GLASGOWS TRANSFORMATION

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GLASGOWS TRANSFORMATION INDUSTRIAL CITY TO DIGIT
AL CITY
GORDON KENNEDY DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE SCOTTISH E
NTERPRISE GLASGOW
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UTILISATION AND INNOVATION

• 2002 Glasgow founder member of the e-Cities
  partnership
  
• Six Scottish cities plus business lab and St
  Andrews University
  
• Aspirational benchmarking
• Sharing best practice
• Promoting action on e-readiness
• Four themes
• - E-business
• - E-learning
• - E-community
• - E- government

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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

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E-BUSINESS EXAMPLE
Digital Media Campus
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E-LEARNING

• Glasgow Schools Network, Glasgow Telecolleges
  Network, Clydenet
  
• The Real Learning Network
• Urban Learning Space
• Glasgow Digital Library

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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

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E-COMMUNITY

• Three Cisco community Networking Academies
• VIPONAIR Europes first internet radio station
  for the blind and visually impaired
  
• IXSEED www.ixseed.org.uk Web Site and
  technology centres for people with learning
  disabilities
  
• Community Cyber Cafes

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E-COMMUNITY EXAMPLE

• VIPONAIR
• Europes 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

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E-GOVERNMENT

• 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

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E-GOVERNMENT EXAMPLE

• GLASGOW YOUNG SCOT (GYS) AND KIDZ CARDS
• Over 75,000 multi-technology smart cards for
  12-18 year olds and under 12s (Kidz)
  
• Membership of libraries and leisure centres
  enabled
  
• Free swimming, discounted bus fares, other
  discounts
  
• Cashless catering
• Gathers young peoples views and encourages
  citizenship.

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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)

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GLASGOW INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR AWARD
2004