Liverpool 5G Create Project Lead Ann Williams joins UK5G Advisory Board

June 23, 2021

The UK5G Advisory Board is made up of industry and academic representatives and a cross-section of stakeholders in the 5G community and plays an important role in informing the operations of UK5G, championing the opportunities for 5G in the UK, providing independent, impartial advice to the Government as it develops its strategic policy and support for 5G, and acts as an informal review body for projects funded by the DCMS 5G Testbed & Trials programme.

The Advisory Board has welcomed new members for the final year of the Testbeds & Trials Programme, with representatives from a wide range of industries including Health and Social Care, Manufacturing, and Transport and Logistics invited to join.

10 new UK5G Advisory Board members

Liverpool 5G Create project lead Ann Williams, Commissioner and Contracts Manager at Liverpool City Council, is one of the 10 new members to join the UK5G Advisory Board.

 “I am really pleased to be appointed to the UK5G Advisory Board. As a Commissioner and Contracts Manager in Liverpool City Council’s Adult Social Care, I see my role to bring the Health and Social Care perspective to the Board” said Ann. The Liverpool 5G Create project is developing a private, independent 5G network for Health, Social Care and Education use cases, and aims to reduce digital poverty and health inequalities.

Ann added: “Being a member of the advisory board provides the opportunity to share the real-life experience I have of delivering digital change at scale in the public sector across the developing 5G ecosystem.”

The full list of new members to the UK5G Advisory Board are: