Document summary
In March 2013, the Technology Strategy Board and Future Cities Catapult3 engaged Pivotal Innovations to conduct an initial collaborative dialogue to better understand and address the need for large-scale investment in future city infrastructure (particularly, the strategies that support smarter city technologies).4 The parties were keen to understand existing barriers and how engaged stakeholders might begin to help the UK gain momentum in financing future cities. This report highlights headlines and recommendations on the basis of interviews and roundtable discussions that have been held at Level39 on this critical issue.