Five UK cities attend 2018 Smart City Summit and Expo in Taipei
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From 27-30 March, the 2018 Smart City Summit and Expo (SCSE) was held in Taipei and attended by a British delegation composed of leaders from five UK cities including Bristol, Greenwich, Milton Keynes, Peterborough, and West Lothian as well as representatives of 17 British companies and research institutes. On a mission to share insights and innovations in promoting smart cities in the UK, the British delegation also aimed to encourage more collaboration between British and Taiwanese cities and businesses.
On 28 March, the delegation attended the second UK-Taiwan Smart Cities Forum which was co-hosted by the TRO and the British Office in Taipei. The theme of the forum was “Driving the Future: Developments in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles”, aiming to advance Taiwan-UK cooperation on Smart City-related projects. Mr Steve Firstbrook, Head of Department for International Trade Taiwan, and Ms Hsing-Hsing Chen, Deputy Director-General of European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave opening remarks at the forum. This year’s SCSE featured around 1,050 booths from 41 countries, with approximately 30,000 professional visitors and buyers in attendance. Taiwan’s Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-Chung Wu welcomed the leaders representing each UK city.
