City Global Futures brings together people, organisations and ideas to create smart and sustainable futures. They harness the power of innovation, diversity and inclusion to shape places and systems that are smart, sustainable and fair because they work better for everyone.
Stephen Hilton is Founder and Director of City Global Futures. He has 20+ years’ experience of developing strategy and delivering innovative and impactful projects with cities, government bodies, universities, businesses and communities. He was named Local Government Innovator of the Year for his work on technology and democracy. Stephen is a Fellow of the University of Bristol Digital Futures Institute and a former Digital Placemaking Fellow on the Bristol+Bath Creative R+D programme. He is Sector Advisor on Smart Cites to Invest Bristol+Bath and is a Board Member of the Architecture Centre. Stephen also has a severe visual impairment which gives him a unique outlook on the world.