How is innovation helping the UK towards its ambitious carbon reduction goals? How can business play a part in creating a green transport revolution? What are the business implications of the drive to reduce the impact of commercial and residential property? What changes in consumer behaviour will be required in a low carbon economy?
Room C
The National Innovation Centre in the NHS is planning a programme of SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) competitions. Brian Winn, Head of Technology & Product Innovation at the NHS National Innovation Centre, will discuss how the competitions are created and what the current opportunities are within Healthcare.
The relaunched SBRI programme being championed by the Technology Strategy Board aims to use the power of government procurement to drive innovation. It is a way for government departments to engage with businesses – often SMEs - in competitions for new ideas and technologies. Successful companies obtain a contract for proving the initial feasibility of their idea and then a subsequent contract is available for further developing the product.
Key benefits of attending:
- Learn how SBRI works and how to find out about opportunities across a range of Government departments
- Understand how SBRI is applied within a Government department, such as the NHS
- Find out about new opportunities in healthcare and how to apply
This seminar is aimed at businesses in the healthcare sector, those that may have a relevant innovative healthcare technology in and are looking for a way in which they can access the sector. The session will also be of help to small to medium size businesses that are interested generally in research and procurement opportunities within the public sector, and those government departments that may have a need which the SBRI process could help to meet.
This seminar will be led by Michael Mackay-Lewis, SBRI Development Manager (SMEs), of the Technology Strategy Board, and will be joined by Brian Winn, Head of Technology & Product Innovation at the NHS National Innovation Centre.
Room D
The way people interact with business and government is changing to a world dominated by e-services. A key theme in the UK government's vision for public service sector reform through technology is personalisation of service. This session provides information on simple steps you can take to protect yourself from on-line attack and also sets out how Government is developing Trusted Services for the future.
Within the next 5-10 years many more products and services will be delivered via cyberspace and traditional paper-based systems will diminish. Because access to an information system is normally given when the potential user provides evidence that they have permission to use the service, secure ways to link users’ physical and digital identities will be of critical importance in accessing these services.
David Stockdale from the Business Crime Reduction Centre, South Yorkshire, will talk about some simple and practical steps and “What your business needs to know” in order to not become a victim of e-crime.
David Mathewman, CTO Directgov, will speak about “Establishing trust in electronic channels” and how government is facing up to this challenge.
Andrew Tyrer, Technology Strategy Board, will talk about what the Network Security Innovation Platform is doing to bring business and Government together to enable Trusted Services to develop.
In spring 2010 the Technology Strategy Board will be opening a competition for R&D funding based on these themes. By joining this session you will gain insight into the need for trusted services, some practical advice on safe on-line working, the implications for business and government as well as the scope of the spring competition. Similarly if you are an organisation looking to address concerns over identity and the personalisation of online services you will gain a deeper understanding of how much we rely on the information we receive on a daily basis and what solutions are being discussed to provide Trusted Services.
It will be led by Andrew Tyrer, Head; and Paul Lewis, Lead Technologist, of the Technology Strategy Board’s Network Security Innovation Platform.
Room E
Nanoscale technologies, through the delivery of added functionality, offer novel solutions - to new medicines and healthcare, energy efficiency, the environment and security to name just a few areas. Our strategic view focuses on the linkage between these technologies and the opportunities identified by the “challenge-led” priority areas we have defined – because the areas where nanoscale technologies provide the greatest chance of UK commercial success through supply chain collaboration will be those which focus on environmental change, the ageing/growing population, and the intelligent connected world.
Key benefits of attending:
- Hear about the Technology Strategy Board’s innovation strategy for nanoscale technologies
- Hear perspectives from the business community on the challenges they face and how nanoscale technologies could impact
- See how nanoscale technologies can contribute to helping address societal challenges we face today
- Network with likeminded people engaged in the supply chain with a drive to understand and exploit these technologies
This session is aimed at end users who can use nanoscale technologies to solve their challenges, the knowledge base looking to partner with business to exploit existing opportunities, technology suppliers within the nanoscale technologies space, and representatives from the nanoscale technologies supply chain.
The session will include input from Christian Inglis, Technologist inAdvanced Materials & Nanotechnology with the Technology Strategy Board; Dr Alec Reader, Director, Nanotechnology KTN; and Professor Peter Dobson, Academic Director of the University of Oxford’s Begbroke Science Park.
Room H
The launch of the Technology Strategy Board’s Biosciences Strategy provides an opportunity for businesses to learn of current and future opportunities for companies utilising Biosciences-inspired technologies.
The UK has a strong base in the biosciences: in particular its world leading science expertise in genomics, fermentation, biocatalysis, plant science, marine organisms and mycology. It is well positioned to exploit the business opportunities that will arise as we address the challenges of energy and food security as well as affordable healthcare.
The launch event will give you an overview of
- The opportunities for businesses working in the biosciences
- The UK’s capability in the biosciences
- The technology priorities for investment
- The markets that biosciences-inspired technologies can exploit
The presentation is aimed at UK businesses who exploit the biosciences already and those who wish to explore their use for innovation.
The biosciences underpin our understanding of life. Exploitation of the biosciences is most keenly demonstrated in biotechnology – an industry that has delivered new applications ranging from novel medicines to sustainable routes to energy and materials, improving our quality of life while reducing our environmental footprint.
The global challenges of climate, societal and demographic change are generating an ever increasing need for more sustainable fuels and industrial feedstocks that do not conflict with the demands on the food chain in their production. At the same time, the global societal challenges associated with the aging population and the accelerating development of third world countries present an enormous opportunity for developers of lower cost and/or more efficacious medicines.
The Biosciences and Chemistry Innovation KTNs will facilitate the session.