Unlocking AI-driven innovation and growth in cities

The AI revolution offers huge economic opportunity, and cities are best placed to capture them.

This session explores how cities can create the conditions for AI to stimulate place-based innovation. We will discuss how cities can support high-growth sectors and business investment and build relationships with universities to ensure they have access to the emerging technologies they need.

We will discuss how cities can take a strategic approach to infrastructure and growth, ensuring that the development of data centres supports local innovation ecosystems and can unlock broader opportunities for long-term, innovative economic development.