Who is the survey aimed at?

This survey is aimed at individuals working in local government or place-based organisations who are responsible for the design, procurement and management of the UK’s connected places.

Such organisations may include:

• Regional and local authorities in the UK
• Transport authorities and operators (for example: rail, aviation, ports/maritime, roads and bus operators)
• Health and social care providers
• Smart utilities providers (for example: waste, water)
• Property and building management companies
• Universities / smart campuses
• Sports and cultural venues

A range of individuals may be involved in the design, build and operation of connected places within your organisation. You may therefore submit a single (coordinated) response on behalf of your organisation; or a response on behalf of your specific department/function, as appropriate. The survey asks you which of these is the case.

The following is intended to be a non-exhaustive illustration of the types of individuals that we would welcome responses from:

• Connected places (or smart city) or innovation project and strategy leads and officials
• Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs)
• Head of IT departments / relevant IT personnel
• Cyber security architects and engineers
• Commercial and procurement leads and officials
• All other personnel involved in running the day-to-day operations of connected places infrastructure.