;
• Smart Cities;
• Data Science.

4. Relevant Research Groups at Bristol
High Performance Networks (Dimitra Simeonidou)
Communication Systems & Networks (Andrew Nix)
These two groups comprise approximately 18 academic
staff members, 60 research staff members and 90 PhD
students.
The two groups have recently announced the formation
of the Centre of Information Technology Communications
and Networking (iTCN).

5. Bristol Is Open (BIO)
In March Bristol became the world’s first Open
Programmable City with the launch of Bristol Is Open.
A joint venture between the University of Bristol and
Bristol City Council with Dimitra Simeonidou as the CTO.
With funding from the Government’s Super Connected
Cities programme and Innovate UK, the University and
City Council have built a sophisticated, city scale digital
research infrastructure to explore Programmable
Cities.

6. Key Projects (TOUCAN)
£10m EPSRC funded project exploring the convergence
of wired and wireless networks.
Academic collaboration: Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and
Lancaster.
Industrial Partners: Bristol City Council, Broadcom UK
Ltd, BT, JANET UK, NEC, Plextek, Samsung and the
Technology Strategy Board (Innovate UK).

7. Key Projects (TOUCAN)
Software Defined Networking (SDN) principles will be
used to separate the data and control planes.
TOUCAN will drastically evolve SDN to incorporate
fundamentally new technology-specific interfacing and
resource descriptions.
Infrastructure resource abstraction, virtualisation and
programmability will enable any network technology and
device to become programmable and interoperable.

8. Key Projects (SPHERE & VENTURER)
SPHERE: a £15m EPSRC IRC for medical sensing and
assisted living led by Professor Ian Craddock. An IoT
sensor enabled test house has been built in Bristol with
connections to the BIO network.
VENTURER: a £5m Innovate UK project led by Dr
Robert Piechocki to develop and test autonomous and
wireless connected vehicles on the streets of Bristol.

9. 9:45 - 10:15 ONF Atrium and plans for smart cities
10:15 - 10:45 BIO, an Open Programmable City
10:45 - 11:15 SDN opportunities in Smart Cities
11:45 - 12:15 Smart Cities, The Untold Story
12:15 - 12:45 Future Cities and Sustainability
14:00 - 14:45 A City Perspective - The importance of Smart Cities
14:45 - 15:30 Service & Content Providers’ Perspective of Smart Cities
16:00 - 17:00 Vendors Perspective of Smart Cities
17:00 - 17:30 Playable Cities
Today’s Agenda

10. Enjoy the Workshop!
E-mail: Andy.Nix@bris.ac.uk
The Software Defined Network - Programmable City