Project CityZen Profiled in Brazil

Dr Peter Sahota presented the Newton Fund initiative - Project CityZen - at an International Smart Cities conference in Campinas, Brazil on 5th June. The event, hosted by CPqD in Campinas, brought together leading national and international experts in the area of smart cities and advanced technologies.

Inavya is the UK lead for Project CityZen, which is a novel smart cities project taking place in Brazil using data and innovative technologies from Inavya (AVATR), Industria-I, Space Syntax and CPqD. The project takes a citizen-centred view of healthcare, using information about demographics, healthcare systems and location alongside personal experiences to create an innovative solution to help improve efficiency when deploying resources, with a special focus on care for older people.