Stu Higgins

Head of Smart Cities and IoT
Public Sector

Stu is responsible for all Cisco's UKI Smart City engagements and IoT (Internet of Things) projects within Cisco's UKI Public Sector team.

He is a passionate advocate for harnessing digital technologies to improve the lives of people throughout large and small communities, whether they are working, learning, studying, at play or just out and about having fun. Stu also believes that technology has a significant role to play in addressing the issues people face in their everyday lives.

Stu's work involves helping towns, cities, regions and other communities explore how they can digitise their environments and use technology to address the challenges experienced by their residents, visitors and local employees.

Stu also represents Cisco on several industry boards and advisory panels focused on Smart Cities and IoT.

You can also follow Stu on theCisco Government Blog.

Articles

Public Sector
The Citizen Services Continuum: breaking down silos and eliminating fragmentation

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Stu Higgins - July 30, 2019 - 0 Comments

Siloed systems can be bad news for local government service delivery and care continuity; a services continuum powered by integration and smart technology could eradicate this age-old issue. Chain…
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Public Sector
In any smart community, the focus must be on ‘community’

2 min read
Stu Higgins - June 28, 2019 - 1 Comment

From the largest metropolitan cities to the smallest villages and hamlets, they all have one thing in common – human beings! So, how do we make sure smart community…
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Public Sector
Seeking smarter solutions to traffic congestion

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Stu Higgins - February 25, 2019 - 0 Comments

AI and IoT can help address an issue that affects us all – and improve everyone’s quality of life. Have you travelled anywhere by road recently? Maybe you commuted…
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Public Sector
A bigger, brighter, smarter, digital future for Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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Stu Higgins - February 7, 2019 - 0 Comments

Last summer’s IoT smart street project was just the first step in the city’s digital transformation. Setting the scene It was a smart, successful and eventful 2018 for…
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Public Sector
Creating a frictionless town or city

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Stu Higgins - November 1, 2018 - 0 Comments

Solving life’s niggles can transform lives and make communities smarter Feel the friction Picture the scene. You’re stuck in yet another traffic jam because you hadn’t known about the…
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Innovation
Data is neither the new oil nor the new gold…

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Stu Higgins - October 9, 2018 - 0 Comments

…and is only valuable when gathered correctly and interpreted accurately We’ve probably all seen data described as the new oil, the new gold – the new ‘everything’. And the…
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Public Sector
Bringing together the physical and the digital to create smart communities

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Stu Higgins - August 29, 2018 - 0 Comments

This article was recently published by Capita ………. From towns to cities to villages, all communities are complex structures. This is something I discussed recently at this year’s LGA Conference,…
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Public Sector
Real-time data from Newcastle upon Tyne makes the UK’s first smart street even smarter …

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Stu Higgins - July 26, 2018 - 0 Comments

… and will help create better living spaces for people I talked last time about how Mosley Street in Newcastle upon Tyne – the first street in the world…
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Innovation
Introducing the UK’s smartest street in Newcastle

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Stu Higgins - June 11, 2018 - 0 Comments

You’d be forgiven for assuming that the first street in the world to install electric lighting was located in of our bigger cities; London, New York, Sydney perhaps. Yet it…
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IoT
Giving Santa a helping hand with our smart tour of the globe

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Stu Higgins - December 18, 2017 - 0 Comments

When it comes to Christmas, we all have our own ideas about what makes the perfect festive break, whether it’s visiting family, going on holiday, or a white Christmas at
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