Chief Digital Officer for London
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Chief Digital Officer for London, working for Mayor of London and all Londoners. Using #data to support a fairer, safer and greener city for everyone #cities #innovation #smartcities https://medium.com/@chiefdigitalofficer4london
🧠 Why London's Data for London Library matters for urban #AI
Better data access = better data services & AI systems = better public services
As Europe's largest tech hub, London is building infrastructure for responsible AI that serves all 9 million Londoners 3/5
Better data access = better data services & AI systems = better public services
As Europe's largest tech hub, London is building infrastructure for responsible AI that serves all 9 million Londoners 3/5
July 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🧠 Why London's Data for London Library matters for urban #AI
Better data access = better data services & AI systems = better public services
As Europe's largest tech hub, London is building infrastructure for responsible AI that serves all 9 million Londoners 3/5
Better data access = better data services & AI systems = better public services
As Europe's largest tech hub, London is building infrastructure for responsible AI that serves all 9 million Londoners 3/5
📊 Data delivers real change for Londoners
The new Data for London Library builds on 15 years of impact:
🫁 Air quality alerts
🏠 NetZero programmes
🤝 Rough sleeping insights
🚪 house-building and planning
When data is discoverable, services improve #innovation 2/5
The new Data for London Library builds on 15 years of impact:
🫁 Air quality alerts
🏠 NetZero programmes
🤝 Rough sleeping insights
🚪 house-building and planning
When data is discoverable, services improve #innovation 2/5
July 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
📊 Data delivers real change for Londoners
The new Data for London Library builds on 15 years of impact:
🫁 Air quality alerts
🏠 NetZero programmes
🤝 Rough sleeping insights
🚪 house-building and planning
When data is discoverable, services improve #innovation 2/5
The new Data for London Library builds on 15 years of impact:
🫁 Air quality alerts
🏠 NetZero programmes
🤝 Rough sleeping insights
🚪 house-building and planning
When data is discoverable, services improve #innovation 2/5
🌍 6/7 From Imperial College's AI healthcare regulation to community-led projects tackling local challenges, plus global contributors. Events designed for seasoned data scientists AND curious citizens alike.
June 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🌍 6/7 From Imperial College's AI healthcare regulation to community-led projects tackling local challenges, plus global contributors. Events designed for seasoned data scientists AND curious citizens alike.
💡5/7 LDW's mission: fostering collaboration between residents, organizations, community groups, and public institutions that make London great. The most effective data solutions require public support through genuine community engagement.
June 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
💡5/7 LDW's mission: fostering collaboration between residents, organizations, community groups, and public institutions that make London great. The most effective data solutions require public support through genuine community engagement.
🎮 4/7 Build arcade games using ChatGPT with teenagers, learn how electrical signals from our bodies become health data, or join the Data Leaders Summit where government meets citizen data networks. Something for everyone!
June 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🎮 4/7 Build arcade games using ChatGPT with teenagers, learn how electrical signals from our bodies become health data, or join the Data Leaders Summit where government meets citizen data networks. Something for everyone!
🌱 3/7 Walk through Olympic Park exploring urban transformation data, help design citizen science tools in Finsbury Park, or step into a Civic Phone Booth helping offline citizens stay engaged...
June 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🌱 3/7 Walk through Olympic Park exploring urban transformation data, help design citizen science tools in Finsbury Park, or step into a Civic Phone Booth helping offline citizens stay engaged...
🎭 2/7 Where else can you... Learn live coding at an Algorave (music meets mathematics!), watch "Humans in the Loop" - a musical about AI written by actual humans, or create memes about AI's environmental impact? Only at #LondonDataWeek! londondataweek.org
June 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🎭 2/7 Where else can you... Learn live coding at an Algorave (music meets mathematics!), watch "Humans in the Loop" - a musical about AI written by actual humans, or create memes about AI's environmental impact? Only at #LondonDataWeek! londondataweek.org
🚀 London Data Week is HERE July 7-13 sees London transform into a data playground where data becomes accessible, creative and community-centered. This isn't your typical tech conference, @london.gov.uk and Alan Turing Inst have bootstrapped over 50+ inspiring community-led events 🧵1/7
June 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🚀 London Data Week is HERE July 7-13 sees London transform into a data playground where data becomes accessible, creative and community-centered. This isn't your typical tech conference, @london.gov.uk and Alan Turing Inst have bootstrapped over 50+ inspiring community-led events 🧵1/7
With London's incredible density delivering new infrastructure projects can be the wicked-est of wicked problems. We've built the Infrastructure Mapping Application to help speed up projects and reduce costs. Read on: data.london.gov.uk/blog/data-as...
March 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
With London's incredible density delivering new infrastructure projects can be the wicked-est of wicked problems. We've built the Infrastructure Mapping Application to help speed up projects and reduce costs. Read on: data.london.gov.uk/blog/data-as...
Nearly two-thirds of London’s CO2 emissions come from buildings, with domestic buildings account for 32% of emissions. Identifying which buildings would benefit from retrofit is tricky, but luckily machine learning can help. Enter the London Building Stock Model 2: data.london.gov.uk/blog/london-...
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Nearly two-thirds of London’s CO2 emissions come from buildings, with domestic buildings account for 32% of emissions. Identifying which buildings would benefit from retrofit is tricky, but luckily machine learning can help. Enter the London Building Stock Model 2: data.london.gov.uk/blog/london-...
💪 4/6 We've delivered Europe's largest citywide digital inclusion programme - Get Online London has helped 75k+ households access devices, free mobile connectivity & digital skills training!
December 17, 2024 at 12:26 PM
💪 4/6 We've delivered Europe's largest citywide digital inclusion programme - Get Online London has helped 75k+ households access devices, free mobile connectivity & digital skills training!
📈 Safestats enables community safety staff to spot crime patterns, especially for underreported issues. This data drives #publichealth prevention strategies, not just enforcement and shapes London's Police & Crime Plan, informs local strategies & helps allocate resources where needed most 4/4
December 2, 2024 at 12:41 PM
📈 Safestats enables community safety staff to spot crime patterns, especially for underreported issues. This data drives #publichealth prevention strategies, not just enforcement and shapes London's Police & Crime Plan, informs local strategies & helps allocate resources where needed most 4/4
🔍 Another behind-the-scenes (& longest-running) #city data service in #London is the @london.gov.uk Safestats platform, which brings together #crime #data from police, ambulance, fire brigade & NHS - creating a comprehensive view of community safety across the city 🧵 1/4
December 2, 2024 at 12:41 PM
🔍 Another behind-the-scenes (& longest-running) #city data service in #London is the @london.gov.uk Safestats platform, which brings together #crime #data from police, ambulance, fire brigade & NHS - creating a comprehensive view of community safety across the city 🧵 1/4
4/5 🏘️ LAND4LDN's Land Supply Manager creates a big picture of London's development potential by weaving together multiple data streams: live planning data, borough allocations, approved site submissions, & constraint mapping - showing where and how London can grow
November 29, 2024 at 12:42 PM
4/5 🏘️ LAND4LDN's Land Supply Manager creates a big picture of London's development potential by weaving together multiple data streams: live planning data, borough allocations, approved site submissions, & constraint mapping - showing where and how London can grow
3/5 🔄 Two core modules power LAND4LND - the Call for Sites Manager submission service enables developers/landowners/members of the public to plot sites & submit them for consideration along with supporting information, these are then are pulled through directly into the LAND4LDN platform.
November 29, 2024 at 12:42 PM
3/5 🔄 Two core modules power LAND4LND - the Call for Sites Manager submission service enables developers/landowners/members of the public to plot sites & submit them for consideration along with supporting information, these are then are pulled through directly into the LAND4LDN platform.
1/5 One of London's data strengths is in urban/city planning: so, another behind-the-scenes city #data service focuses on where we can build new #housing in #London - it's called LAND4LDN and replaces fixed-point-in-time snapshots with much more useful real-time feeds 🧵
November 29, 2024 at 12:42 PM
4/4 This is transforming how London grows. The data feeds directly into #city #infrastructure planning, #housing strategies & demographic forecasting. There are a bunch of data services which have spun off from this, like: identifying available land, understanding high street economies [more soon]
November 26, 2024 at 1:13 PM
4/4 This is transforming how London grows. The data feeds directly into #city #infrastructure planning, #housing strategies & demographic forecasting. There are a bunch of data services which have spun off from this, like: identifying available land, understanding high street economies [more soon]
3/4 Because of the Datahub we can now see, in one place:
📋 Live planning applications
💻 Connected council systems
🏗️ Starts/completions updates
This is all #opendata: whether you're a developer, researcher or just curious about your neighbourhood, anyone can access this data #cities
📋 Live planning applications
💻 Connected council systems
🏗️ Starts/completions updates
This is all #opendata: whether you're a developer, researcher or just curious about your neighbourhood, anyone can access this data #cities
November 26, 2024 at 1:13 PM
5/6 ✨ The result? GoogleMaps now shows you:
🤫 Quieter, low-traffic streets
🚚 Detailed breakdowns of cycle lanes vs roads
🧊 #3D preview of your whole route
🗺️ #Real-time traffic updates
These changes improve more than 60 million cycling journeys across London and are available globally for adoption
🤫 Quieter, low-traffic streets
🚚 Detailed breakdowns of cycle lanes vs roads
🧊 #3D preview of your whole route
🗺️ #Real-time traffic updates
These changes improve more than 60 million cycling journeys across London and are available globally for adoption
November 20, 2024 at 5:06 PM
5/6 ✨ The result? GoogleMaps now shows you:
🤫 Quieter, low-traffic streets
🚚 Detailed breakdowns of cycle lanes vs roads
🧊 #3D preview of your whole route
🗺️ #Real-time traffic updates
These changes improve more than 60 million cycling journeys across London and are available globally for adoption
🤫 Quieter, low-traffic streets
🚚 Detailed breakdowns of cycle lanes vs roads
🧊 #3D preview of your whole route
🗺️ #Real-time traffic updates
These changes improve more than 60 million cycling journeys across London and are available globally for adoption
Now 166 datasets helping utilities, transport & local authorities work #smarter together and 5 APIs established with key data providers. The IMA has become London's central hub for infrastructure planning with 35 major infrastructure projects already delivered together, 94 more in the pipeline...
November 15, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Now 166 datasets helping utilities, transport & local authorities work #smarter together and 5 APIs established with key data providers. The IMA has become London's central hub for infrastructure planning with 35 major infrastructure projects already delivered together, 94 more in the pipeline...
More behind-the-scenes #London #smartcity #data #innovation: Tired of repeated roadworks on the same street? 50+ utilities & councils now share data to coordinate infrastructure digs across city thru the Infrastructure Mapping Application. Result? Less disruption & better future planning #growth 🧵
November 15, 2024 at 12:04 PM
More behind-the-scenes #London #smartcity #data #innovation: Tired of repeated roadworks on the same street? 50+ utilities & councils now share data to coordinate infrastructure digs across city thru the Infrastructure Mapping Application. Result? Less disruption & better future planning #growth 🧵
🔍 BEFORE: Working on assumptions & hunches based on single datasets. AFTER: Hard data revealing who needs help & why. By connecting Housing Options data with rough sleeping insights, we're busting myths & building solutions that work better.
November 13, 2024 at 3:53 PM
🔍 BEFORE: Working on assumptions & hunches based on single datasets. AFTER: Hard data revealing who needs help & why. By connecting Housing Options data with rough sleeping insights, we're busting myths & building solutions that work better.
🔄 Together with partners like LOTI, London Councils
& Faculty AI and Beam we brought together homelessness data from CHAIN, In-Form provider systems, and borough H-CLIC returns into one powerful strategic tool: breaking down data silos to help support our most vulnerable residents
& Faculty AI and Beam we brought together homelessness data from CHAIN, In-Form provider systems, and borough H-CLIC returns into one powerful strategic tool: breaking down data silos to help support our most vulnerable residents
November 13, 2024 at 3:53 PM
🔄 Together with partners like LOTI, London Councils
& Faculty AI and Beam we brought together homelessness data from CHAIN, In-Form provider systems, and borough H-CLIC returns into one powerful strategic tool: breaking down data silos to help support our most vulnerable residents
& Faculty AI and Beam we brought together homelessness data from CHAIN, In-Form provider systems, and borough H-CLIC returns into one powerful strategic tool: breaking down data silos to help support our most vulnerable residents
Another example of how #data is working behind-the-scenes to improve Londoners' lives. We want to make #roughsleeping rare, brief and non-recurrent in #London but crucial data has been held across many orgs in the city. So we set about changing this with a new tool, here's how🧵
November 13, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Another example of how #data is working behind-the-scenes to improve Londoners' lives. We want to make #roughsleeping rare, brief and non-recurrent in #London but crucial data has been held across many orgs in the city. So we set about changing this with a new tool, here's how🧵