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TFI DEMO Competition Briefing & Capability for TFI Event
2021-10-12 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Join Innovate UK and KTN for details of the new Transforming Foundation Industries Demonstrators Competition, followed by the Capability for TFI Event where you can learn about Research Organisations expertise and find consortium partners for DEMO.
TFI Demonstrators Competition provides the opportunity for UK businesses to apply for up to 2-year projects, greater than £5m in size, focussed upon sustainability developments for the foundation industries. The competition aim is to support the demonstration of the future technology required to improve the productivity and competitiveness of UK foundation industries, piloted at active foundation industry sites, de-risking future deployment for all foundation industries. This programme of events will help bring to life some of the key themes that will make up the competition and make connections across the industries.

Φ-week
2021-10-11 08:00 - 2021-10-15 17:00 | Online
The European Space Agency invites you to participate to the fourth edition of Φ-week on 11–15 October 2021.
This event focuses on how to accelerate the future of Earth Observation (EO), presenting recent developments in EO Open Science and latest trends in EO markets, exploring bold and transformative ideas that ESA’s Φ-lab and Data Applications Division supports and scales up along with researchers, start-ups, industry and private investors.
The main theme of Φ-week 2021 is the New Space economy and associated innovations. The sessions, posters and side-events will highlight how the New Space economy is developing in Europe and alongside competition worldwide, and how it can contribute to the EU Green Deal, Digital Europe Programme, Destination Earth initiative, UN SDGs, and in general to the EU Space Strategy and European space sector.
It will be a free-to-attend virtual event for the public and in person for invited speakers, COVID situation allowing it.

SPACE2CONNECT 2021 Conference
2021-10-11 08:00 - 2021-10-14 17:00 | Online
Join the European Space Agency’s first ever Space2Connect conference taking place between 11 to 14 October 2021. This virtual event will be streamed from ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk in the Netherlands, and we invite you to participate!
Space2Connect is a place to explore and discuss emerging space-based solutions for today’s and tomorrow’s digital economy. Giving an outline across the whole satcom upstream and downstream business value chain, we aim to foster partnerships and inspire new strategies for technology development and market growth.
The conference consists of both plenary and parallel sessions with virtual networking opportunities. The opening plenary sessions are where manufacturers, satellite operators, space agencies, small companies, entrepreneurs, technical experts and investors are encouraged to quiz executive-level guests who deliver keynote speeches.
During parallel sessions at Space2Connect we will continue to exchange ideas, share plans, develop relationships, and seek inspiration to thrive in the new space age. You will be able to choose from a wide range of topics showing the latest developments in advanced technology, products and services for satellite communications, discuss the role of space in rail and maritime transport, explore how space-enabled 5G/6G connectivity is transforming society, and much more!

Eureka Investment Readiness Programme: European Space Agency
2021-10-07 15:00 - 16:30 | Online
On 7 October 2021 (15:00 – 16:30 CEST), during a webinar by Eureka and ESA, you will have the chance to learn about ESA’s opportunities for start-ups and SMEs, supporting them scaling-up and commercialising.
The purpose of this first online session on 7 October will be presenting some of ESA’s programmes and opportunities relevant to start-ups and SMEs, that aim at removing entry barriers to the marketplace, supporting companies towards scaling-up and commercialisation. Companies will also hear about current market trends in some domain areas such as 5G connectivity as well as Earth Observation integrated with Artificial Intelligence. You can sign up until 2 days before the webinar takes place.
Some of the activities and initiatives that will be presented during this session are as follows:

The ESA Business Incubation Centres, offering funding, business and technical support to help start-ups and SMEs to develop businesses using space technology and data.
ESA Business Applications, that supports the development of sustainable services utilising space assets by providing zero-equity funding, access to technical and commercial guidance, as well as access to our network of partners.
InCubed, a Public Private Partnership co-funding programme run by ESA, phi-labs that focuses on developing innovative and commercially viable products and services that exploit the value of Earth observation imagery and datasets.
The 5G/6G Hub – based at ESA’s European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) at Harwell in the UK – is a place for collaboration, where start-ups, SMEs and Industry can develop products and services using state-of-the-art 5G integrated terrestrial-satellite equipment.

Please see here for more information and registration.
Agenda
15:00 Introduction, Davide Delaiti, Eureka Association
15:05 Welcome Speech, Portuguese Presidency of Eureka
15:10 How to build Successful Partnerships with ESA
Frank M. Salzgeber, Head of Innovation and Ventures Office

The role of Space in Innovation. Entry point at ESA

Niels Eldering, Head of the ESA Space Solutions Section

ESA Business Incubation Centers, Technology Brokers and Business Applications Ambassadors

Jens Kauffmann/Sandra Vogt, SME Office

How to do business with ESA

Michele Castorina, Phi-Lab Invest Office

EO and AI Market trends. In-cubed Programme

Antonio Franchi/Maria Guta, Space for 5G/6G Strategic Programme

Space for 5G and 6G

16:00 Aymeric Jouon – CEO and Founder at I Clean My Sea

Company journey at ESA BIC Sud France

16:05 Next Steps, Emma Fau, External advisor at Eureka
16:10 Q/A session
16:25 End of session
ABOUT EUREKA
Eureka is an international network established in 1985 as an agreement between 18 countries to foster European competitiveness and integration and to encourage R&D cooperation. Since then, we have expanded to include over 45 countries in Europe and beyond who share the same goals and have national funding available to organisations who apply through our programmes.
ABOUT ESA SPACE SOLUTIONS
ESA Space Solutions is the go to place for great business ideas involving space in all areas of society and economy. Our mission is to support entrepreneurs in Europe in the development of business using satellite applications and space technology to improve everyday life. ESA Space Solutions is designed to provide multiple entry points such as ESA Business Incubation Centres (ESA BICs), ESA Technology Broker Network, ESA Business Applications Ambassadors and ESA Business Applications programme. Funding typically ranges from €50k to €2M and supports everything from technology transfer, business incubation, Feasibility Studies to large-scale Demonstration Projects.

Data Bites: Getting things done with data in government
2021-10-06 18:00 - 19:20 | Online
We will be taking questions virtually during the event via the integrated event chat.
Better use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinating work with data. But those projects don’t get the attention they deserve.
At this month’s event, the 23rd in our series, the speakers will present their work in an exciting, quickfire format. Each speaker has eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience.
This month’s speakers are:

Or Lenchner, CEO of Bright Data, presenting lessons learned from how the commercial world draws insight from online public data
Andrew Engeli, Deputy Director for Environmental Monitoring for Health Protection, UK Health Security Agency, on the challenges of developing novel data sources in the context of the pandemic response
Bethan Charnley, Head of National Data Strategy Implementation at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on monitoring and evaluating the National Data Strategy
Patrick Royce, Energy Engineer, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on the My2050 Calculator for exploring pathways to Net Zero

The event will be chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Associate at the Institute for Government.
@ifgevents #IfGDataBites

Manufacturing on the Edge: How can Edge Computing benefit your business?
2021-10-06 14:00 - 15:30
Join us to learn what edge means for the manufacturing sector, what’s behind the buzzword and the potential for edge computing.

The meaning of Edge Computing has evolved over time, with varying definitions and implementations in different technology domains. Despite the value it offers, its benefits are currently limited to a small set of businesses and applications. However, Edge Computing is seen as a key enabler in the industrial and manufacturing sectors, where it can unlock the transformative potential of digital manufacturing.

Join this event to learn what edge means for the manufacturing sector, what’s behind the buzzword and discover the potential of edge computing in manufacturing.

During the 1.5 hour webinar, we will:

Debunk some myths; offering a high-level introduction to edge computing, specifically crafted for the manufacturing sector
Discuss the technological requirements that businesses need to adopt edge computing
Showcase the business benefits, opportunities and return on investment adopting advance digital technologies may offer
Showcase the benefits/opportunities to business from adopting advanced digital technologies – focusing on return on investment
Address potential challenges and how to overcome them.

Why Attend?
Attendees will have the opportunity to hear experts from Digital Catapult and industry guests:

Discuss the different edge models and how they fit into existing technology infrastructure
Address the benefits and challenges of adopting edge in the manufacturing environment
Explore the routes to trial and adoption
Share experiences of pioneer businesses that adopted edge

Who Should Attend?
This event will be of interest to people working at all levels within the manufacturing industry who are keen to learn more about edge computing and explore what it might mean for their business. Manufacturing employees working in network and connectivity, infrastructure and technical system integration where edge has a direct effect.

Agenda
(further speakers to be announced shortly)
Introduction – Banishing the Buzzword: What is Edge Computing?
Paul Ceely – Director of Technology – Strategy at Digital Catapult
Presentation – Edge Computing & Manufacturing: The Potential, Benefits & Challenges of Adopting Edge in Manufacturing Settings
Panel Discussion and Expert Q&A – How to Move the Manufacturing Industry to the Edge? The roles of AI, IoT and 5G
Chair: David Pugh – Manufacturing Markets Lead at Digital Catapult
Bernd Gross – CTO Software AG / CEO Cumulocity
Piyush Modi – Business Development/Strategist for Industrial Sector at NVIDIA
Claire Caminade – Head of 5G Product & Partnerships at Digital Catapult
Fireside Chat – Moving to the Edge: Example of successful adoption
Closing remarks

Industrial Energy Transformation Fund Phase 2 competition briefing
2021-10-06 10:00 - 13:30 | Online
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), in collaboration with KTN, will be hosting an online competition briefing webinar on the 6th October 2021 to promote the £220m Phase 2 Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) and to share details of the new Autumn 2021 window of funding.

The IETF will support businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future, and to cut their bills and emissions through increased energy efficiency and decarbonisation. It is a crucial part of the Government’s strategy for tackling climate change and reaching Net Zero by 2050. It complements other government programmes that offer innovation and early demonstration support, such as the Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator and Industrial Fuel Switching (part of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio) and will help to transform an important part of the UK economy.
The Phase 2 competition for England, Wales and Northern Ireland opens on the 27th September 2021 and runs until 6th December and is worth up to £60 million in funding. It will be available in the form of a grant scheme and will fund:

Studies – feasibility and engineering studies to investigate identified energy efficiency and decarbonisation projects prior to making an investment decision.
Energy Efficiency projects – deployment of technologies to reduce industrial energy consumption.
Deep Decarbonisation projects – deployment of technologies to achieve industrial emissions savings. This strand of the competition is new for Phase 2.

For more information on IETF Phase 2: Autumn 2021 and to view the applicant guidance, please visit our competition page.
The briefing webinar will include an opportunity to:

Hear about the scope of the competitions in more detail and how to apply
Hear from industrial site owners who were funded in Phase 1
Learn about the eligibility criteria
Hear about the IETF support and information services available for businesses
Network online and develop partnerships for the competitions
Speak with BEIS confidentially about your project ideas.

The webinar will benefit a number of organisations and professionals including:

Manufacturing companies
Mining and quarrying companies
Recovery and recycling of materials companies
Data centres
Energy efficiency and decarbonisation technology providers

Collaboration Platform: To help potential applicants to find suitable partners for the competition KTN has launched the Phase 2 IETF networking platform. BEIS will be offering confidential discussions via the networking platform on the day of the briefing event and you can book meetings with them through the IETF networking platform.

Agenda

10:00 – Welcome | Jenni McDonnell, KTN
10:05 – Industrial Net Zero Policy | Catherine Barber, BEIS
10:15 – IETF Competition; overview and scope eligability and application process | Lily Tozer, BEIS
10:50 – Q&A – general questions about the competition scope and eligabilty
11:05 – Mentimeter Survey – are you likely to apply?
11:10 – BREAK
11:20 – Phase 1 Case Studies – Project 1 Energy Efficiency, Project 2 Decarbonisation
11:50 – Technology Pitches
12:20 – Application Support Service | Jenni McDonnell, KTN
12:30 – Closing Remarks | Catherine Barber, BEIS
13:30 – One to One discussions with the funders via Networking Platform

Intelligent Energy Infrastructure: The benefits of greater intelligence
2021-10-05 14:00 - 15:30
Discover how intelligent automation can help energy networks address the challenges of the energy infrastructure transformation.

With the transition to Net Zero, energy networks are facing challenges in their digitalisation journey to more autonomous and whole system intelligent network operations.
Electricity networks are facing increasing complexity from the proliferation of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and the electrification of heat and transport.
For gas, the transition to blended gases and hydrogen, and the increased telemetry control required, is driving the need for further infrastructure intelligence. Transitioning away from legacy systems and processes, to advanced telecoms and digital platforms, also offers gas networks significant gains in operational efficiency – but this comes with its own deployment challenges.
We invite you to attend our event on Intelligent Energy Network Infrastructure where we will share expertise, best practice and insights from leaders in the energy sector on how advanced digital innovation can address these challenges.
During the forum, we will discuss:

How advanced digital technologies can address the operational priorities of energy networks during their digitalisation journey
Where advanced technologies fit and how they are applied
How the challenges of the proliferation of DERs and further automating demand-side response can be addressed
What operational challenges gas networks transitioning to hydrogen can be addressed with advanced digital technologies
What is the opportunity for collaboration across gas and electricity networks in their digitalisation journey
Lessons learned from the current journey towards autonomous energy networks

Why Attend?
Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss in an online forum setting with experts from Digital Catapult and industry guests:

Advanced digital technologies that can help address the challenges of energy network transformation
The benefits and challenges of automating and digitalising network management
Lessons learnt from real-world deployments

Who Should Attend?
The event will be of interest to CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, COOs, Heads of Innovation, Technology, Operations, Smart Grid, and Operational Directors within the energy sector. Those who would benefit from an open and candid discussion on the use of advanced digital technologies such as AI and Machine Learning, 5G, Industrial IoT, and AR/VR applications to accelerate the digitalisation of energy network operations.
Agenda
14.00 – Welcome and purpose of the event

Niko Louvranos , Commercial & Product Lead – 5G , Digital Catapult

14:05 – Managing the energy network through advanced digital technologies

Chairing: Niko Louvranos , Commercial & Product Lead – 5G , Digital Catapult
David Richardson, Head of Innovation for Energy Systems, UKRI
Corinna Jones, Innovation Manager, National Grid Gas Transmission
Tom Notman, Head of Energy Transition, Cadent
John Richardson, Head of Innovation and Repex Transformation, SGN
Sotiris Georgiopoulos, Head of Smart Grid Development, UK Power Networks
Dan Clarke, Head of Innovation, Energy Networks Association (ENA)
Catherine Edwards, Senior Project Engineer, Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN)

15:05 – Q&A from the audience
15:25 – Closing remarks

Niko Louvranos, Commercial & Product Lead – 5G , Digital Catapult

15:30 – Forum ends

Real Artificial Intelligence 2021
2021-10-01 10:30 - 16:30 | Online
Organised by BCS-SGAI – A special virtual event showcasing Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence

SPEAKERS

Scott Roberts (BT)
Chris Reed (Queen Mary University)
John McCall (National Subsea Centre, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen)
Dr. Jun Chen (Queen Mary University)
Maria Axente (PwC)
Janet Adams (SingularityNet)

More information about the programme and speakers at
http://bcs-sgai.org/realai2021/?u=programme

SYNOPSIS
BCS-SGAI, the British Computer Society Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence, is the organiser of one of the longest running annual series of AI conferences in Europe: the AI-20xx series. In recent years we have seen a rise in popularity of one aspect of the conference: the industry case studies. These have presented AI as it is actually implemented out there in the real world, with all the triumphs and challenges that brings.
Building on this success, we are pleased to present Real Artificial Intelligence, a series of meetings showcasing practical applications of AI.
We have aimed the event less at deep AI specialists and more at those who may be interested in understanding what AI can offer, and what it is doing right now. The event will feature talks from leading exponents and case studies outlining practical applications of AI from a wide range of application domains. Plenty of time has been allowed in the programme for discussion.

THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
BCS-SGAI
http://bcs-sgai.org/realai2021/?section=home

Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.
For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.

NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP)
2021-09-30 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
Attention all HSC Health & Social Care workers.
Have you got a product or service idea which will improve health or social care and would like to take it to the next level? Are you interested to find out how to develop your idea and turn it into a business?
Invest NI & the Health Innovation Research Alliance – Northern Ireland (HIRANI) would like to invite you to attend the free webinar to find out more about the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) on 30th Sep 2021 at 5pm.
This is an opportunity to learn about how it could help you and how to apply for this year’s programme in October 2021.
Register for the Clinical Entrepreneurship webinar
By registering, you will receive a link to the cloud recording when the webinar has concluded.
*Event attendance and or participation on the programme will contribute towards your CPD.

Details of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP):

It is a workforce development programme for both clinical and non-clinical NHS or HSC staff (including but not limited to…Doctors, Dentists, Healthcare Scientists, Nurses and Midwives, Allied Health Professionals and Pharmacists, Social Workers, Managers, and Administrative/ Clerical Staff) who are selected by a competitive recruitment process.
Run by NHS England and NHS Improvement, the programme has been developed with entrepreneurial clinicians, academic leaders, and industry partners.
The curriculum covers all aspects of setting up and running a business, including attracting investors, applying for funding, and ensuring appropriate corporate governance.
The programme offers mentoring, networking, education, customer matching, resources, development tools, and more.
So far, over 700 clinical entrepreneurs from the NHS have been supported to develop over 400 innovations, since 2016. It has raised over £225 million in private and public sector funding, and created over 1000 jobs, and benefited 16 million users.

Aims of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme include to:

Support the healthcare workforce to develop and scale their most innovative ideas for the benefit of patients, staff, and the wider NHS.
Develop the skills, knowledge and experience needed to successfully develop and spread innovative solutions to the challenges facing the NHS.
Develop leadership capability to deliver on the promise of digital health, genomics, data analytics, advanced technology and social networks for the patients.
Allow entrepreneurs to pursue their innovation without having to leave the health service.
Provide a wider benefit to economic growth through inward investment in the health, social care and life science sectors.
Support invention, commercialisation and adoption of new products, services, and care pathways by enabling commercial, social, public and charitable sector entrepreneurship.

Invest Northern Ireland and HIRANI are pleased to offer budding Northern Ireland entrepreneurs from the HSC-NI the opportunity to apply and take part in this year’s NHS CEP. The next round of applications opens in October 2021.

Access more information on the Clinical Entrepreneurship Programme:

Programme information for the Clinical Entrepreneur training programme
Download the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Applicant Guidance (PDF)

What else is available to help local health and social care entrepreneurs?
In addition to this Invest Northern Ireland also has its range of entrepreneurship support to offer those at all stages of their journey. So, if you are not ready just yet for CEP, we may be able to help you develop your innovation for future NHS CEP rounds. Support and advice on technology transfer is also available through HSC Innovations. This initiative is being supported by HIRANI and HSC Northern Ireland.

Register for the Clinical Entrepreneurship webinar
By registering, you will receive a link to the cloud recording when the webinar has concluded.

CRISP21 - DESIGNED FOR AGEING WEBINAR
2021-09-29 10:00 - 11:00 | Online
The Welsh Government, together with KTN and Innovate UK, is holding a webinar briefing on the “Designed for Ageing“ Competition, part of the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge. Designed for Ageing is a grant funding opportunity for UK companies looking to develop innovations to help people as they age. Find out more about scope, and about how to apply, by registering for this webinar. There will be a chance to ask questions and make a pitch.
This is not only a great opportunity for businesses with ideas, but also for public and third sector partners who could receive funding as part of a service led innovation project. The purpose of the Webinar is to provide additional information on the call and there will be surgery slots available in the afternoon to provide feedback on ideas.

Active Travel Summit
2021-09-29 09:15 - 17:10
Accelerating the UK’s active travel industry towards Healthy, Connected and Net Zero places

Event Summary:
The Active Travel Summit aims to celebrate and accelerate the UK active travel market. By convening innovators, city leaders, transport authorities, active travel commissioners, central government, business leaders and world-leading academics, we will open a space to explore current blockers and propose new mechanisms to unlock the full potential of active travel to power the shift to healthy, low carbon mobility.
Full Event Description:
Together with industry and place leaders, we want to develop an ambitious, coordinated and directed active travel programme that will grow the UK active travel market and drive jobs, enterprise, innovation, investment, and trade opportunities. There are many definitions of Active Travel. At the Catapult we take an inclusive approach which broadly covers any means of getting from A to B where your legs, arms and heart do their fair share of the work.
The Active Travel Summit brings together a cross-section of stakeholders vital to accelerating the active travel agenda and unlocking the full potential of the active travel market, from decision-makers and planners in government, cities and towns, through to the investment community, small and large businesses, academia, strategic bodies and not-for-profit organisations.
The Summit will feature TeamGB stars like Dame Sarah Storey – Active Travel Commissioner for the Sheffield City Region – and her London equivalent, Will Norman, with business leaders like Will Butler Adams from Brompton Bikes, Arup’s Susan Claris and innovative property developers like Harry Badham and Roger Madelin of Hammerson and British Land respectively. The new Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department for Transport, Professor Sarah Sharples and Professor Rachel Aldred of the Active Travel Academy will bring to life the UK’s leading role in related fields of science and research.
The Connected Places Catapult is taking the lead on accelerating solutions by identifying opportunities and tackling the challenges faced by this high-potential industry. We recognise that the opportunities created by walking, cycling, running, wheeling and scooting in the UK are huge. We can open up new forms of active travel to people across the country, decarbonise transport, accelerate net zero, transform our roads and streets, create attractive people-friendly places, address the obesity crisis, and improve mental health.
UK businesses are building an enormously diverse range of products and services that make active travel a thriving, high-growth and forward-facing sector. Given global investment and rapid policy and regulatory shifts at national, regional and city government level this presents a substantial export potential – cutting across multiple sectors where the UK has a strong global reputation like design, masterplanning, engineering, project finance, insurance and other high-value consultancy. This is driven by fundamental and applied research and a rapid technology curve, not least in terms of battery technology and electric mobility. From apps that guide journeys, bikes that can be carried on trains, to scooters that can fold under a desk, e-bikes that flatten the hardest of hills, and light electric vehicles (LEVs) that can deliver to your door using only pedal power – the UK is at the forefront of the hardware and software of the active travel revolution. This has the potential to thrive and scale in what Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called ‘a new golden age’ in cycling, walking and active mobility.

Why Attend

If you are innovating in the Active Travel market, we want to find ways to celebrate and showcase your work. We want to give you the space to be inspired and to highlight opportunities with the people who might be able to help.

If you are an investor or an owner of big strategic challenges relating to Active Travel, we want you to explore the role of Collaborative Research & Development (CR&D) and the innovation market.

If you are a place leader, transport authority or decision maker, we want to provide a space for you to explore how you can better leverage the power of the UK’s rich and diverse Active Travel innovation market. You will discuss with peers how you might share requirements, collectively approach problems or share challenges with the market.

No matter who you are, we want you to leave inspired by this celebration of British innovation in Active Travel, ready to play your part in helping the industry step (and ride) up yet another gear.

AGENDA
09:15 WELCOME REMARKS
09:30 ACTIVE TRAVEL: An immense commercial opportunity in a global growth sector
10:45 LEV-ELLING UP: Light Electric Vehicles (Levs), Micromobility, Sustainable Freight and more as a driver of inclusive growth
12:30 Networking Lunch
13:30 BOOSTING ACTIVE TRAVEL R&D: A step and gear change in investment and innovation
14:45 STEP & GEAR CHANGE: Design-led innovation to unlock journeys on foot in a net zero world
15:30 Networking Break
15:50 PLANNING FOR REAL CHANGE: Creating the conditions to boost demand in 20 Minute Neighbourhoods
17.00 CLOSING REMARKS: Reflections and call to arms and legs for the sector
17.10 Networking reception

Genomics England Innovation Showcase 2021
2021-09-29 | Online
A showcase of innovations for the future of genomics healthcare.
Join Genomics England for discussions around key factors impacting project goals and the field in general, including a session on diversity. Take part in Q&A sessions to help us address challenges through awareness and open conversation.
9:15 – 10:30
Solving the Covid puzzle: Why do some healthy people become seriously ill?
10:45 – 12:00
A world first: Whole genome sequencing in the NHS Genomic Medicine Service
12:15 – 13:30
Newborn sequencing: The value and the vision
14:00 – 15:30
Cancer 2.0: Integrating long-read sequencing technology and multi-modal data
15:45 – 17:00
Genomics for all: Ensuring equality and diversity in genomic health care

Digital DNA 2021
2021-09-28 - 2021-09-29 | St George’s Market, East Bridge Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 3NQ, United Kingdom
Join 1,500+ attendees in-person at St Georges Market, Belfast to hear from the brightest minds in the tech industry and discover the impact technology is having on our world.

Since 2013, Digital DNA has established itself as the biggest tech event in Northern Ireland and is back in person for 2021 on Tuesday 28 & Wednesday 29 September.
We bring together the regions leading tech talent, investors, multinational and indigenous companies as well as those genuinely interested in the world of technology and the impact it has on us all.
WE DON’T DO VANILLA. You won’t find stuffy, academic style talks that are deeply technical, long and theoretical. All our talks are carefully curated to be thought provoking and provide knowledge to our audience.

We bring the energy and create the most exciting event experience for tech tech community.

From seeds to needs: Regenerating ecosystems services to halt the biodiversity crisis
2021-09-27 - 2021-10-08 | Online
Where can interdisciplinary collaborations with engineering solutions make the largest impact? Apply to participate in the RAEng Frontiers Symposia – if successful you can bid for seed funding to take forward a collaborative project established at the event, ensuring that partnerships are built to last.
Attendance at a Frontiers symposia is by invitation only following a rigorous selection process. Applicants can self nominate or nominate an other person for a specific event or make a general application.
Apply to attend – Royal Academy of Engineering (raeng.org.uk)
The goal of the symposia is to facilitate introductions and collaboration between outstanding researchers, innovators and practitioners working in the international development field.
Whilst working jointly on concepts for engineering for development, attendees share new techniques and approaches across disciplinary boundaries and build lasting connections. Delegates will be approximately 0-20 years post-doc, or have equivalent experience in industry, presenting a great opportunity to establish valuable contacts with the next generation of engineering leaders and beyond.
Symposium content and themes
We face a global biodiversity crisis, with unprecedented and accelerating rates of species extinctions and degradation of habitats. This will have grave impacts on the worlds human population dependent on the ecosystems services they provide. However, biodiversity is a broad theme with many challenges encompassed within it. There is a need to simultaneously identify the major challenges faced (such as those defined by the Sustainable Development Goals) and the areas where interdisciplinary environmental engineering and science can have the greatest impact to maximise the benefits gained relative to costs – “maximising the bang for the buck”.
It is recognised that the global biodiversity emergency affects lower- and middle-income countries the hardest. There are potential conflicts between conservation efforts and resource exploitation that can often negatively impact the communities in LMICs and undermine efforts of development.
This symposium will scope out those challenges that would most benefit from engineering solutions, as part of interdisciplinary collaborations, and explore this within the context of the themes: Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial.
Each theme will be explored from a research, policy and industry perspective, facilitating dialogue from a wide range of disciplines, including engineering, environmental science and management, social sciences, and economics and governance.
Event Chairs
Paul Kemp, Professor of Ecological Engineering, University of Southampton

Paul Kemp is a Professor of Ecological Engineering and director of the International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research at University of Southampton and founding editor in chief of the IAHR Journal of Ecohydraulics. As a result of his interest in sustainable infrastructure and the built environment he is also director of the University of Southampton Future Towns Innovation Hub, the EPSRC funded Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable Infrastructure Systems, and the UKCRIC CDT in Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities.
Paul’s interests relate to the development of more environmentally friendly water, energy and food systems, and in particular sustainable fisheries management. His research focuses on the application of behavioural ecology to understanding and solving challenges in water and energy engineering, particularly how the physical environment (e.g. hydrodynamics and acoustics) influence the behaviour and physiological performance of fish, and how manipulation of that environment by engineering means can be used to mitigate for negative impacts of water and energy resource development. Specific applications include fish pass and screening design, assigning compensation flow regimes, and improving habitat restoration strategies.
*Second chair to be announced
Symposium Format
Virtual symposium
Delegates meet and work together on the Frontiers’ virtual platform, where they watch pre-recorded presentations, engage in theme related content, network with other delegates and collaborate on seed funding.
This leads to 2 days of live event in the second week where delegates participate in breakout rooms to workshop the ideas being discussed on the platform.
Participants are obliged to participate in every session to maximise the opportunity to make new contacts and build collaborative relationships. To ensure there is a balance of formal and informal networking opportunities, informal networking will be organised.
Post event funding
Following the symposium, there will be an opportunity to be awarded up to £20,000 in seed funding for an idea generated from collaborations created during the event.

Innovation Places Summit
2021-09-23 09:15 - 14:00
Stimulating the Innovation Economy in the UK

As we look to invest in growth and recovery across the country, creating hubs for innovation activity is more important than ever. The CPC Innovation Places Summit will convene national place-makers and innovation practitioners who are looking to build the next generation of UK innovative hubs, quarters, and districts. At this one-day summit, innovation district leaders, policymakers, and place practitioners will be invited to share ideas for stimulating the innovation economy in their localities.
Innovation is at the heart of the UK’s recovery from COVID and the future economy. At the same time, it is widely recognised that economic productivity is unevenly distributed across the UK.

Following the publication of the Government’s UK Innovation Strategy, place leaders across the country are reflecting on how best to invest in innovation and create regional hubs of discovery and job creation. The Innovation Strategy has been clear in its ambitions: local places will be driving growth, building on existing strengths to enable innovation and attract investment.

To build momentum and help achieve this, the Connected Places Catapult will convene a national network of place-makers and innovation practitioners who are looking to build the next generation of UK innovative hubs, quarters, and districts. Professionals from a range of backgrounds are invited to the Summit to share ideas for stimulating the innovation economy in their localities.

We invite you to join, to meet with other place-makers and innovation leaders, share best practice, identify common barriers to growth and acceleration, and discuss potential solutions. We will also share a simple tool, based on the 6-stage framework from our recently published Hubs of Innovation Playbook, for you to assess what stage your innovation hub is at so that you can attend sessions with places in similar stages of growth.

The Innovation Places Summit represents the first step in creating a national place-based innovation network. This will enable places to collaboration and share knowledge – vital for successful delivery of the Innovation Strategy.
Why attend:

Learn how to navigate the challenges of setting up and scaling a hub of innovation
Hear best practice from leading innovation districts and consider how to apply this in local contexts
Build a network with places for future collaboration
Prepare for how best to develop a strong bid for forthcoming Innovation Deals
Identify specific tools and frameworks which can support hubs of innovation in different stages

Who should attend:

Place leaders – Local Authorities
Developers
Academia

Agenda
09.15 – 09.30 – Welcome by Connected Places Catapult
09.30 – 09.45 – Keynote address
09.45 – 10.30 – Cities Panel
10.30 – 11.15 – Workshops

Session 1A: Workshop: Social and Civic value of innovation
Session 1B: Workshop: Coalition and stakeholder building

11.15 – 11:45 – Coffee break and networking
11:45 – 12:30 – Workshops

Session 2A: Case studies: Setting Up and Auditing stages.
Session 2B: Case studies: Growth and Maturity stages

12:30 – 13:15 – Workshops

Session 3A: Workshop: Developing SME support
Session 3B: Workshop: Making the Strategic Case

13:15 – 13:55 – How to win investment and gain global profile
13:55 – 14:00 – Closing Remarks

AI for Governance and Governance of AI
2021-09-22 18:15 - 19:15 | Online
How can we safely exploit and govern AI?

SPEAKER
Mike Small of KuppingerCole
AGENDA

18:15 – Room Opens
18.30 – Presentation
19.30 – Close

SYNOPSIS
How can we safely exploit and govern AI?
Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic and many organizations are looking to exploit it, but there are many concerns around the impact this will have on society. The concept of AI is not new, but cloud computing has provided the access to data and computing power needed to turn it into a practical reality.
However, despite some concerns, the current state of AI is still a long way from the Sci-Fi portrayal of a threat to humanity. Machine Learning technologies provide significantly improved capabilities to analyse large amounts of data. While this poses a threat of “Big Other” it also makes them suitable for spotting patterns and anomalies so, potentially useful for detecting fraudulent activity, security breaches and non-compliance. Whatever our concerns, these technologies will be used by our cyber adversaries.
Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic and many organizations are looking to exploit it, but there are many concerns around the impact this will have on society. The concept of AI is not new, but cloud computing has provided the access to data and computing power needed to turn it into a practical reality. However, despite some concerns, the current state of AI is still a long way from the Sci-Fi portrayal of a threat to humanity.
Machine Learning technologies provide significantly improved capabilities to analyse large amounts of data. While this poses a threat of “Big Other” it also makes them suitable for spotting patterns and anomalies so, potentially useful for detecting fraudulent activity, security breaches and non-compliance. Whatever our concerns, these technologies will be used by our cyber adversaries.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Headline Speaker: Mike Small of KuppingerCole.

Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.
For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.

THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
Information Security SG
Visit https://www.bcs.org/membership/member-communities/information-security-specialist-group/

Building the Smarter State
2021-09-22 10:00 - 17:00 | Online
The seventh edition of our flagship public services conference, Building the Smarter State, will take place on 22 September.
For the last six years the conference has successfully attracted digital leaders from across the breadth of public and the private sectors to showcase how technology is shaping today’s and tomorrow’s public services – helping to build a smarter state.
It’s now ten years since the launch of the report that led to the founding of the Government Digital Service. The decade since has witnessed both significant disruption and progression in public sector transformation. As well as the establishing of GDS, we’ve had the introduction of the Cloud First policy, the creation of the Digital Marketplace, the launch of the Local Digital Declaration and a new Local Digital Collaboration Unit, a renewed emphasis on user centricity and the disaggregation of large IT and technology contracts. All of which helped propel the UK to the top spot in the UN’s E-Government Rankings in 2016.
Alongside past pressures and the legacy of COVID-19, 2021 has seen changes to public procurement, key leaders in the heart of Government brought in to supercharge digitization, and efforts to address the legacy estate, harness data and develop capability across the public sector.
It feels like the UK is on the cusp of the next big leap forward in digital Government, and it is crucial we get the first steps on that journey right. At this year’s conference senior leaders from the public sector and the civil service will explore the key issues and technologies that will usher in the next decade of public service transformation.
Event Information
Date: 22 September
Location: Online
Timing: 10:00 – 17:00 (please note timings may change slightly as the agenda is finalised)
Tickets:
techUK member rate (standard) – £80+VAT
techUK member rate (SME) – £30+VAT
Non-member rate – £200+VAT
Public Sector – this event is free to attend for public sector delegates, if you have any issues registering please contact events@techUK.org.

Innovation for Targeted Management of Multimorbidity
2021-09-22 09:30 - 2021-09-23 13:30 | Online
Innovate UK, in collaboration with KTN, will deliver a two day workshop on multiple long term conditions on the 22nd and 23rd of September 2021.

While populations around the world are living longer and we better survive disease such as cancer, multimorbidity is an emerging global health priority. Around 1 in every 4 of all adults in the UK are now living with two or more chronic medical conditions and the associated burden of polypharmacy. The impacts on patient outcomes are widely disproportionate across the UK with multimorbidity presenting on average 10-15 years earlier in disadvantaged populations.
The majority of diagnostics, therapeutics and digital healthcare technologies currently being developed target specific disease indications within separate patient interventions.
The vision to be discussed at this workshop is how an expanding knowledge of disease clusters and the biomarkers that underpin them can transform market opportunities and growth for UK businesses developing diagnostics, therapeutics and digital solutions that are optimised and made available to all patients with multiple long-term conditions, regardless of socioeconomic status. Advances in pharmacogenomic capabilities that inform personalised sensitivity to drugs and ease the burden of polypharmacy will also be discussed.
If you would like to contribute to this critical discussion, please register your Expression of Interest for either or both of the following workshops.

Day 1 – Challenges and opportunities for better detection, diagnosis and clinical management of multimorbidity
The focus of this session is to explore how the UK health system is currently responding to the increasing number of patients with multiple long-term conditions and the impacts of healthcare inequalities on patient outcomes. We will also explore opportunities for businesses to bring about much needed innovations in the prevention, early diagnosis and management of multi-morbidity.
Breakout sessions

How to achieve an equitable, inclusive, patient-centred management of multimorbidity.
Support for business-led innovation: how to create an environment where multimorbidity solutions can be adopted?
Population health and integrated care / outcomes based care: how can we deliver better management of multimorbidity in this evolving healthcare ecosystem?

Day 2 – Innovation to optimise therapeutic options for prevention and treatment of multimorbidity
The focus of this day is to explore unmet clinical needs in the effective treatment and therapy of patients with multiple long term conditions. Such patients have been historically excluded from clinical trials and also suffer from the burden of polypharmacy complications that affect quality of life. Innovation that supports a more holistic and personalised intervention, that applies patient stratification and pharmacogenomics, could dramatically improve health outcomes for diverse patient groups.
Breakout sessions

Challenges and opportunities of delivering personalised treatment for multimorbid patients (including role of pharmacogenomics and polypharmacy)
Real world clinical trials: how can we support a more inclusive approach?
How to translate complex data into meaningful clinical decision support?

Future of Work Summit
2021-09-22 08:00 - 17:00 | Online
Whilst the future remains uncertain, innovation and technology continue to lead instrumental change in the nature of work. But is it sustainable, and how can companies prepare for a future not yet defined? Future of Work Summit 2021 is committed to delivering key insights into new ways of working, providing a platform to discuss and debate the challenges and solutions – underpinned by the transformative impact of technology.
With 2020 providing an unintentional mass home working experiment, we have proven our resilience, as employees continue to work, develop new skills, and adopt new ways of living. These changes to how we work provided a temporary solution, and now the question remains; how do we create a sustainable future of work which continues to use technology to build a more effective workplace?
This year, we will focus the conversation through these key topics:

The growing need for robust working solutions. Employees proved they can work effectively outside the office hub, promoting the rise of the future of hybrid working. With this however, came new challenges concerning equality, accessibility, and security in a remote environment.
Addressing the digital divide. There must be a move towards addressing the diverse digital habits and capabilities of each generation. This is key to managing the generation gap and attracting multigenerational talent in an increasingly competitive market.
The blend of technology and wellbeing. Something which has greatly suffered since the start of the pandemic, maintaining this new level of support and engagement with colleagues will be a challenge. It has given rise to new expectations of companies to better prioritise wellbeing, and to utilise technology to aid new strategies.
Creating a desirable culture. This will be crucial for business leaders looking to attract and retain new talent whilst remaining competitive. Cultivating an inclusive environment to embrace all colleagues and empower diverse perspectives to drive change will be essential.

Integration of technology into the workplace has changed how employees and businesses engage with work, whilst simultaneously workers’ expectations have begun to change as they search for greater flexibility and more meaning. The Future of Work Summit 2021 provides a unique opportunity to discuss these developing attitudes and gain new perspectives on the challenges. The way we work is changing, and it has never been more important to understand and prepare for the future.

The Net Zero series - Sustainable Supply Chains
2021-09-21 11:00 - 12:30
The net zero series sheds light on the work already undertaken by UKRI’s flagship programme -the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

We live in a time of unprecedented change. The way we live our lives and do business is impacting the planet and driving environmental change on a scale unique in the Earth’s history. We are consuming our natural resources at unprecedented levels whilst polluting our environment, affecting our air, soils, water and biodiversity. This is increasing the challenges linked to extreme weather and a changing climate which can have devastating impacts on the environment and human life and hinder economic growth. To meet these challenges, and recognising our leadership potential, in 2019 the UK became the first major economy to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.
The net zero series sheds light on the work already undertaken by UKRI’s flagship programme -the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to address the key challenges that will help the UK build back greener. It will bring together world-renowned researchers and innovators across the breadth of our funding disciplines to discuss the need for innovative solutions to heat our homes, travel to work, develop and transform our industries, cater to our diet, enjoy our leisure time, and prosper from a cleaner, healthier environment in parallel with growing our economy.
We will run a monthly webinar from April to November featuring ISCF challenges, UKRI councils and project leads, as well as renowned external experts from academia, industry and technology fields.
In September we will be discussing Sustainable Supply Chains : To help reach net zero we need to look at our supply chains and explore ways to make them more efficient. By adopting digital technologies for faster and improved efficiency, the increased sustainability of UK manufacturing will result in reduced waste, reuse of resources and reduction of carbon emissions.
Chair: Amy Peace – Innovation Lead for Circular Economy -Manufacturing and Materials
Speakers:

Judith Batchelor – Director at Sainsbury’s
Kim Lloyd – Director at SupplyVue
Professor Neil Burgess – Trade Hub Project Lead
Mark Urbanowski – Innovation Lead for Driving the Electric Revolution
Geoff Brighty – ReNew ELP (TBC – but ReNew has agreed to take part)

All topic and dates:

21 September – Sustainable Supply Chains
19 October – Sustainable Materials
16 November – Sustainable Energy

View recordings of previous topics on YouTube:

Sustainable Food
Sustainable Transport
Sustainable Buildings
Sustainable Industry

Amy Peace – Innovation Lead for Circular Economy -Manufacturing and Materials
Amy Peace is the Innovation Lead for Circular Economy at Innovate UK. With a background in Chemical Engineering, she has coordinated sustainability projects and programmes in industry (ICI, INEOS, Britest), industrial clusters (Chemicals Northwest) and pan-EU cross-sector initiatives (Horizon2020 SPIRE). Amy’s current work portfolio includes UKRI investments in interdisciplinary circular economy centres and the development of future programmes to aid the transition of manufacturing and materials sectors to get to Net Zero, highlighting the importance of embedded carbon in supply chains.

Judith Batchelar OBE – Special Advisor on Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability and Public Affairs
Judith joined Sainsbury’s seventeen years ago but started her life in manufacturing before moving into retail at Marks and Spencer. She is a Biochemist, nutritionist, has an Honorary Doctorate in Agriculture from Harper Adams University, and is a Fellow of the IFST, and the RSA. From 2013 to 2018 she was Chair of the Governments’ AgriTech Council, and now sits on both the Food and Drink Sector, and Natural Environment Research Councils. In addition to her work at Sainsbury’s Judith is a Non-Executive Director of both the Environment Agency and the Rugby Players Association and is a Trustee of The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Accounting for Sustainability.
She was awarded an OBE in 2015 for services to Farming and the Food Industry, and is a Commissioner on the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission.

Kim Lloyd – Director at SupplyVue

Drone Pathfinder Catalyst programme community webinar
2021-09-21 10:00 - 12:30
Join us for the Drone Pathfinder Catalyst Programme Community Webinar on 21st September

The Government’s Pathfinder Catalyst Programme is part of a wider programme of work across the UK’s public and private sectors, aimed at enabling integration of drones into UK airspace.
The programme aims to rapidly drive progress in drone technology and regulation over the next ten years, enabling industry and the public sector to fully exploit the market in areas such as geo-mapping, infrastructure inspections, surveying and logistics to both commercial and public-sector industries.
These community events provide an opportunity for the UAV community to share experiences and form connections. They include updates and discussions from across the community, as well as from the Pathfinder Steering Group
More information is available from the Pathfinder website.
To find out more about Connected Places Catapult events please visit our website.

Digital Future - the most important tech trends leaders need to know now
2021-09-20 11:45 - 12:30
Hear business thought leaders reflecting on key themes emerging from the newly launched Digital Future 2021 report and global tech index.

How has pandemic accelerated adoption of advanced digital technologies and what does it mean to businesses around the globe?

Who is leading the global race to become the country with fastest technology adoption and innovation rate and shaping its digital future?

What are the emerging technological trends with real potential to transform businesses across the sectors?

Hear business thought leaders reflecting on key themes emerging from the newly launched Digital Future 2021 report and global technology index.
The report created by Digital Catapult, UK’s authority on advanced digital technology, highlights where the UK ranks across Artificial Intelligence, Virtual & Augmented Reality, the Internet of Things, 5G and Blockchain and explores how these technologies are converging to blur the lines between the digital and physical worlds, creating new capabilities and unlocking the potential for significant business and economic value as the world comes out of the pandemic.
Join the webinar, with contributions from Dr Jeremy Silver, CEO, Digital Catapult, Philip Young, Director for Policy, Research & Strategic Engagement, Digital Catapult and Naomi Weir, Head of Innovation at Confederation of British Industry (CBI) to hear the discussion on the latest insights, trends and important themes affecting the UK’s technology community and the wider economy.

Design Thinking for AI – Mini Forum
2021-09-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
Discover how design thinking methods can help overcome cultural barriers to change and unlock business model innovation in a professional services firm.
Discover how design thinking methods can help overcome cultural barriers to change and unlock business model innovation in a professional services firm.
Hosted by AI for Services in partnership with Oxford Brookes University and the NextGenPSF project team and SuperTech, this mini forum is fully dedicated to professionals, entrepreneurs, data scientists and engineers developing Artificial Intelligence solutions for the accountancy and legal services sectors.
Join us to explore what design thinking is and how the approach can be used to unlock business model innovation in a professional services business.
The session will offer participants the opportunity to:

Hear from organisations that have integrated design thinking into the development and application of AI technologies in the sector
Put into practice design thinking methods through an interactive exercise
Discover some of the innovative projects funded by UKRI Next Generation Services Challenge

Agenda
10:00 – Welcome
Astrid Ayel, AI for Services Lead, KTN
10:10 – Harnessing AI using Design Thinking
Professor Tim Vorley, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Dean of Oxford Brookes Business School
10:25 – A Practical Exercise based on the AI in Readiness Toolkit
10:40 – The Professional Services Businesses Panel

Sarah Blair, Director of IT, Thorntons Law
Danielle Costin, Head of Projects and Innovation, Shoosmiths LLP
Dr Catriona Wolfenden, Partner & Innovation Manager, Weightmans LLP
Chaired by Hilary Smyth-Allen, Executive Lead, SuperTech WM

11:20 – The Startups Panel

Steven Hassall, Co-Founder & Design Director, Frontier Labs
Jaume Mora Pedros, Head of Product, Engine B
Anthony Seale, CEO, Legatics
Chaired by Melanie Knetsch, Deputy Challenge Director, Next Generation Services, UKRI (TBC)

Designed for Ageing Pre-Competition Webinar Event - Northern Ireland
2021-09-16 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
The UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge is pleased to announce plans for a new opportunity for UK companies looking to develop innovations to help people as they age. Find out more by signing up to this online workshop which will showcase the Designed for Ageing competition launching in September 2021.

About Event

The workshop will introduce the competition and its design stage gate mechanism. It will also provide an opportunity to learn from experts (including regional insights from Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland) on how deploying good people-centred design principles in your application leads to greater commercial success.
Places are limited for this webinar, which seeks to specifically engage with Northern Ireland as a region – please register your interest so you don’t miss out.

Hitting net zero: how the government can decarbonise homes
2021-09-15 12:30 - 13:00 | Online
Decarbonising homes will be among the most difficult elements of reaching net zero. Homes account for 15% of the UK’s total emissions, yet there has been little progress towards reducing these over the past decade. Confidence has been damaged by repeated U-turns and policy failures, including the Green Deal and the Green Homes Grant.
Achieving net zero by 2050 will require a huge national programme to deliver the infrastructure needed to reduce residential emissions – retrofitting homes, installing heat pumps and developing local heat networks. The government, businesses and consumers all have key roles to play. But how should the government approach policy making in this area? Will the long overdue Heat and Buildings Strategy be worth the wait and offer a clear plan? How can previous policy failures be learnt from? And how can we ensure the UK’s infrastructure is ready to support zero-emission homes?
On our panel to discuss these issues will be:

Lord Callanan, Minister for Business, Energy & Corporate Responsibility at BEIS
Chris Burchell, Managing Director, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution
Gillian Cooper, Head of Energy Policy at Citizens Advice
Guy Newey, Director of Strategy and Performance at the Energy Systems Catapult

This event will be chaired by Marcus Shepheard, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government

UKAuthority Resilience & Cyber4Good 2021
2021-09-15 11:00 - 2021-09-17 12:30
Digital, data and technology underpin our public services – how do we ensure continuity and keep them safe from cyber-attack?

Resilience is the name of the game, and cyber-attack one of our greatest threats in the public sector. Join us to share and learn how we can work together to keep vital public services running – come what may.
The cyber security stakes have been rising since long before the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020. But the pandemic has highlighted just how much we rely on technology to keep our public services running. Over the last eighteen months the cyber attackers have targeted the sector and its valuable citizen and patient information ruthlessly during – universities, councils, hospitals and central government have all been under the cyber cosh. So how can we keep one step ahead?
This event is free to attend for the public sector and accredited for five hours CPD.
Please register using your public sector email. Please note that registrations from personal email addresses may be rejected.
Speakers and agenda
The agenda for this event will be finalised shortly. Contact Helen Olsen Bedford if you are interested in speaker or sponsorship opportunities: helen@ukauthority.co.uk
For a flavour of this virtual event visit last year’s Cyber4Good 2020
Who should attend?
All those involved in protecting citizen and patient data and ensuring that digital public services continue to deliver, including, but not limited to, NHS and Local Authority Chief Information Officers, Chief Digital Officers, Heads of IT, Heads of and Leads for Social Care, Assistant and Chief Executives, Members, Heads / Leaders in Digital and Data, Heads of Customer Services, Transformation or Change, Care Providers and Care Managers
Registration
UKAuthority has full editorial control of this event thanks to support from our partners. By registering for this event you agree to the sharing of your name, organisation, job title and work email address with the UKAuthority editorial team and partner organisations hosting this event. If you do not wish this information to be shared, please let us know direct by emailing: sian@ukauthority.co.uk

AI Skunkworks Webinar - Building Proofs of Concepts.
2021-09-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Join us to learn how we have been using AI to identify patients at risk of long term hospital stays and how you can apply to work with us.

Over the last 12 weeks The NHSx Skunkworks partnered with Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE) partners, Polygeist to explore the question can machine learning help us to identify patients who are at risk of long term stay? Long term stay is when a patient stays in hospital for more than 21 days.
The AI Lab Skunkworks works on Demonstrating the potential of AI through proofs-of-concepts and upskilling the workforce through a knowledge-sharing model. We help healthcare organisations apply AI to their problems through rapid, agile, iterative projects. By running an open call, we help develop proofs of concepts through a 12 week process usually helped by a supplier. We’re excited to present the results of our last project.
In this show and tell you will learn all about:

How we investigated the benefits of AI applied to hospital admissions data
What we did and how we collaborated on this project
What AI approach we took and why
What we created and the benefits of creating a proof of concept
What the benefits are in the short, medium and long term
The impact of creating this proof of concept
How you can solve a similar problem using our open approach
How you can apply to work with us on a problem you’ve seen.

UKA Live: The hybrid future of work
2021-09-10 11:00 - 12:00
With the return to offices now in progress, what does the future work hold?

Please note that this webcaste was originally scheduled for broadcast on16 July – if you have already registered you will automatically be registered for the new date.
How do we manage this next cultural change in our way of working and public service delivery as restrictions lift?
The switch to home working necessitated by lockdown proved remarkably successful for the public sector, effectively realising the long sought vision of mobile and flexible working overnight. But with the return to offices now in progress, what does the future hold?
In this live webcast we will explore how digital leaders can ensure the technology meets the needs of our workforce, citizens and patients:

How do we make the virtual experience better for people, regardless of location?
Are our systems robust and secure from wherever we need to work?
Can they interoperate seamlessly across whatever platforms are being used?
Can we use technology to improve accessibility and champion inclusivity?
And, how do we focus on individual wellbeing whilst enabling teams to work to their best potential? ….

Join the conversation!
Public sector delegates ordering before 1st September will receive a ‘healthy eating’ refreshment pack from our programme partner, Webex by Cisco, to enjoy during the webcast – please add your delivery details where indicated on the registration form!
Who should attend this one hour UKAuthority Live Webcast?
This one hour live webcast is free to attend for the public sector
All those involved in enabling the future of hybrid work for their organisation, including, but not limited to: Local Authority / NHS / Police / Fire / Housing Chief Information Officers, Chief Digital Officers, HR, Heads of IT, Heads of and Leads for Finance and line of business departments, Members, Heads / Leaders in Digital and Data, Heads of Customer Services, Transformation or Change
Registration
This event is designed specifically for the UK public sector – please register using your public sector email. Please note that registrations from personal email addresses may be rejected.
UKAuthority has full editorial control of this event thanks to support from our programme partner. By registering for this event you agree to the sharing of your name, organisation, job title and work email address with the UKAuthority editorial team and partner organisation hosting this event. If you do not wish this information to be shared, please let us know direct by emailing: sian@ukauthority.co.uk

Fintech Pledge Partnership Masterclass
2021-09-09 14:00 - 15:00
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Join Tech Nation’s Fintech Delivery Panel Masterclass for fintech start-ups and scale-ups on pitch practice and top tips for working with financial institutions.
This event will be an interactive roundtable on Zoom, allowing participants to hear from signatory institutions of the Fintech Pledge and ask their questions and advice for building productive partnerships.
Speakers will include an innovation or procurement expert from Fintech Pledge signatory institutions – Barclay’s & Natwest.
Zoom link to follow
We look forward to seeing you at the event, if you have any questions prior to the session please get in touch with the Tech Nation events team.
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