Inthecontextofacity-widenetworkfortheInternetofThings,whatconnectionscanbemadethatlinktogethercivic,culturalandprivateactivitiestofosteranopeninnovationculture?

Whatmakesacultureofinnovation?Whatmakessuchaculture‘open’?Whatisroleofdesign?

Assumethatwehavecity-widenetworkconnectivity,withlowbarrierstoaccess.Assumethatwehavelow-coststaticandmobilesensors.Assumethatdataisencrypted,smallvolume,real-time

• CityofEdinburghCouncil(libraries,wastecollection,parking,airquality)• TransportforEdinburgh(trams,buses)• ScottishGovernment• NHS• CommunityCouncils,NPs,etc• Sustrans /LivingStreets/Spokes• Hacklab,schools,collegesanduniversities

• NationalMuseums• NationalGalleries• NationalLibrary• HistoricEnvironment• EdinburghFestivals• CreativeEdinburgh• BBC,STV• UsherHall,FestivalTheatre,Summerhall• RoyalBotanics• UnionCanal,WaterofLeith

• CodeBase /Techcube• Banks,Fintech• UoE/CEC/NHSasmajoremployers• IBM,Amazon,Skyscanner• Taxicompanies,carclub• NetworkRail,ScotRail/Abellio• InnovationCentres(DataLab,CENSIS,DigitalHealth)• ForthPorts

ESRCChallenge:NewandEmergingFormsofDataforPolicy•WhatistheaddedvalueofIoT dataforpolicymakers?•Areasofconcern:•Healthandwellbeing•Workandskills•Emergencyresponse,resilience•Crime,law,justice

1. Howdowebalancecollectionoffine-grained,individual-leveldatawithmaintainingconfidentiality,protectingprivacyandengenderingtrust?

2. Concentrationofculturalassetsincentreofthecity– howdowemakeconnectionsthatembracetheouterareas,andtheinterfacebetweencityandwiderregion?

3. “Theinterfacebetweenthingsiswherethemostinterestingeventstakeplace”– wherearetheurbanedgesinEdinburghthatprovideopportunitiesforinnovation?

4. Whatinformationdopeopleneedinordertoachieveapositiveimpactontheircommunitiesandthewaytheywanttolive?

5. CanIoT dataprovidetrustedevidencethatfeedsintocontentiouspolicyareas?