Jenny Nelson, Digital Newcastle Programme Manager, reflects on Newcastle winning the title of Smart City of the Year, discussing what has happened since, and what happens next.
Pete Wright introduces Open Lab. Based in the Urban Sciences Building on Newcastle Helix, Open Lab is a research group at Newcastle University that has been breaking ground in human computer interaction, and designing technology that helps to transform people’s lives.
Steve Caughey, newly-appointed Director of the National Innovation Centre for Data explains how they are working to help organisations gain the skills they need to obtain insight from their data.