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GOOD TO TALK: We have a host of national and global speakers lined up for Our FREE conference, Innovation For Business Conference: Making the Change for Tomorrow. It is being organised by STRIDE – Success Through Research, Innovation and Development Excellence – Dorset, a new concept for the county’s thousands of businesses. Confirmed speakers include: Professor Sam Medhat: CEO of the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Professor Katharine Willis: Associate Head of School (Research) for Art, Design and Architecture and a Professor in Smart Cities and Communities - University of Plymouth Rupert Lorraine: Director of the Arts Institute - University of Plymouth Professor Mike Phillips: Director of i-DAT and Professor of Interdiscplinary Arts - University of Plymouth Layla Burrows: South West Regional Manager - Innovate UK Brent Treloar: South West Innovation Fund Sam Baynham: Conex Portal Paul Gilbert: Eco Assist Mike Robertson: Lead Product Development Consultant - STRIDE Dorset More speakers will be added. The conference takes place on Wednesday 12 February from 9.30m to 4pm at BattleLab, the state-of-the-art workspace at Dorset Innovation Park Enterprise Zone near Wool. ✅ Register here: ttps://https://lnkd.in/ePZNXEcy ▶️ STRIDE Dorset: https://lnkd.in/e4BvWGFB

In 2025, the UK enters its second year of association with Horizon Europe, the world’s largest R&D collaboration programme. With £80 billion funding available between 2021 and 2027, researchers and innovators from the UK can access grants to fund work tackling some of the biggest challenges facing society. Next year, we will be driving up participation in Horizon Europe across the country: 🤝 putting on more roadshows in Wales and London to connect researchers with past applicants 🗣️ Innovate UK will take delegations of British businesses and researchers to Italy, Germany and Spain to network with potential R&D partners in those countries, and work on how to build the best possible bids for Horizon funding together ✈️ offering grants of up to £700 to cover travel costs for UK innovators attending R&D events across Europe ✅ launching a new marketing drive to increase applications from R&D-focused businesses Find out more 👇 https://lnkd.in/e6Kg4crX

📣 Opportunity Alert: #Photonics4Space Register now for our Photonics4Space workshop, 5 February 2025: https://lnkd.in/eV6tc4-n  As part of our Photonics21 activities, Anchored In Ltd. and the Photonics Leadership Group are very excited to be heading over to the National Space Centre in Leicester in February 2025. As a side event at the UK Space Agency's #IgniteSpace conference, the UK’s premiere event for space sector users to meet SME suppliers, we will be running a #Photonics4Space workshop, aimed at bringing together the #Photonics and #Space communities. We are delighted to be holding this workshop in partnership with Innovate UK and Technology Scotland. If you are keen to discover how the space industry can benefit from the latest photonics technology, then this is the event for you! At the #Photonics4Space Workshop, you will be given the chance to meet the most innovative UK suppliers, while hearing from experts in both the space and photonics sectors. Additionally, you will be able to explore the multiple opportunities in the space sector that are increasing rapidly, including: -       Low earth orbit intra-satellite communications -       Ground to space communication links -       Space Debris tracking -       Deep space communication -       Rocket engine ignition -       Intra-satellite communications -       Space docking and proximity detection We are very much looking forward to you joining us at this event in a city that has been extremely active in space research for over 60 years. For more information and to register go to: https://lnkd.in/eV6tc4-n  #Photonics #Space #Collaboration #Opportunities Anke Lohmann John Lincoln Matthew Wasley Andy Bennett Alison McLeod

Next month GVSC is hosting its annual Industry Days for current government contractors. Event registration closes Friday, Jan. 17, and space is limited. Industry members with current government contracts can engage in one-on-one discussions with our experts on topics such as robotics, autonomy, power & mobility, survivability, modeling & simulation, and advanced manufacturing. Select tours also will be available. Don’t delay, sign up today! https://lnkd.in/eRn42BDG

BOOK YOUR PLACE: Our FREE conference, Innovation For Business Conference: Making the Change for Tomorrow takes place next month. You can register now for the first IFB Conference to take place in Dorset. We're bringing national and global speakers to your doorstep. Deputy Programme Manager Jessica Dennis said: “Our past experience of such conferences is that they prove to be very popular and tickets are quickly snapped up. That’s why we urge anyone interested to sign up today and not face disappointment.”   The conference takes place on Wednesday 12 February from 9.30m to 4pm at BattleLab, the state-of-the-art workspace at Dorset Innovation Park Enterprise Zone near Wool.   ✅ Register here: ttps://https://lnkd.in/ePZNXEcy   STRIDE – Success Through Research, Innovation and Development Excellence – is a new concept for Dorset’s thousands of businesses.   A partnership between Dorset Council and the University of Plymouth, it is designed to support innovation across the county. STRIDE Dorset is working in collaboration with the council and existing business groups to deliver benefits for SMEs and start-ups until March. ▶️ Full details: https://lnkd.in/e4BvWGFB

OPEN DAY: The team behind STRIDE Dorset is offering the county’s businesses free facility tours of its base at the University of Plymouth to show just what businesses in Devon, Cornwall and, now, Dorset can access through STRIDE. The first one is on January 15 and is open to regional employers with limited places available on a first come, first served basis. A wait list will be in operation. Dedicated to teaching and research, the £63 million Babbage Building brings STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) subjects together to support academic collaboration and innovation. In response to regional employer enquiries, Enterprise Solutions is delighted to arrange a free tour of the facilities for those who would be interested in finding out how the University can support their businesses.   ▶️ PROGRAMME 14:00 – Welcome and introductions (Room 410, Babbage Building) 14:30–15:30 – General tour of Babbage specialist labs including: Autonomous Systems • Clean Rooms (Class 100 and Class 100,000) • Composites Engineering • Digital Design, Engineering and Fabrication • Energy and Sustainability (including Wind Tunnel, Vehicle Dyno Cell) • Heavy Structures and Geotechnics • Immersive Visualisation Suite • Materials Analysis and Characterisation • Nanomaterials and Devices • Precision Manufacturing 15:30–16:30 – Specialist labs deeper insights and discussion If you are interested in our other facilities (e.g. Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) laboratory, Cyber-SHIP Lab, High Performance Computing (HPC), Maritime Simulation Laboratory, Robotics) please let us know and we will aim to accommodate broader tours. ✅ Register your interest here: https://lnkd.in/eH3v-NRJ or contact enterprisesolutions@plymouth.ac.uk for any queries. A similar event will be held on Wednesday 2 July, 2025.

Step into the heart of innovation with our exclusive interviews featuring Tanguy Botman, Michel Eyckmans, Deepak M., Magali Michiels and Nicolas Bas! These leaders, experts, and participants reflect on two unforgettable days at the Navy Hackathon, sharing their insights, challenges, and standout moments. https://lnkd.in/erx9nPrj

Our friends at NATO Allied Air Command are reaching out! Are you a small business, start-up, academia or industry with a focus on software, robotic process or artificial intelligence?   If so, Allied Air Command invites you to showcase your technology solutions during Industry Day 2025.   For for information and registration, follow the link below:  https://lnkd.in/g3vDRgpy

The TacSys Service Executive and LETacCIS Programme teams will be hosting an Industry Day at the Blenheim Conference Centre, Warminster on 22 January 2025 to: · update the market on the current programme · explore key challenges and opportunities · gain a clearer understanding of current market capabilities and offerings The LETacCIS programme consists of multiple projects with the aim of delivering the next generation of tactical military communications in the land environment and providing the means to make informed and timely decisions, enabled by agile Communication Information Systems (CIS) and projects that have already delivered equipment into service. This event aims to assist the department with refining future requirements. It is not a notice informing the market of an imminent procurement. For further information and to register your interest in attending, please visit: https://lnkd.in/esewHkyW Please note, registration closes on 15th January 2025. BPSS security clearance as a minimum will be required to attend.

Heads up everyone The US Delegation to NATO NNAG JCGMUS, is hosting a REPMUS 25 US Coordination meeting. With the CNO’s released NAVPLAN putting the Navy all in on UxS, the NATO SAC slated to attend, and NATO standing up their own version of CTF-59, this year promises to be the largest event to date. Please forward to any Gov, Industry, Academia who would like more info, has potential technology for demonstration, or would like to participate in the planning and execution of REPMUS 25 taking place 01-29 Sept 2025 @ the Center for Maritime Operational Experimentation (CEOM) located in the Tróia peninsula south of Lisbon Portugal. Participation does require coordination with the Head of delegation for the US to JCGMUS Mr. Alan Jaeger Experimentation and exercise of MUS at REPMUS 25 spans the spectrum of maritime operations, currently with a draft focus on: - Assured C2 in multi-domain operations (STANAG 4817); - Underwater battlespace, including ASW barrier, protection of CUI, Seabed Warfare and NMW; - Counter-UxV; - Persistent ISR(T); - Data Exploitation. Schedule 0900-1630 Jan 16-17 2025 in Room 206 building 40 Outputs of this Coordination workshop and breakout sessions will be: - Detailed list of potential participants funding requests; additional potential scenarios, vignettes, and/or serials to bring forth to IPC list of potential planners and organizers from US. We request info on capabilities participants want to bring, TRLs, and funding/resources needed such that we can build an “order of battle” to better construct mission capability threads in advance of the meeting but will continue to accept inputs up to MPC. Please email me for the invite and full agenda and let me know if you need assistance accessing NSWC Carderock.