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H100th TRB(Transportation Research Board) Annual Meeting: January 21st to 29th, 2021  – The meeting program will cover all transportation modes, addressing topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. A number of sessions and workshops will focus on the spotlight theme for the 2021 meeting: Launching a New Century of Mobility and Quality of Life. This year’s meeting also will feature dozens of sessions on how COVID-19 has impacted transportation and how transportation professionals and researchers are responding. Register Here

Emerging Tech Fest 2021: January 26th, 2021 – Wales’ Leading Emerging Technology Conference, a 3 day event that will showcase some of the most exciting technology in Wales and beyond. From micro businesses to multinational corporations Emerging Tech Fest has something for all. Register Here

Innovate Local: Profiting by Innovation: January 26th, 2021 – This event is for entrepreneurs, businesses, support agencies, and practitioners active in, or want to learn more about, innovation in the South East Midlands. The South East Midlands has one of the country’s most innovative and dynamic economies; whether fintech and smart cities in Milton Keynes, high value manufacturing in the Silverstone Tech Cluster, the future of flight at Cranfield or logistics along our major transport arteries. Register Here

Spotting opportunities in Tech: January 26th, 2021 – We all want to work more strategically, but how does this work in real-life, pressured environments, such as tech. Open your mind to the possibilities of creative thinking, idea generation and working backwards from your goal to make the most of technical innovation. This engaging practical workshop introduces you to some idea generation techniques, to help realise, and focus on, potential opportunities in busy technical environments. Register Here

ILP London CPD Webinar: Beyond Lighting Controls – Sensors & the Smart City: January 27th, 2021 – Today, lighting control systems are no longer simply a platform for management of public lighting assets. They are a gateway to enable sensors and data analytics and additional value to flow from these assets. As an example, sensor-enabled luminaires can monitor and report on traffic data as well as air quality information, to help better inform our traffic services, city planners, and engaged citizens. Further to this, new technologies and approaches to communications makes realizing and analyzing sensor data easier and less complex than ever. This webinar will discuss these topics and more, to help inform about opportunities to enable smart sensors in your city. Register Here

HS2 Accelerator Programme Demo Day: January 28th, 2021 – The HS2 Innovation Accelerator is a partnership between HS2, Connected Places Catapult and Innovation Birmingham. Taking place over a 4 month period the aim of the programme is to scale-up and accelerate UK SMEs who are developing innovative technology and solutions which address and solve key challenges of Europe’s largest infrastructure project. The inaugural cohort’s solutions address the challenges of productivity, customer experience, biodiversity and circular economy. Register Here

ITS2 Webinar – Smart Motorways: February 3rd, 2021 – The ITS2 series of webinars share best practice in transport technology between the UK and Australia. In these events, we will look at technology advancements that are common to both countries and compare how they have been implemented. Our first webinar on 3 February looks at smart motorways, their deployment, safety and benefits. Register Here

Digital transformation: the what, where and why?: February 11th, 2021 – Pull up a digital chair and join us around our virtual fire for the first Future Devices & Technologies SIG fireside chat, where our panellists will discuss the status of key technologies and how they might contribute to our digital future.During this informal, yet structured discussion, we will consider the opportunities created by IoT, 5G, AR/VR, holographic displays, Smart technologies, Robotics / Autonomous vehicles, Cybernetics and more; how business and even our way of life will be affected over the next 10 to 20 years and what the digital future might look like. Register Here

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Innovate UK Smart Grants January 2021: Opportunity for UK registered organisations to apply for a share of up to £25 million from Innovate UK to deliver game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy. Read More

ISCF TFI: large collaborative R&D projects: UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million for research and development projects to improve the productivity and competitiveness of UK foundation industries. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Read More

ATF: moving the UK automotive sector to zero emissions: UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £7 million for economic or technical feasibility studies to support scale up of the UK’s high-value electrified automotive supply chain. Read More

Commercialising Quantum Technologies: feasibility studies round 2: The aim of the competition is to advance the commercialisation of quantum technologies in the UK. This funding is from ISCF. This advance is achieved through the investment of up to £7 million in innovation projects which address one or more of the following technical challenges: connectivity, situational awareness, computing Read More

Eureka Eurostars 2: round 15: UK SMEs can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to collaborate in research with partners across Europe and associated countries. This competition is aimed at micro, small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs) working on high-quality research and development (R&D) projects across national borders. Read More

ATF: moving the UK automotive sector to zero emissions: UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £7 million for economic or technical feasibility studies to support scale up of the UK’s high-value electrified automotive supply chain. Read More

Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2020 to 2021, round 5 : The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme allows a UK registered business or not-for-profit organisation (which we will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’ from now on) to partner with a UK higher education (HE) or further education (FE) institution, RTO or Catapult (which we will refer to as the ‘knowledge base partner’). Read More

SBRI : Improving Multimorbidity Acute Care Using Data Analytics, phase 1: Organisations can apply for a share of £160,000 inclusive of VAT to develop a data-driven solution to improve the care and outcomes for patients with multimorbidity admitted to A&E. Read More

KTN Innovation Exchange challenge – zero emission infrastructure for fleets: KTN’s Innovation Exchange has posted a challenge from the Greater South East Energy Hub, a collaboration of eleven Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). These LEPs are working together to increase the number, scale and quality of local energy projects being delivered across the greater south east region of England. The Hub works with public sector organisations and their stakeholders to support the development and financing of local energy projects. The hub is working with 14 local authorities in particular to ensure they meet their net zero goals around electrification of transport, as indicated above, it is not restricted to these 14 Local Authorities and additional ones may also express interest. Read More

Smart Living – Whole System Business Research Innovation for Decarbonisation: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council are launching a Whole System Business Research Innovation for Decarbonisation (WBRID) pilot competition based upon Research and Development Pre-Commercial principles to identify innovative solutions which will support energy supply, demand and storage for commercial end users (and in the future domestic end users), across Blaenau Gwent and to work towards creating zero energy parks as a USP for Blaenau Gwent. Read More

Cyngor Gwynedd – Developing a Net Zero Farm Innovation Competition: The “Developing a Net Zero Farm” Project is a pilot SBRI-type competition being held by the North Wales Economic Ambition Board (NWEAB) in partnership with Coleg Cambria Llysfasi seeking projects developing innovative technology, systems and/or process solutions that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within a commercial agricultural setting in line with Wales’ Innovation in Agriculture agenda. The Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) is a mechanism which enables public sector bodies to connect with innovative ideas from smart innovative businesses that have the potential to provide innovative solutions to specific Public Sector challenges and unmet needs. Read More

African agriculture knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2020 to 2021, round 5 : The African agriculture strand of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme supports a partnership between: a UK registered higher education or further education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult (which we will refer to as the ‘UK knowledge base partner’) an African business or not-for-profit organisation (which we will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’) a knowledge base in Africa (which we will refer to as the ‘African knowledge base partner’).  Read More

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Catapult: Accelerator Programme Manager –  The successful candidate will manage the day-to-day running of demanding accelerator programmes to ensure they run smoothly, working closely with the Acceleration Programme Lead. You’ll also play a key role in identifying the next generation of start-ups and adding quality mentors, coaches and partners to our network. Apply

Catapult: Engagement Manager- Connected Places Catapult is a not for profit organisation partially funded by Government to help develop UK business. Working with academia, SME businesses, local authorities and central government we look to break down business barriers to make UK organisations successful in delivering innovation and disruption with emphasis on moving people in places or transport and cities. Apply

WMCA: Head of Strategic Communications – In these extraordinary times the need for strong regional leadership has never been more important. At the West Midlands Combined Authority we’re building the future with a shared vision of a happier, healthier, better connected and more prosperous region – a fast-growing global force with huge potential and ambition. Great communications is key to the delivery of our vision and we’re looking for an exceptional communicator to lead our team and act as principal advisor to the Mayor, Chief Executive and senior leadership team. Apply

KTN: Head of Finance – Reporting to the Director of Operations, the role is responsible for the design and effective delivery of the finance plan, to ensure it reflects the requirements to support the ambitious commitments laid out in our five-year strategy. As a senior leader of the Operations Directorate, the role will collaborate with senior colleagues across the organisation exploring the best and most effective ways to maximise our financial performance across the broad range of activities including long-term financial planning and strategy. The role will provide effective business partnering to the business and senior leaders and will lead the finance team, with direct line management responsibility of team leaders and supervisors. Apply

Conigital Group: Software Engineer – Reporting to the Tech Team Lead, you will take responsibility for developing key aspects and functions that form the backbone of our product portfolio (ConOP™). This includes development at different Technology Readiness Levels, writing functions to analyse data sets, develop prototypes releases of software (for pilots to prove concepts), and “glue” systems together to integrate different business applications. Apply

Conigital Group: Cloud Architect – Reporting to the CTO, you will translate business needs to technical requirements and specifications for cloud-based portfolio of products, while improving the efficiency and operations of SaaS products. You will support technical review and have a passion to design and improve digital solutions to be deployed at scale. Apply

ICAV Cluster: Vehicle Integration Engineer – Reporting to the Technical Director, the Vehicle Integration Engineer Will Lead and drive forward the definition and implementation of a vehicle x-by-wire interface that will be used to integrate with a vehicle automation platform. The x-by-wire solution will be designed to be configurable across several target vehicles. The role is not just about developing the software but also about defining and integrating the electro-mechanical mechanisms and interfaces with existing vehicle systems (e.g. introducing epas, e-braking etc). Apply

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The International Connected Autonomous Vehicle (“ICAV”) cluster has been set up to support new and existing businesses enter the growing Connected Autonomous Vehicles (“CAV”) market. KPMG research indicates that the CAV market has the potential to add £51 billion per year to the UK economy by 2030, create 320,000 new jobs and prevent 25,000 accidents saving 2500 lives per year. Find the latest Market Forecast report by Transport Systems Catapult here. ICAV are based at iCentrum, part of Innovation Birmingham, the UK’s third oldest science park and a base for the region’s growing Tech community.

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