Innovate UK

Funded by Innovate UK, the Hydrogen Innovation Initiative brings together 7 Catapults and will deliver the foundational activities to build the knowledge and capabilities for a globally competitive hydrogen technology and services sector, here in the UK. Read their new report 'UK Hydrogen Innovation Opportunity,' a collaboration with over 250 businesses and 12 sector bodies, that shares key findings on the opportunity that the emergent hydrogen economy presents in the UK.

Innovate UK's Mike Biddle chaired a panel discussion which launched the Hydrogen Innovation Initiates (HII) latest report, ‘the UK Hydrogen Innovation Opportunity’. The report published by HII on the 24th of April combines key insights from over 250 businesses and 12 sector bodies. This comes at a key time in hydrogen innovation as the global hydrogen technology market has been predicted to reach £1trn annually by 2050. Find the report here - https://lnkd.in/d2TV5uK7 #hydrogeninnovation #innovation #netzero2050

No Limits: 2 Months On 🎉 In the two months since Innovate UK launched the No Limits digital platform, we have posted hundreds of opportunities for people to transform their careers in innovation. At our launch event at University Technical College Leeds, our CEO, Indro Mukerjee, Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, and our CPO, Dr Lisa Hazelden, demonstrated our ambition to transform the skills and talent pipeline in the UK by inspiring and connecting people to new opportunities. No Limits makes it easy to find relevant opportunities and navigate pathways to success in innovation offered by a wide range of UK organisations, from new skills and training to investment and advice. Ready to start exploring? Register now at 👉 https://lnkd.in/efgnqPCs to explore how to boost your career in innovation. #NoLimitsInnovation

👥 Digital Catapult’s support for Northern Ireland businesses During our visit to Northern Ireland, Indro Mukerjee, CEO of Innovate UK, Dean Cook, MBA, FRSB, Director of Place, and Dr Lisa Hazelden, CPO of Innovate UK, met William Revels and his team at the Digital Catapult in Belfast. The Digital Catapult is supporting innovative businesses across Northern Ireland’s vibrant economy and is an integral part of the local ecosystem. This was an opportunity to hear the latest on their brilliant work and talk strategically about how to support business innovation at the ‘cutting edge’ - from solid-state storage to digital twins. Including: 💡 Smart-Nano NI – working with Seagate Technology, Queen's University Belfast, Ulster University and Industry partners to scale up capacity in device manufacturing. 🚀 Recently launched first of a kind accelerator will help Northern Ireland’s manufacturing and agri-industries reach net-zero. 🔧 Supporting SMEs to adopt advanced digital technologies and embrace smart manufacturing. 🌟 The work of the Digital Catapult will support the Northern Ireland Executive’s objectives to boost productivity, support NI’s sub-regional agenda, deliver good jobs and decarbonise the economy. As the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK is committed to catalysing innovation potential across every community in the UK. For more information on Innovate UK, visit: https://ow.ly/hBnO50RnPWj #NorthernIreland #BusinessInnovation #Innovation Invest Northern Ireland | Department for the Economy NI

👥 Partnering locally to drive Net Zero Dean Cook, MBA, FRSB, Director of Place and Levelling up at Innovate UK, attended the launch of the Key Cities Civic Partners in Net Zero report, a collection of peer-reviewed papers outlining innovation by universities working with member cities and local partners. In this report, Dean sets out his view on scalable Place innovation, how Innovate UK is helping Places reach Net Zero, and the importance of innovation clusters. Hosted by Key Cities APPG Co-Chair Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, the event was an opportunity for Member Cities, Universities, Parliamentarians and Stakeholders to strengthen collaboration across the network to ensure that local experience and priorities are reflected nationally. The Key Cities group is one of several place-focused mission groups Innovate UK will work with to engage the broadest range of actors and networks across all our great cities, towns and rural communities. We have committed to work with local partners to build greater coherence between national economic plans, local growth strategies and the government’s overall innovation strategy. ▶ With the UK low-carbon and renewable energy economy worth over £47 billion and employing over 225,000 people, Innovate UK is committed to support UK businesses to develop, demonstrate, and scale technological solutions capable of being deployed domestically and across the world. ▶ Our Net Zero Living programme supports local authorities unlock the sizeable markets for transforming their places to Net Zero, bringing over fifty places from across the UK in a unique cohort that innovates and learns together. ▶ Innovate UK is committed to work with local partners and recognises the vital role that Universities have as local leaders and how their innovation supports places unlock their path to Net Zero. ▶ Innovation clusters have a major role in strengthening entrepreneurship and to boost new enterprise formation, as well as enhancing start-up survival, productivity and employment. As the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK is dedicated to catalysing innovation potential across every community in the UK. View the report: https://ow.ly/VONH50RmZPj For more information on Innovate UK, visit: https://ow.ly/vYKz50RmZPk #NetZero #BusinessInnovation #Innovation Key Cities Innovation Network | Kasper de Graaf

That’s a wrap: Day 1 of Innovate UK’s Materials Research Exchange (MRE 2024)   Today, our flagship materials innovation event, now in its 10th year, has welcomed researchers, business leaders, investors and stakeholders from the world of materials science to come together to address key challenges and explore the exciting new opportunities emerging from the sector.   Earlier in the day, we heard from Dr Lisa Hazelden, CPO of Innovate UK, who spoke about the need to “turn the plans of today into the innovative products of tomorrow” and said how investing in and developing critical technologies “will help make our society healthier, get our country to net zero and create our digital future.” Mike Biddle, Innovate UK’s Executive Director for Net Zero outlined Innovate UK’s vision for the UK to prosper from being the fastest transitioning economy to net zero. He spoke of the need to inspire and bring together businesses across supply chains and invest in the best ideas whilst making use of our human and natural capital. Other highlights of the show: 👉 Inspiring keynote addresses from Jane Nicholson, Executive Director, Research Base, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Prof David Knowles FREng, CEO, Henry Royce Institute, Dr Cathryn Hickey, CEO, AMRICC, Dr Lucy Smith, Head of Transformation, Materials Processing Institute and Prof Jan-Theodoor Janssen, FREng, Chief Scientist, National Physical Laboratory (NPL). 👉 Four exciting events, alongside the main Advanced Materials Conference, under one roof: Circular Critical Materials Conference, Reimagining Materials and Manufacturing Showcase, Global Research and Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS) Conference and Investor Showcase. 👉 40+ exhibitors and fantastic networking opportunities with 2,000 delegates registered   Join us for day 2 with more inspiring talks and opportunities to connect. The Investor Showcase will be spotlighting materials innovators from cutting-edge pre-spinout ventures from UK universities in the morning, followed by established companies in the afternoon.     If you’ve enjoyed the day, why not share it on social media using the hashtag #MRE2024. Explore the full programme: https://ow.ly/TKIU50RmnVi View out Materials and Manufacturing Vision 2050 and more: https://ow.ly/6UyL50RmnVh

👥 Fostering Innovation Collaboration During our visit to Belfast, Indro Mukerjee, CEO of Innovate UK, Dean Cook, MBA, FRSB, Director of Place and Levelling up, and Dr Lisa Hazelden, CPO of Innovate UK, convened a ‘townhall’ meeting of innovation leaders to discuss how we will work together to further unlock opportunities for innovative businesses in Northern Ireland. We explored how we will work across industry, Universities, Further Education colleges, Northern Ireland’s innovation networks and the wider research community, to: 🎯 Deliver the Department for the Economy NI’s new economic vision. 🤝 Deepen our engagement with leaders across all of Northern Ireland’s vibrant innovation ecosystem. 🌍 Address Northern Ireland’s unique place-based challenges and opportunities. 🎯Targeted support for SMEs’ from start-up to scale-up, unlocking additional private sector investment at every opportunity. These commitments will support the Northern Ireland Executive’s objectives to boost productivity, support NI’s sub-regional agenda, deliver good jobs and decarbonise the economy. As the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK is committed to catalysing innovation potential across every community in the UK. For more information on Innovate UK, visit https://ow.ly/3QzH50Rm4yX #NorthernIreland #BusinessInnovation #Innovation Invest Northern Ireland | Queen's University Belfast | Ulster University | Matrix, The Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel | Catalyst (Northern Ireland)

🚀 Innovate UK's Materials Research Exchange provides an opportunity to strengthen the partnership between Royce, EPSRC and Innovate UK with additional activity over the next two years as part of our published strategy to exploit UK excellence for industry impact. Through our Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials Industrial Collaboration Programme we will provide further funding opportunities for exploring innovative ideas with a focus on technology translation. These opportunities will be available for: ✅ Sustainable Materials Innovation (with particular emphasis on foundation industries) ✅ Energy Innovation and Hydrogen Technologies.   The further support is part of Innovate UK’s Net Zero programme in Resource Efficiency for Materials & Manufacturing and aligns to our Innovate UK Materials and Manufacturing Vision 2050.  It builds on existing investment from EPSRC in Royce, bringing together business and research to accelerate innovation and drive economic impact for the UK.    👉 To apply or find more details on the Royce Industrial Collaboration Programme visit: https://lnkd.in/e9q9yguQ. 👉 Find out more about the REforMM programme here: https://lnkd.in/eJapYbX7   UK Research and Innovation Henry Royce Institute EPSRC

Building the UK's offshore renewable energy capabilities. Colleagues from Innovate UK visited the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) last week to learn more about their world-leading, test and validation facilities for offshore wind. ORE Catapult is at the forefront of the UK’s journey to net zero, supporting the development and growth of innovative technologies critical to meeting the UK government's ambitious 2050 targets for a sustainable future. Innovate UK’s Catapult Network is at the heart of the UK innovation ecosystem, providing a unique combination of world-class expertise and facilities, connecting research excellence to business impact.

👥 Collaborative Action for businesses in Northern Ireland Indro Mukerjee, CEO of Innovate UK, Dean Cook, MBA, FRSB, Director of Place and Levelling up, and Dr Lisa Hazelden, CPO of Innovate UK, met the Department for the Economy NI Minister Conor Murphy and senior officials from Northern Ireland, including Ian Snowden, Permanent Secretary of the Department for the Economy, and Jeremy Fitch, Executive Director of Business Growth at Invest Northern Ireland. We assessed our progress over the past 6 months towards a joint Northern Ireland Action Plan, focusing on: 🎯 Tailoring Innovate UK support to meet the unique needs of Northern Ireland's dynamic SME-driven economy. 🔍 Identifying opportunities to trial new approaches taking advantage of Northern Ireland's distinct innovation ecosystem. 🤝 Aligning our collective products and services to assist businesses in Northern Ireland at every stage of their innovation journey – from start-up to scale-up. 💼 Working together to unlock further private sector investment at every opportunity. We made new commitments to: 🔬 Concerted action on research commercialisation, engaging widely across the rest of UKRI and Northern Ireland’s Universities and Further Educational Colleges. 📊 Senior-level workgroup meetings to super-charge Northern Ireland business access to our Catapult network. 🚀 Launch a joint Action Plan for Northern Ireland in the Autumn. These commitments will support the Northern Ireland Executive’s objectives to boost productivity, support NI’s sub-regional agenda, deliver good jobs and decarbonise the economy. As the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK is dedicated to catalysing innovation potential across every community in the UK. For more information on Innovate UK, visit https://ow.ly/a8PP50Rlkl6 #NorthernIreland #BusinessInnovation #Innovation