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

2. 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.

3. 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

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

5. 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

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

8. Thank You! Mark Duncan Strategic Lead – Resources & Programmes