Very honoured to be here as the guests of the City of Melboune, RMIT and the World Cities programme.

Manchester has always been at the forefront of innovation with notable world firsts – The first industrial city The first inter-city passenger rail service The first observed nuclear reaction The first computer And, more recently, the discovery of Graphene In a world where climate change and innovation present new challenges, we are keen to work with other cities, to learn from their successes and share some of ours.

Greater Manchester: a history of working collaboratively The City of Manchester sits at the heart of the wider Greater Manchester metropolitan area. This gives us a lot of advantages in terms of huge potential for economic growth and also the challenges of 10 municipalities working together to meet shared objectives and rise to shared challenges such as those from the drive for smart and sustainable cities

Wuhan, China Adelaide, Australia Montreal, Canada Global City Partners Many Cities Across the EU Wuhan, China Adelaide, Australia Montreal, Canada

H2020 EU Projects Triangulum & GrowGreen Project budget: 29 million EUR Horizon 2020 funding: Project total 25.4 million EUR with 9 million EUR for Manchester. 5 year Project: Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 Currently in M28. Consortium: 22 European partners in 6 countries including municipalities, research institutes and businesses Project focus is on Energy, Mobility, ICT Manchester’s scope is to create a smart city district including: integration of EVs and charging infrastructure, central energy control across estates, reduce energy consumption and developing a data platform

Manchester & Adelaide Climate Change Carbon Neutral City Mobility & Smart Cities Data Sharing & Research University Collaboration

Thank You! Mark Duncan Strategic Lead – Resources & Programmes m.duncan@manchester.gov.uk www.manchester.gov.uk www.cityverve.org.uk www.triangulum.eu www.urbact.eu/SmartImpact