‘Creating the Cities of Tomorrow’

Wednesday 8 June 2016

Cobalt 23, 5&6 Cobalt Park Way, Cobalt Business Park, NE28 9EJ

• What kind of place do we want our children to grow up in?

• What will it be like to live and work there?

• How do we ensure it is a place we want to live and work in?

As part of the global ENGIE Innovation Week (6-10 June 2016), ENGIE UK is bringing together a major forum in the north east to discuss the city of tomorrow. You are keenly invited to come along to listen to leading speakers in their fields, and take part in expert-led masterclasses to help you develop answers to the profound questions above.

Big data overload

We are bombarded from all sides with what the future holds. On one side, we hear a lot about the possibilities of smart cities, big data, the internet of things. On another, we listen to concerns about privacy breaches, big brother and cyber threats. Among all this chatter, we are showered with messages about climate change, CO2 reduction and green infrastructure. As if this were not enough, we are asked to deal with the challenges of austerity and the need to stimulate economic growth.

How do we make sense of all this and develop a bright future for our cities and citizens?

We will discuss all the burning issues from two different viewpoints:

Viewpoint 1: The Information City of Tomorrow: Citizen, Economy and Government

How we can enable citizens to live happy, healthy and economically independent lives by focusing on the person, not the service, and using new technology to produce outcomes oriented on the individual, through:

• developing personally owned data

• empowering self-directed engagement

• ensuring confidentiality and privacy

Viewpoint 2: The Infrastructure City of Tomorrow: Citizen, Environment and Economy

How we can create the maximum outcomes for the citizen – harnessing the power and potential of data to develop economic growth and stimulate local innovation, while minimising the impacts on the local and global environment, by:

• employing smart data and innovation to support planning

• optimising businesses in this new environment, from start-ups to multinationals

• using 'whole environment' systems to support efficient, low-carbon delivery of city activities

Open debate

We will run a number of open-mic master classes throughout the day, during which you can debate with a panel of experts on all the above themes. We will also be putting on an exhibition and trading floor where stakeholders from across the north east can exchange ideas.

AGENDA - ‘Creating the Cities of Tomorrow’

Wednesday 8 June 2016

Cobalt 23, 5&6 Cobalt Park Way, Cobalt Business Park, NE28 9EJ

09.30 Registration and brunch

10:00 Welcome – ‘Introducing Innovation and Innovation Week’ – Caroline Hopkins (ENGIE)

10:05 Welcome to North Tyneside – Norma Redfearn, Elected Mayor (North Tyneside Council)

10:10 Keynote Speaker – ‘Future Vision: Society and Technology’ – In the era of smart, are we getting our core organising principles right? – Alan Mitchell, Strategy Director (Ctrl-Shift)

10:30 Presentation 1 - 'Citizen Centricity: Infrastructure to Citizens, Cities & Communities’

Speakers: Gordon Sheret (ENGIE) & Ben Watts (ENGIE)

Including a 15-minute panel session with facilitator

11:00 Refreshment break and networking

11:30 Presentation 2 – ‘Data Sharing in the North East’ & ‘National Institute for Smart Data Innovation’ - Speakers: Steve Caughey (Arjuna Technologies and Newcastle University)

11:45 Masterclass Session 1 – ‘Big Data’

Speakers: Steve Caughey

Open mic round table session with facilitator

12:15 Lunch and networking

13:15 Presentation 3 – ‘Innovation and a Healthy Economy’

Speaker: Hans Möller (North East Local Enterprise Partnership)

Including a 15-minute panel session with facilitator

13:45 Masterclass Session 2 – ‘Personal Information and the Economy’

Speakers: Ben Kaner (North Tyneside Council)

Open mic round table session with facilitator

14:15 Refreshment break and networking

14:45 Presentation 4 – ‘Robotics Process Automation: Today and Tomorrow’

Speakers: Pat Geary (Blue Prism) and Martin Ruane (ENGIE)

15:00 Masterclass Session 3 – ‘Agility’

Speakers: Martin Ruane and Pat Geary

Open mic round table session with facilitator

15:30 Event closes

If anyone would like to exhibit free of charge in the Innovation Marketplace at the event then please contact Louise Milstead on 0191 6434318 or email louise.milstead@engie.com

DIRECTIONS

Address: Cobalt 23, 5&6 Cobalt Park Way, Cobalt Business Park, NE28 9EJ

Car

More than 600 free car parking spaces available to the rear of the building.

From the North

Travel south on the A1, take exit signposted Tyne Tunnel. Continue south towards Tyne Tunnel along A19, exit A19 at Holystone Roundabout. Take 2nd exit signposted Cobalt Park and Whitley Bay Centre. At roundabout take 2nd exit straight ahead, at next roundabout take 2nd exit into Cobalt Park. Continue south into Cobalt Park and at roundabout take 2nd exit, following the road around to the left. Cobalt 23 is on the left hand side next to Utility Wise.

From the South

Travel north on A1 (M) or A19 towards Tyne Tunnel. Go through the Tyne Tunnel and on exit head north on A19. Take 3rd exit north signposted to Silverlink. Continue straight ahead over 2 mini roundabouts at 3rd roundabout on Middle Engine Lane take 2nd exit onto Cobalt Park Way then 3rd exit north on Cobalt Park Way, following the road around to Cobalt 23 which will be on the right hand side, next to Utility Wise.

Rail

From Newcastle simply take the Metro from platform 2 to Northumberland Park Interchange, from which you can connect to the 19 bus service direct to Cobalt Park. The total journey time is approx 35 mins while the cost effective day rover ticket available for purchase from Metro ticket machines and will cover both the Metro and bus transfer to Cobalt.

Taxi

Cobalt visitors receive exclusive fares from East Coast Taxis. To book t: 0191 253 3777 quote offer code 'Cobalt park'. Central Station to Cobalt £10, Airport to Cobalt £13.

Buses

More than 1,000 bus journeys connect the park on a daily basis, connecting to over 40 key

destinations throughout the region. Newcastle direct express services include X9, X58 & X39, the brand new buses on the Cobalt Clipper 309 provide free wifi to all travellers, altogether there is a bus every 7/8 minutes travelling from Newcastle to Cobalt. Service 19 connects both legs of the metro at Northumberland Park Interchange at Percy Main also meets every North Shields Ferry. Other services that run direct through the park connect Gateshead, Ashington, Gosforth, Wallsend, Whitley Bay, North Shields, Cramlington, Ashington, Killingworth, Monkseaton, and many more locations directly to Cobalt.

Cycling and Walking Routes

Well-maintained walking routes and off road cycle ways which connect to the Waggonways

Cycle Route are available on Cobalt, allowing safe access to the Business Park for both

pedestrians and cyclists, while Cycle Parking is available at all buildings on Cobalt Business

Park.

For assistance in planning your journey by public transport please visit www.morecobalt.co.uk/travel, or request a travel plan from the Cobalt More team on 0191 257 6457 or by emailing enquiries@cobaltpark.co.uk

Speakers Profiles

Caroline Hopkins

Caroline Hopkins joined the ENGIE UK Group in December 2014, with the Cofely UK acquisition of Balfour Beatty Workplace. She has spent the last 10 years delivering complex partnerships with a number of local authority clients. Caroline’s current role is to co-ordinate ENGIE’s UK operating companies, ensuring synergies are created through closer working, and identifying and delivering Best Practice, Innovation and Business Opportunities.

ENGIE has an exciting Innovation Programme and, most recently, Caroline has been working with the business community, outreaching for START-UP businesses and entrepreneurs and identifying new business opportunities for ENGIE. As part of this initiative, ENGIE has a €100 million New Ventures Fund and is actively seeking START-UP businesses in which to invest. The fund is focussed on START-UPs with a differentiating technology or an innovative business model that are looking for an industrial partner. Whilst at this event, Caroline would be delighted to run through the detail of this programme.

Gordon Sheret – Managing Director (Cities & Communities) - ENGIE

Gordon Sheret has a proven operations and sales track record and over 30 years of senior management experience in facilities management, support services and contract catering acrss the public, private and healthcare sectors. He has excelled with some of the UK's leading businesses in these market sectors, including Compass, Sodexo, Balfour Beatty and now ENGIE, playing a leading role in winning major contracts worth in excess of £2bn. In his current role as Managing Director for ENGIE's Cities and Communities sector, Gordon is leading the drive to bring energy and facilities services together to provide carbon, cost and social benefits to our clients in the local authority and university market place, including developing ENGIE’s first Community Interest Company - Our Parklife.

Ben Watts – Managing Director (Urban Energy) - ENGIE

Ben Watts is a chartered energy engineer with 16 years’ experience in the field of sustainable energy with specific expertise in heating and cooling network design and development. Having joined ENGIE in 2000, Ben has been involved in all aspects of the development and growth of district heating and cooling schemes in the UK. Ben spent 3 years at ARUP from 2007-10. During this time, he was involved in the procurement of a number of major urban energy networks such as those at the Olympic Park and Kings Cross, as well as spending a period seconded to the Mayor of London's Decentralised Energy Programme. Ben returned to ENGIE in 2010 and was appointed Urban Energy Managing Director in 2015, with responsibility for ENGIE’s UK energy partnerships with cities and communities.

Steve Caughey – Managing Director – Arjuna Technologies

Steve Caughey is MD and co-founder of Arjuna Technologies Ltd. He was a member of an influential research team, led a start-up company to acquisition, and was Director of the HP-Arjuna Lab. Steve has authored and contributed to key technology industry titles and is a frequent presenter on Cloud Computing and Big Data. Currently Arjuna are working with Newcastle University as Technical Consultants on the Cloud Innovation Centre.

Hans Möller – Innovation Director – North East LEP

Hans Möller is Innovation Director with the North East LEP. He has over 25 years managerial experience including all areas of innovation promotion, sales and marketing. Before starting at the North East LEP in 2015, Hans worked as the CEO of the leading Science Park in Sweden, Ideon Science Park in Lund. He was also Chair of the Swedish Incubators and Science Parks, and is Chair of Karolinska Institutet Science Park in Stockholm.

Ben Kaner – Head of Digital Strategy – North Tyneside Council & ENGIE

Ben is the Head of Digital Strategy for the North Tyneside Council & ENGIE partnership. He leads the work to deliver an information environment that enables the residents of North Tyneside to remain happy, healthy and economically independent. A North-East resident, he comes from a history as lead for the HP Mobile E-Services, CTO for BT Health during the successful delivery of Spine information services to 53 million UK NHS patients, and Head of Strategic Technology and Innovation to BT Global Government and Health. With a long-term interest in identity, privacy and information use he is bringing his experience of scale delivery and innovation to prepare North Tyneside for the rest of the 21st century.

Alan Mitchell – Strategic Director - CTRL – Shift

Alan is Strategy Director for Ctrl-Shift, a market analyst and consulting business that helps organisations understand the implications and embrace the opportunities arising from the changing personal data landscape. He is advisor to the World Economic Forum’s ‘Rethinking Personal Data’ project, strategic business advisor to the UK Government’s midata programme, and he works with companies in the finance, energy and telecommunications industries helping them to improve their ability to engage and retain consumers in a rapidly changing consumer landscape. He is also founder and non-executive director of the personal data services company Mydex.

Pat Geary – Chief Marketing Officer – Blue Prism

Pat Geary has over 25 years’ experience in international marketing roles across a range of large multinational and start up software and hardware businesses. He joined Blue Prism in 2008 as Chief Marketing Officer. His previous experience includes CMO roles at Livestation and Searchspace and International Director Marketing roles at Searchspace Limited, Sequent Computer Corporation and DEC. Pat has driven Blue Prism's marketing strategy, establishing the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) terminology and the market for Digital Labor and the Virtual Workforce.

Martin Ruane – Programme Director (Cities & Communities) - ENGIE

Martin has 20 years’ experience of leading business transformation across a range of sectors; including local government, central government, FM and health. Martin joined ENGIE in 2014 as Programme Director and leads an award winning programme of change, including RPA technology. The RPA programme has now been live at North Tyneside Council for over 12 months and is set to expand across ENGIE in the UK