Concave Summit 2025 - Speaker
Katie Adnams.
Associate Director, Smart Places & Digital Infrastructure, Jacobs
Katie is an Associate Director for Smart Places & Digital Infrastructure at Jacobs, experienced in delivering projects that look at the intersection between technology, innovation and cities. She has worked on smart city projects and innovation initiatives both in the UK and internationally, in existing urban contexts and in the masterplanning of new places.
Prior to Jacobs, Katie led the Urban Innovation team at Connected Places Catapult, the UK's innovation accelerator for cities and transport. With a background in urbanism and data science, and experience across public and private sectors, Katie specialises in taking a user-centred design approach to understand how data, technology and digital services can be embedded and scaled in cities.