GLASGOW’S TRANSFORMATION INDUSTRIAL CITY TO DIGITAL CITY GORDON KENNEDY DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE GLASGOW

UTILISATION AND INNOVATION 2002 – Glasgow founder member of the e-Cities partnership Six Scottish cities plus business lab and St Andrew’s University Aspirational benchmarking Sharing best practice Promoting action on e-readiness Four themes - E-business - E-learning - E-community - E- government

E-BUSINESS E-business club – e-business advisors, broadband demonstration centre Specialist support – Targeting Innovation Ltd – Intellectual Asset Management Centre Tech-media Intermediary Technology Institute Specialist Quarters/Property – Science Parks/City Science – Digital Media Campus Wireless Tourism Initiative

E-BUSINESS EXAMPLE Digital Media Campus

E-LEARNING Glasgow Schools Network, Glasgow Telecolleges Network, Clydenet The Real Learning Network Urban Learning Space Glasgow Digital Library

E-LEARNING EXAMPLE THE REAL LEARNING NETWORK More than 100 centres across Glasgow More than 500 free public access PCs 140,000 registered real learners Wide range of learning materials developed/delivered

E-COMMUNITY Three Cisco community Networking Academies VIPONAIR – Europe’s first internet radio station for the blind and visually impaired IXSEED – – Web Site and technology centres for people with learning disabilitieswww.ixseed.org.uk Community Cyber Cafes

VIPONAIR Europe’s first fully accessible internet radio station for the blind Launched in 2003 Developed by Glasgow City Council, Royal National Institute for the Blind, BBC Services include immediate availability of newspapers instead of 2-3 days wait for audio tape. Employs blind and visually impaired E-COMMUNITY EXAMPLE

Access Glasgow Board drives strategy – private/public partnership I Business programme – shared services – multiple access points – access centre, web, mobile devices, smart cards Web-site – “AA” rating for accessibility City Plan online E-consultation Mobile Workforce – Laptop, Blackberries Project 2002 – All High Schools refurbished, ICT enabled. Glasgow Young Scot and Kidz cards – Smart Card Technology. E-procurement E-GOVERNMENT

GLASGOW YOUNG SCOT (GYS) AND KIDZ CARDS Over 75,000 multi-technology smart cards for year olds and under 12s (Kidz) Membership of libraries and leisure centres enabled Free swimming, discounted bus fares, other discounts Cashless catering Gathers young people’s views and encourages citizenship. E-GOVERNMENT EXAMPLE

WIRELESS STRATEGY Many public/private initiatives but ad-hoc. No city-wide strategy to date Glasgow business community early adopters Wireless Steering Group (Public/Private) established to deliver a wireless Glasgow strategy – first consultative draft May 2006 –Wireless city centre –Positive planning policies –Access to public infrastructure –Public sector initiatives (Bus Information and signalling, mobile close circuit TV)

GLASGOW INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR AWARD 2004