EIT Digital and the Mayor of London’s Office present: Smart City Opportunities - London and beyond!
On Monday November 23, EIT Digital and the Mayor of London’s Office will present a full afternoon dedicated to Smart Cities innovations.
Members of the Mayor's Smart London Board will share exciting innovations and entrepreneurship opportunities for stakeholders across the UK. Together with the London Legacy Development Corporation, they will also showcase how they are creating digital demonstration opportunities at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
10 start-ups coming from across Europe, all EIT Digital Idea Challenge finalists in the Urban Life & Mobility category, will pitch their innovations on stage.
EIT Digital will share some of its most promising Urban Life & Mobility supported innovations, in the areas of public democracy transformation, city planning & gamification, mobility as a service and the urban data economy.
This event is intended for start-ups and all those organisations looking for new innovations, including companies both large and small and anyone interested in delivering smarter.
Detailed programme |
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| 12.30pm | Registration and lunch |
| 1.30pm | Welcome and introduction |
| 1.45pm | Urban Life & Mobility Idea Challenge pitches - 10 finalists from across Europe |
| 3.15pm | Coffee break |
| 3.30pm | Smart London Opportunities - speakers include: Irene Graham, CEO of the Scale Up Institute - Scaling up the UK tech sector, the exciting remit of this new organisation Chahab Nastar, Chief Strategy Officer at EIT Digital - Building European Business Communities Ian Short, CEO of the Institute for Sustainability - Smart London Innovation Networks, the importance of demand-led innovation Gavin Starks, CEO of the Open Data Institute (ODI) - Big data and the city Gemma Guilera, SME Programme Lead, Future Cities Catapult - SME opportunities Maria Slowinska, Head of Open Innovation, Digital Catapult - Boost and Pitstop programmes Jim Wood, ICT Director London - Andy Hudson-Smith, University College London - Duncan Wilson, Intel - Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - Digital demonstration opportunities Gilles Betis, Urban Life & Mobility Action Line Leader, EIT Digital - From smart cities to smart citizens |
| 4.45pm | Idea Challenge winners announced |
| 5.00pm | Networking and demos around drinks and canapés |
| 7.00pm | Close |
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