Bristol Approach To Citizen Sensing

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WorkingwithCitizenstocollectsensordataforanOpenSmartCity

KatherineRooneyODIBristolandBristolCityCouncil@[email protected]

Bristol,EnglandPopulation450,000

CapitaloftheWestofEngland

OpenDataInstituteNode

Digitalemploymentcluster

www.opendata.bristol.gov.uk

https://portal-bristol.api.urbanthings.io

In2016BristolandLondonwerenamedasLeadingSmartCitiesintheUK.

?Somethingismissing…

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Citiesareaboutpeople.So,SmartCitiesshouldalsobeaboutpeople.Andweshouldaskpeople,whatkindofcitydoyouwanttolivein?

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InBristolweask,“HowcantechnologyandopendataimproveBristol’sFuture”?

Toanswerthatquestion,wemuststartwithunderstandingwhatissueswewouldliketechnologyandopendatatohelpussolve.

Wearelearningtonot starttheconversationwithtechnologyanddata.

WorkingwithKnowleWedsMediaCentrewestartedwithopenconversations.

Ifyoustartwithanopenconversation,youoftenendupsomewhereyouwouldnotexpect!

Canweusesensorstocollectdatathatwouldhelpsolvethisissue?

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Workingwithpeoplewhodon’tusuallyworkwithdata–wehavetostartfromthebeginning.Whatisdata?Howcanwecollectit?

Designingasensortocollectdatatohelppeopleunderstandmoreaboutdampintheirhomes

TheFrogslivedindamphomesforaweek,collectingdata.

AnimportantpartofTheBristolApproachistheCityCommons,makingsurecitizenscontrolhowtheirdataisused.

Explainingdataownershipisevenharderthanexplaininghowtocollectandvisualisedata!

The‘dampseason’hasstartedagaininEngland,andwehavesomenewimprovedFrogsreadytohopintodamphomes.

http://kwmc.org.uk/projects/bristolapproach/

Insummary:• InBristolwebelievethatasmartcitywillonly

succeedifcitizensareinvolvedandengaged.• Thereisahugeopportunitynowforcitizens

tocollecttheirowndata.• Ifcitizendatacanbecombinedwithcityopen

data,wecangetclosertoareallysmartcity!

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Thankyou!

KatherineRooneyODIBristolandBristolCityCouncil@[email protected]