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Brian Bishop has represented the UK government on Global Expert Missions and trade missions for smart cities across the world and is on the roster of smart city consultants for the United Nations Habitat Programme.

He is also President of the Global Standards body, the Open Connectivity Foundation. The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) is a global, member-driven technical standards development organisation. Its 500+ members are working to enable trust, interoperability, and secure communication between IP-connected IoT devices and services.

More recently, Brian has been working on the development of a connected cities program with the emphasis on the Digital Twin and the building of standardised Information Management Frameworks that are cross sectoral. He has been invited to sit on the UK’s National Cyber Physical Infrastructure (NCPI) Forum, and is advising on the Digital Twin Data-Sharing Work Group