East Birmingham Smart City DemonstratorPresented by Nicola Bryant

OverviewRole of Digital Birmingham Lead on digital and smart city strategy and implementation Increasing digital capabilities Accelerating access and use of open data Devising digital inclusion activities Driving investment in digital infrastructure Leading smart cities development

Established Smart City CommissionEmbed smart city principles across all aspects of city life: Accelerate city outcomes

An opportunity!Smart City Demonstrator – East Birmingham

“a piece of the city to play with”

Working with smart city thematic leads

Spatial demonstrator

Focus on key outcomes Healthy Ageing

Economically active citizens

Greater connectedness along urban clusters

EAST BIRMINGHAMPopulation: 280,000

ErdingtonTyseleyStockland GreenNechellsSaltleyWashwood HeathHodge HillShard End

Capitalise on the skills and innovations that are expanding in high investment areas in the city centre and around UK central

Jobs and Skills

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DE - Semi-skilled & unskilled manual occupations, Unemployed and lowest grade occupations

Key Challenges – East Birmingham

Unemployment rates higher than city average (9.5% cf 6.5%)20% of claimants aged 18-24Low skills base – only 27% of jobs held by local people are in high skilled occupations cf. 38% for the cityAround 10,000 jobs remain vacant on monthly basis , which could be filled by local residents

Birmingham Connected – provision of Sprint Bus

Mobility

High level of congestion making it difficult to travel to work or do business both inside and outside of the area

Lack of high quality pedestrian and cycle routes

Limited alternative models of travel

Wider package of connectivity improvements – A45 corridor and proposed Metro route

Our shared agendaWork with the Future Cities Catapult

Identify core issues and baseline what is already happening

Identify those key clusters of projects in the East Birmingham Corridor that have the potential to be integrated and enhanced by insights, data and technology and contribute to the opportunity and quality of life of people and businesses in the area.

Work with those partners already delivering projects, existing / planned investments; those willing to make it happen.

Develop 6-8 projects, outcome driven, delivered with focus, rigour and impact

Create vision and framework for Eastern Corridor but demonstrate how it will help crack the bigger nuts

Developing smart city demonstrator ideas – Stakeholder sessions

___________________________________________________________________Holistic and integrated approach

Layered strands of activity in areas of skills, mobility, health, and physical assetsEmbed smart city principles – data, integration, use of digital; citizen & business enabling

Birmingham Bikes; I-Centrum; HS2; Birmingham Connected; Sport England; Public Health; WM Police

_______________________________________________________TECHNOLOGY ENABLERSSensors & WearablesUrban IoT Behaviour economicsEconomic modellingData visualisationsIntegrated data hub

OUTPUTS & OUTCOMESEvidence based decisions validated / disprovedROI/ performance of solutionsNew collaborations (public/private/3rd sector)Influence the future council - urban innovation

KEY FILTERSBudget holder on-board / identifiedvisibility and impact in 12-18 monthsPriority / themesKey advocates / stakeholders

MAKING IT RELEVANTLiveWorkPlayLearnMove Organise

KEY DRIVERS / PROJECT IDEASHealthQuality of placeMobility

Active parks / Active Travel / CanalsTackling crime &perception of safetyHS2 Smart CampusUrban freight LEZ

Next StepsWork with Future Cities Catapult to further define projects from existing and emerging ideas

Identify those to lead and interested partners

Define governance and direction of travel

Work from project spending already there but liaise with them to raise level of ambition – initial starting point

Do user engagement to further develop project ideas – iterative design

Presenting the new roadmap – clearly articulated – ‘lived experience of citizens’

Use roadmap to unlock bigger projects that can help others test, develop and deploy for others

To get involved or to find out more please get in touch: nicola.bryant@birmingham.gov.ukdigitalbirmingham.co.uk@digibrum