Digital Barnsley
This document discusses the opportunities presented by the transition to a digital age and information society. Key points include: - The digital age will be as transformative as the industrial age and examples of digital technologies transforming society are mentioned like telehealth, mobile working, smart cities/grids, and cloud computing. - Digital technologies present opportunities for economic growth, improved public services, reduced environmental impact, and more connected communities. - Barnsley aims to become a leading digital and innovation hub in the UK by supporting the creative/digital sector with an estimated £1 billion in private investment and 10,000 new jobs over 10 years. - Public services need to transition to being "digital by default" and embrace
![Resources (Services)
› NOW: Paper + Phone + F2F + Digital
› FUTURE: Digital First + other routes [if
necessary]
› Community leadership e.g. cashless council
› This IS relevant to all of us!
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![Switchover?
Analogue Digital
F2F Online
Letters eComms
9 to 5 24/7
Cash Cashless
Fixed Mobile
Parental Social
Dependent Self organised
Broadcast Engaged
Block access Encourage participation
How do we [you] switch to digital?](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/digitalbarnsleyblt-110526133529-phpapp01/85/Digital-Barnsley-14-320.jpg)
Digital Barnsley
- 1. BLT Digital Workstream “Digital Barnsley” Ken Eastwood & Martin Cantor 26 May, 2011
- 2. It’s an ‘age’ thing! We’re entering a new information age that will be as transformational as the industrial age that shaped our past.
- 3. Some examples › Telehealth › Mobile working › Smart Cities / Smart Grids › Cashless Payments › Teleconferencing › Cloud computing (& collaboration)
- 4. › The future is mobile! › Smartphone revolution › Mobile new connections now exceeding PC connections › APPS
- 5. Digital Opportunities Economy Resources Community (Service Transformation) Carbon
- 6. Economy SCR LEP Creative & Digital Sector projects estimate benefits over 10yrs; - £1,000m+ of private investment - 10,000+ new jobs - 2,000+ new businesses Creating SCR’s reputation as one of Europe’s leading digital and innovation places
- 7. Economy › Not just about CDI › 21st Century Market = Online Markets too › Best place to start & grow a business › How do we scale? › What do we need to do to support?
- 8. Resources (Services) › NOW: Paper + Phone + F2F + Digital › FUTURE: Digital First + other routes [if necessary] › Community leadership e.g. cashless council › This IS relevant to all of us! Digital by Default
- 9. Carbon › Ways of working › Travel › Smart grids and cities › Internet of things › Data
- 10. Connected communities - transformed lives • A fully interconnected community • Learning and creative individuals and communities • Active civic engagement and good governance • Citizen to citizen interaction (smaller state intervention) • Less isolation • A cleaner, greener, safer environment
- 11. Canada’s ‘Digital Nation’ “We want to make Canada the first digital nation in the world. This involves not just supporting high-tech sectors, but understanding how digital media is changing the way we communicate, do business and access news and entertainment.” “Infrastructure investments should not be directed to 20th Century things like roads and bridges. We’ll be able to fund those things in the future from health cost savings.”
- 12. We want New York City to be the nation s premier digital City – in how local government interacts with New Yorkers, in how New Yorkers have access to and capitalize on new technologies, and in how our tech and digital media sectors evolve, grow businesses and create jobs. The Road Map for the Digital City will help us get there. Mayor Bloomberg 17 May, 2011
- 13. Our Strategy 1. Universal access to the connected world 2. Everyone in Barnsley online 3. The business community 4. Connected Communities 5. Transformed services
- 14. Switchover? Analogue Digital F2F Online Letters eComms 9 to 5 24/7 Cash Cashless Fixed Mobile Parental Social Dependent Self organised Broadcast Engaged Block access Encourage participation How do we [you] switch to digital?
- 16. Questions 1. What should we be doing to create ‘Digital Barnsley’ ? 2. How can your services innovate and take advantage of the ‘Digital Opportunities’ ? 3. What are the blocks and what can we do to lift them? 4. How will we become ‘Digital by Default’ ?