In the last decade the number of vehicles in Britain have increased by 6 million, and there are now over 33 million vehicles on our roads. In 2005 the Eddington Report stated that if left unchecked congestion would get 25% worse by 2015 and that the cost of this congestion - currently £20 billion per annum - will more than double.

 

Since its inception the Technology Strategy Board’s Intelligent Transport Systems and Services Innovation Platform (ITSS) has intervened in the areas of Future Intelligent Transport Systems, Time Distance Place and Informed Personal Travel. There are plans for competitions for R&D funding in informed logistics (autumn 09) and informed incident management (spring 2010).

 

We now need to metaphorically leap into the future to consider - how would we cope with our lives and business in an era of high congestion? What will society be like, and what innovative solutions can we implement to overcome the challenges of moving people and goods in 2020? We would like to open an interactive debate on what potential remedies for congestion would look like, and to explore what technologies (beyond the existing ITS technologies) may be developed to overcome the gridlock.

 

This interactive session is aimed at anyone who has an interest in addressing the problems of travel congestion in the UK. We invite businesses from different sectors with ideas to contribute; people with a vision of the future, who can think ‘outside the box’ (or the vehicle) and find new ways of thinking about how to deal with congestion. This includes businesses and sectors not currently working in this area - such as the gaming industry, interactive communications and creative industries. The door is open to all.

 

This session will be facilitated by Technology Strategy Board specialists Stephen Hart (ITSS Innovation Platform Leader), Rachel Jelly (ITSS Lead Technologist), and Richard Kemp-Harper (ITSS Programme Manager)

 

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Innovative solutions are needed to address key challenges facing healthcare providers in the 21st Century. The burden of disease increasing due to epidemiological trends, global warming and an ageing population is driving the cost of healthcare provision upwards. Technology offers part of the solution however the adoption and implementation of technology is also crucial component in the healthcare arena.

 

Regenerative medicine and stratified medicine are two areas that present opportunities to significantly influence the way healthcare is provided in the future. Regenerative medicine offers the prospects of reversing the effects of long term chronic diseases potentially providing cures. Stratified medicine offers the prospect of tailoring treatments for patients, maximising effectiveness of treatments and minimising side effects. Success in either area could have a major impact on the way healthcare is provided.

 

Find out more about what the Technology Strategy Board is doing in these two cutting-edge areas of innovation.

 

Key benefits for attending:

This interactive session is aimed at anyone who has an interest in future opportunities in healthcare. We invite businesses from different sectors with new ideas to contribute to providing solutions to problems in the space. We would encourage those business and sectors that are currently uninvolved in this topic, such as engineering firms, chemistry based companies, electronics and sensor technology companies and nanotechnology. The door is open to all.

 

This session will be facilitated by Zahid Latif Lead Technologist in Medicines and Healthcare and Joe McNamara Lead Technologist - Stratified Medicine, both of the Technology Strategy Board.

 

Over the past two years the Technology Strategy Board has provided grant funding to approaching 300 small, innovative creative industry companies – all looking to exploit technology in interesting and novel ways to develop exciting new products and experiences.

 

The Creative Industries Showcase at Innovate, will put the spotlight on just a few, with demonstrations from a diverse selection of projects. It will be an opportunity for other creative industry companies, new to the grant funding from the Technology Strategy Board to learn from the experiences of their successful peers; it may also offer interesting sources of new capability for future collaborative partnerships.

 

This session will be facilitated by the Technology Strategy Board's Creative Industries team including: Sian Brereton and Alec Stanhope - Lead Technologists, and Jeremy Silver, acting-CEO of the newly created Featured Artists Coalition, and the Technology Strategy Board's programme lead for the Creative Industries.

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Join this 2-hr practical creative problem solving session using an issue real to innovators everywhere. Work with practical tools and techniques being utilised currently in The Technology Strategy Board and used over the last 35 years by major corporations, SME’s and public sector organisations around the globe.

 

Examples where creative problem solving tools have driven value for businesses include:

Creative problem solving is core to life. Mostly we succeed by accident, lacking proper tools and processes. Synectics creative problem solving tools provide a common language to bring together a diversity of people and knowledge in order to improve your success rate.

 

Jonne Ceserani, Innovation facilitator and author of ‘Big ideas, putting the zest into innovation and creativity’ facilitates a live innovation session.