Making London the World’s Smartest City | Theo Blackwell, Mayor of London | GIFLondon 2018

Making London the World’s Smartest City by Theo Blackwell, Chief Digital Officer for London @ Mayor of London
Global Innovation Forum, 14 & 15 November 2018, London UK

As London’s first Chief Digital Officer, Theo will play a leading role in realising the Mayor’s ambition to make London the world’s smartest city, ensuring that the capital’s status as a global tech hub helps transform the way public services are designed and delivered, making them more accessible, efficient and responsive to the needs of Londoners. Theo joins with extensive public and private sector experience. As Cabinet member for Finance, Technology & Growth at Camden council, Theo established Camden as London’s leading digital borough through its use of public data – and this year they received national recognition as Digital Leaders ‘Council of the year’. He’s worked at GovTech accelerator Public Group, advising start-ups on the growing market in local public services, and was previously Head of Policy & Public Affairs for the video games industry’s trade body, Ukie.

Global Innovation Forum is a high-profile meeting for a limited number of professionals from some of the leading companies worldwide. It provides a well-balanced mixture of presentations, panel debates and interactive workshops. The event gathers exciting and inspiring speakers to identify the latest trends in innovation, creativity, design, R&D and new product development. It is the perfect platform for pure knowledge sharing and establishing new important contacts with like-minded professionals.

Full event info on http://www.giflondon.com