Richard Webster has 30 years of experience within the lighting industry working in both the private and public sectors. He is Project Director for the Adept / DfT Smarter Suffolk Live Labs Project and the Street Lighting Asset Manager for Suffolk County Council, responsible for the client function, contract management and delivery associated with over 90,000 illuminated assets where 65,000 street lights are connected to a central management system. Richard has been an early adopter of smart cities technology, utilising the street lighting communications network for a number of projects for both lighting and highways, and securing subsequent European and DFT/Adept funding to implement innovative technologies on a larger scale. Richard has presented papers at numerous events internationally, focusing on the use of new street lighting technology and sharing the benefits, challenges and lessons learnt from various projects conducted at scale.