Greater Manchester Smart Communities, a demonstration project which was a culmination of a three year, multi-partner project with 550 social housing properties taking part across Wigan, Bury and Manchester, developed in collaboration with Japan.

Partners and speaker presentations include:

• Councillor Angeliki Stogia, Manchester City Council
• Youji Arikura, Director General, NEDO
• Oliver Sutton, Dept of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Mark Atherton, GMCA
• Yoshiko Yurugi, Director, NEDO
• Takahiro Tsukishima, Hitachi
• Hiroei Mikami, Daikin
• Takuya Nishida, Mizuho Bank
• Trevor Smith, Wigan Council
• Pearl Ashton, Six Town Housing
• Elliot Simm, Northwards Housing
• Paul Bircham, Electricity North West
• Councillor Alex Ganotis, Green City Region Lead, GMCA