Introduce Yourself

[John Tapsfield]

• Who are you? Hello! I'm John Tapsfield - CTO of Urban Hawk Ltd a massive massive realtime engine for simulation of GIS and internal spaces (and data, RF, Teleco and Network access data - and even radar data). 
  
   
• What is your industry and profession? Product & Project management, design and one time Drupal Web Development company owner (everything needs more abstraction layers...) - for Urban Hawk it's all about finding the right partners to provide data and the right customers to offer data back into. Our focus is transport but a lot of queries are very similar and we're looking at more hollistic modelling- e.g. beyond the digital twin of a key point of infrastructure to include the externalities and transport and logistics that serve it - since nothing exists in a void (except CAD models and time expired 3D twins). 
  
  Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally?
  For the benefit of the community and develop a network which will allow us to tie together lots of disparate capabilities. Inherently we have a positive sum benefit to seeing a common standard emerge - however we can also be a point of conversion (a neccessity given our product) since not everyone needs the huge 3D or 4D datasets (we do spatial data over time - which gets horrendously large quickly). 
  
  In short we want to move the needle along - its' not certain yet if our front end is just a feature or a service - since a lot of the customers we've spoken to like the effects they can render in Unreal or Unity - but the data layer beneath is often just a model *(ie strip away a wall / change something and it's just an empty mesh beneath). 
   
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub?
  The network benefits and to see what the SOTA and what opportunities exist with the Digital Twin Hub and it's membership. 
   
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? 
  Not yet, but I am tracking them and hope to attend soon - life and schedules are very busy on all fronts at the moment! 
   
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? 
  We've pulled in an open street map database of the UK and can instantiate massive chunks of it at the same time - then zoom down to station level. So 50m > 10cm. 
  It depends on the use case of course - and we've simulated everything from ship wakes - to sense through the wall radars for firefighter tracking. To quote Start Trek - Context is for Kings - and we wish to provide that to our user base. 
  
  You can see some of the publicly published work here: 
   
  
  We're open to partnerships, proposals and invitations! Do please get in touch. We're always happy to speak to people in this field. 
  
  Thanks and looking forward to hearing more from you all!
  
  John

[Jannat Maqbool]

• Who are you? Interim Executive Director at Smart Cities Council ANZ based in New Zealand
• What is your industry and profession? We bring together demand and supply in the smart cities, towns and regions space through active engagement, value drive propositions, and impact initiatives. As part of this we also host the Australia New Zealand Digital Twin Hub. 
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? We host the ANZ Digital Twin Hub, but I also have a personal interest in data 🙂
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? I am supporting the DT Hub Community Council but also keen to stay connected to what is happening in the DT space around the world. 
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Not yet
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? www.digitaltwinhub.org 

[Ali Nicholl]

Welcome to the team Jannat. Delighted to have you as part of the community and to link up the DT Hub and the DT Hub!

[Jason Hawthorne]

• Who are you? Founding Director of VU.CITY
• What is your industry and profession? VU.CITY is a technology software business, offering a SAAS platform for interactive Digital Twins of our towns and cities. Our main vertical at the moment is Planning and Real Estate, but we are now venturing into Telecoms and Security.
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge?  I am really interested in finding like minded businesses and technology providers who recognise the importance of interoperability.
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? Recognising the importance of a national centre of excellence for all technology surrounding Digital Twins is a must for VU.CITY. 
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Yes we have attended sessions and had direct discussions with CDBB. 
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? We currently have 26 highly accurate digital models of UK cities and towns. The largest is our model of London at 1,617 sq km. We have more than half of the Top 100 Architects in the UK using the platform together with 56 Local Authorities and Councils and 1000s of users subscribed to the Platform.
  
  Please take a look at our site: https://www.vu.city/

[Brenton]

• Who are you? Founder and CTO of Nominal Systems
• What is your industry and profession? Nominal Systems is offering SaaS digital twin software for complex physical systems. Starting with space, Nominal Systems has focused on creating a modular architecture allowing plug-and-play integration of subsystem models allowing users to easily recreate digital representations of their spacecraft. Given the rise of the Internet of Things, Nominal Systems wants to expand beyond space to be the model behind every complex physical system.
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge?  I am really interested to interact with a like minded community, working on complementary applications to share knowhow and experiences that will result in an uplift in digital twin adoption across the board.
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? Nominal Systems' application of digital twin technology to complex physical systems, such as spacecraft, deviates from the built environment theme here, however, I have joined the DTHub to cross-pollinate ideas and explore what opportunities may exist. 
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Not yet but looking forward to it. 
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? Nominal Systems is currently working with the UK Ministry of Defence to deliver our technology as a software-based solution to support the complete mission lifecycle of future spacecraft acquisitions from initial design activities, through testing and verification, commissioning and in supporting spacecraft and mission operation as a ‘ground reference solution’ as well as end of life/disposal.
  
  https://www.nominalsys.com/blogs/the-uk-ministry-of-defence-procure-nominals-simulation-products
   

[Sergey Reznichenko]

• Who are you?
  Mining engineer with PhD in mining, worked for Rio Tinto, Anglo American and De Beers through my career in Europe and Africa. Started developing digital twin in mining concept almost 15 years ago although that time no one called it a digital twin.  
• What is your industry and profession?
  I am a mining engineer with 37 years of experience last 20 years working on developing new technology for mining (both hardware and software) 
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally?
  Mostly professionally to expand our company reach outside mining and also learn from other people's experience. 
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub?
  For networking and potential collaboration. 
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events?
  Not yet
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins?
  Our company Sight Power Inc (www.sight-power.com) has created few digital twins of a mine (both mining and ore processing facilities) as part of our offering to the global mining industry.  

SightPower - Digital Mining Capability.pdf

[cJudge]

• Who are you? I’m Cavan Judge
   
• What is your industry and profession? I’m a visualiser for Sir Robert McAlpine currently looking in to the power of digital twins
   
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? Both! Currently doing smaller scale digital twins at work but about to start to create one of my home
   
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? Been looking for more information about DT and found this web site.
   
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? I hope so
   
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? Hopefully in the future

[Mei]

Who are you?  Hello, my  name is Mei. I am delighted to be here.I work for a social enterprise, Eluceo, set up to help individuals navigate the complex arena of education/lifelong learning into a fulfilling career. We also have a lifelong career road-mapping app, iShine®, that is developed to enable individuals to respond quickly in a rapidly changing careers landscape due to the emergence of new technology, AI and automation.

My role at Eluceo is director. However, from this September I am also working part-time on a digital twin (DT) research project, at King’s College, London.

What is your industry and profession? I am a systems engineer by profession but also have a strong business analysis background, with over 30 years of experience in major companies covering health, government and defence.

I have a degree in Biomedical Electronics and PhD in medical instrumentation.

Eluceo supports individuals from age 16 and beyond on career and skills development, and companies of all industries on upskilling and re-skilling. We have also started to provide technical consultancy.

Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally?

I think we are entering a very interesting time for engineering and technology. The advancement in AI, ML, robotics, IoT, VR, AR together with the emergence of new technologies/implementations such as blockchains, metaverse, web3, DT, etc., is changing the way we live and work. For this reason, personally in order to gain some hands-on experience on DT, I have embarked on a part-time research project at King’s College, London. The project is to research and implement DTs to support modelling of hospital systems.

Professionally I would like to stay with research on DT but also to help Small to Medium Size (SME) organisations with implementing their DT solutions.

In addition, I hope with the knowledge gained from the DT project I can convey my experience and understanding of the career opportunities, the skills associated with DTs to individuals, especially to the students that Eluceo works with.

Why have you decided to join the DTHub?  I think the Hub is an excellent place to learn about DT and to meet people working in similar area. The Hub has extensive resources and the toolkit provides very clear guidance on how to start the DT journey.

Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? No, but I would like to be an active member of the Hub.

Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? No, as I am at the beginning stage of the DT research project.

Thank you!

[Guillaume CHEVREUX]

• Who are you? I am Digital Twin Platforms Technical Manager at ASSYSTEM, an independent and international company with one key mission: to accelerate the energy transition throughout the world.
• What is your industry and profession? With more than 55 years’ experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, ASSYSTEM provides its customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimise the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering. I work in the Digital Excellence Center in France, on the development and deployment of Digital Twin platform, supported by Systems Engineering methodologies.
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? Both!
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? A colleague of mine strongly suggested that I join Digital Twin Hub.
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Not yet, but I would be happy to participate. 
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? We are currently developing the Digital Twin of a nuclear microreactor, devised by start-up Naarea, to model and simulate its behaviour, through the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. This Digital Twin will allow us to quickly determine the best design, provide critical elements to validate the conception, then rapidly launch the physical prototype's construction. In addition, thanks to its knowledge of strictly regulated environments, Assystem will support Naarea in the development of this new technology in compliance with the nuclear regulatory framework.DE

[Ben Barton]

Hi I'm Ben Barton and I work for Digital Dry Dock Ltd a company that specialises in dimensional survey in the marine sector.

 

I'm here to learn more about Digital Twins and to share my experience using 3D laser scanners and various 3D data processing softwares.

 

I'm keen to learn new things and stay up-to-date with this topic. I'm especially keen to meet other people withh a Marine background using digital services to solve conventional problems.

 

All the best,

Ben

www.digitaldrydock.co.uk 

 

Edited October 4, 2022 by Ben Barton

[Ireti Ajala]

• Who are you? Ireti Ajala -a Senior Data Architect working with Envitia based in Horsham, UK

• What is your industry and profession? My background was principally Geospatial data visualisation and analytics consultancy, but I have grown into roles involving the definition and delivery of clear and strategic Enterprise Data Architecture roadmap to support organisations in their digital transformation journeys to achieve wider business/organisational goals

• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Envitia leverages world-class technology stack either on-prem or in the cloud to assist clients in the private and public sectors solve complex data challenges. Some of our clients are increasingly interested in the value proposition of Digital Twin and Digital Thread especially in the delivery of incredible capability required to solve complex real-world challenges and making better informed decisions in the most efficient manner.

• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? I would like to see how different organisations are leveraging Digital Twin to gain insight into how this can enable Envitia  bring value to their clients.

• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? No not yet but looking forward to participating soon.

• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins?  Yes. I was involved in the successful definition and delivery of a Digital Twin related project for one of Envitia’s clients. https://www.envitia.com/2022/10/why-digital-twin-and-digital-thread-concepts-are-worth-exploring/  

Edited October 18, 2022 by Ireti Ajala

[Surveytech]

• Who are you? Matt Lacey, Managing Director of Surveytech ltd, a surveying equipment company based in London. We distribute technology from Matterport, Leica Geosystems, GeoSLAM and more.

• What is your industry and profession? We sell, service and hire out equipment and support our customers in creating Digital Twins. We also run training courses and host webinars to allow people to better understand the technology.

• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? To better support our customers and understand the industry more broadly.

• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? To better understand the applications that people are using this technology for and gain knowledge of where things are heading.

• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Not yet, but keen to do so.

• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins?  We recently hosted a webinar discussing our digital twin work that you can view here: https://survey-tech.co.uk/blogs/news/watch-our-latest-webinar-on-how-to-create-you-first-digital-twin

[DChallender]

Who are you? - I'm a delivery director and I specialise in the design, development and deployment of Digital Hospitals / twins and Control Centres 

What is your industry and profession? - I work in the global healthcare sector as a consulting Director for Hitachi Vantara and have previously worked in the NHS leading transformation programs, prior to this I worked for one of the Big four consulting companies. However, I originally starting my career as a manufacturing systems engineer in the aerospace, electronics and automotive manufacturing sectors

Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? - I first started to look at digital twins when I was in the NHS as a way of being able to monitor and coordinate resources across a widely dispersed geographical area and the impacts on population health management about 8 years ago, however for the last 5 years I have been working on the design, development and deployment of a digital control center for the NHS, which incorporates a digital twin of the patient. On a personal note, I am extremely passionate about what and how digital twins / control centres and predictive capability can do to do to help improve both patient and users lifes.  

Why have you decided to join the DTHub? - I wanted to network with like-minded people and really start to understand how I can help make a difference for people and also show some of the work that I am leading at Hitachi to improve patients life's 

Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? - No not yet but i intend to join in as soon as i can :-) 

Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? - Yes, i can showcase the work we have been doing in Hitachi with a large NHS Trust in the Northwest of England to design, build and deploy a digital control center, a series of new digital products and AL / ML driven predictive capabilities which support clinicians and operational staff to undertake improved decision making in areas such as flow, demand and capacity, care task management, discharge coordination, operational and performance management, Emergency department optimization, etc.

[Rornaldo]

• Who are you? Rori Millar and I am based in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• What is your industry and profession?  I am Principal Information Manager at Tetra Tech, working on mainly publicly procured works and leading/assisting with all things BIM. Also studying for a master's in BIM project management at Queens University Belfast with my dissertation focusing on Augmented reality and its use within the construction industry.
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? Professionally, to enhance not only my own but our staff's understanding. As well as assisting our clients.
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub?  Curiosity more so than anything, a group of like-minded people always appeals, see where this goes! 
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events?  Plan to join the gemini call this morning and look up some previous presentations within this platform
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins?  My entire profession is working with digital twins in a sense, mainly involved in the creation of models, and assisting the supply team during construction and installations. As well as for asset management used by the client following the handover.

[alexpogmore]

Hello all, my name is Alex Pogmore, I am a PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham co-sponsored by Fulcro.

I am researching BIM, digital twins and innovative technologies full-time, and Fulcro are supporting my studies through their FULmax BIM Cave product line.

My reserach aims to utilise digital twin technology inside the FULmax BIM Cave to create a digital asset management hub, wherein stakeholders across AECO can better manage their assets in a collaborative environment. As part of this, I am developing an IoT platform to integrate sensor data and remote technician feeds to be viewed in the FULmax BIM Cave.

I have decided to join the DTHub to knowledge share and create potential collaboration opportunities with other like-minded digital twin enthusiasts!

I have never attended any meetings or events, but I plan to.

My PhD research builds on my Master's thesis, whereby I created a digital shadow in Unity, viewable in the FULmax BIM Cave, which took live sensor data and visualised changes to temperature and humidity in the FULmax.

Edited November 15, 2022 by alexpogmore

[Rasheed Hussain]

Who are you? 

Senior Lecturer at the Bristol Digital Futures Institute (BDFI) and Smart Internet Lab, University of Bristol mainly working on cyber and network security, Digital Twins, and Responsible AI (RAI). 

What is your industry and profession?

Working at the University of Bristol, UK as a Senior Lecturer

Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally?

I am interested in the research on security of and security through Digital Twins in CPS and critical infrastructure. 

Why have you decided to join the DTHub?

I had a collaborative meeting with people from DT hub hosted at BDFI, University of Bristol and it seems to be a great opportunity to be in contact with the DT community.

Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events?

No, I have not participated yet.

Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166361522000963

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9357935

https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3517189

https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.12501

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166361520305686

 

[Hani]

• Who are you? An enthusiast in futures thinking and dynamic strategy design and a believer in calculated technology adoption and production.
• What is your industry and profession? Digital Technology Research, Innovation, and Foresight Specialist in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in KSA
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? Personally, I'd like to actualize the philosophical concepts Digital Twin carry in managing my life and home. Professionally, I'd like to plant seeds of a concerted framework of complex systems on national level. 
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? I would like to sit in and join the discussions.
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Not yet but have just signed up for one!
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? None.

[Ashish Naik]

Who are you? Ashish Naik, Senior Specialist on Autonomous Compute at Amazon Web Services UK (AWS). This is really focused on predictive modelling/living digital twins and spatial simulation

What is your industry and profession? Cloud computing & technical specialist to help drive PoCs to support Digital Twin creations & spatial simulatons

Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? Professionally. Our goal is to help enable organisations with their digital twins. 

Why have you decided to join the DTHub? Build a network in Digital Twins across UK. Learn about different applications, use cases and partners. Build consortiums and proof of concepts around L4 Living Digital Twins

Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Not yet, but I will be!

Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins?

-  First, to help define different types of Digital Twins ( https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/iot/digital-twins-on-aws-unlocking-business-value-and-outcomes/ ) - would love feedback on this. I focus on the L4 DTs

- Enabling large scale spatial simulations

 

[Helen Fisher]

Hello, I'm delighted to be here.

• Who are you? Helen Fisher, have been working in the commercial property industry for over 18 years leading on brand development, marketing, comms and placemaking.
• What is your industry and profession? Director of Marketing and Comms for Here East, a 1.2 million sq ft tech and innovation campus in London. 
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? Professionally, we are building a digital twin of our campus to showcase best in class and how tech can positively impact this sector.
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? To build a network in Digital Twins globally and to learn about different applications and use cases.
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Not yet, but plan to.
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? Not yet, but we're working on something exciting which we will be showcasing at SXSW23. Watch this space.

Edited January 12, 2023 by Helen Fisher
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[Ben Snalam]

Hey Everybody!
 

• Who are you? - I'm Ben Snalam - I'm a kiwi living in London with my formative professional years working for a small Distribution Network Operator in New Zealand - doing all sorts from substation design, control room operation and a fair bit of systems integration and asset management system migration. My educational background is a mix of power and software engineering.
• What is your industry and profession? I'm now in Transport, working for TfL as an Asset Strategy Manager, looking specifically at our digital systems used for asset management and how they are deployed across the asset lifecycle.
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? I'm looking forward to leveraging the CDBB and Digital Twin Program work in TfL's own digital journey and aligning our long term strategy to the NDT vision.
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? I'm keen to learn off the experiences of other a little further down the road than us and contributing to the community once we've got a few more things to share.
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Not yet, but I'm looking forward to 😊
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? Not yet... watch this space!

Edited December 30, 2022 by Ben Snalam

[Francis Heritage]

Happy New Year!

 

Who are you? - I'm Francis Heritage, a Royal Navy veteran and Business Development Manager for the Defence arm of Faculty, an Applied AI company based in London.

What is your industry and profession? Faculty Science Ltd (Faculty) is the UK's largest independent AI company (we recently outgrew the 'SME' label!). We provide a full range of data fusion/data science capabilities and provide bespoke AI services across every use case you can think of, including digital models, shadows and twins. We recently launched a new product called 'Frontier', which creates computational twins of complex business processes for the purpose of improving decision making. (faculty.ai/frontier)

Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? Professionally, to better understand DT use-cases and subsequent applications of AI/ML.

Why have you decided to join the DTHub? To find potential partners and clients where our AI/ML experience might help to make a difference; to network; and to increase my own knowledge of an increasingly important field that is rapidly evolving!

Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? The Defence Digital Twin event in Nov 2022.

Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? We have completed a computational Digital Twin of an NHS trust to improve A&E flow-through, as profiled in The Times in Dec 2022. It allows hospital managers to scenario plan and predict the likely outcome of each patient as they arrive, leading to a more efficient use of bedspace and other assets. We are also applying this product to other Government and non-Government clients. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ai-cure-for-bed-blocking-can-predict-hospital-stay-fpvjn5ql6

Edited January 12, 2023 by Francis Heritage
Spelling and grammar corrections.

[CoftheG]

• Who are you?I'm the CTO of a small company with big ambitions called ELEVEN-I.  We are a sensor data collection, analysis, interpretation and act company aiming to bring structural health monitoring to wind turbine blades. I also have an interest in Digital Twins for nuclear.
• What is your industry and profession? Primarily wind industry but a lot of nuclear project experience. 
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? Our products provide data for digital twins in real time.  We measure various parameters to build a picture of the fatigue accumulation, bending modes, real loads and various other information which can be extracted from the data.
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? I think that what we are doing constitutes work in the field of digital twins and am keen to learn more and meet people with a shared interest.  Just defining what constitutes a digital twin is interesting.  It can mean many things.  Key is that a digital model exists in some form which reflects a time based reality. Models inherently have limited accuracy as they are based on measurements with limitations.  The next step for digital twins is to tag measurement confidence to the measurement data.  Understanding the measurement error, accuracy and precision is key to making good use of a twin.
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Not yet but I certainly intedend doing so.
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? We worked on a Digital Twin with Cammell Laird and NNL on "Project FAITH" which was  a mock up of a nuclear fuel rod assembly.  All of our current wind products contribute to our digital models of wind turbines.

[Matthew Palmer]

Hi everyone,

Who? I recently became lead for Digital Science at the Plymouth Marine Labs (PML). Until recently I was Chief Scientist for the UK Marine Autonomous and Robotic Systems facility. 

What? I am a marine scientist by training but am also an early adopter of disruptive tech to improve our capability to measure, model and understand our oceans and the their relationship with society. 

Where? PML uses a range of digital technologies and skills to meet its mission of "Research Excellence to support a sustainable ocean". We are in the early stages of developing DTs for a range of applications and stakeholders that utilises a unique capability in both ocean ecosystem modelling, long term-observing systems that include fixed point, remote sensing and autonomous platforms, and integrated social and natural science approaches.

Why? To extend networks and contribute to the exciting debate on DTs and their use for a better and more sustainable future. 

[Jim Thorpe]

• Who are you? I’m Jim Thorpe and I run Experior Micro Technologies. At Experior we build and support custom Internet-of-Things and Digital solutions.
• What is your industry and profession? I’ve been working in technology for the past 30 years in a wide range of roles - electronics, RF, semiconductors and data analytics in both industry and academia.
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? I am interested in exploiting IoT and Digital Twin technologies to overcome social, environmental and industrial challenges.
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? I would like to learn from / share my knowledge with the wider DT community.
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Not yet, but I look forward to doing so.
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? Yes, working with partners we completed our first IoT / DT project last year - a smart blue-roof demonstrator. The system uses a digital representation of the roof hydrology together with precision weather forecasting and local data gathering to provide rainwater attenuation, flood mitigation and support plant growth for biodiversity promotion in Manchester (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG9e-EeU39A).

[Paul Foster]

• Who are you?  Paul, CEO of OnePlan and VenueTwin, the official digital twin partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games - https://www.oneplanevents.fr/en/ 
• What is your industry and profession?  Digital twin software to design, operate and commercialise sports and entertainment venues and urban environments.
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? to improve operational planning efficiency, reduce carbon footprint and increase commercialisation of digital venue assets.
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub?  To meet some of the best minds in the digital twin sector and to seek out partnership opportunities.  
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events?  not yet.
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? 

1. https://www.oneplanevents.fr/en 
2. https://www.venuetwin.com/case-studies/