Digital Catapult here to

grow the UK economy

Challenge for the UK is how to scale fast growth SMEs

Opportunities still considerable to help UK businesses grow with digital technologies

Digital Catapult

• Applied R&D to accelerate economic growth and productivity for the UK

• Combines tech and business expertise

• A not-for-profit, private limited company

• Completely neutral

• We make innovation happen by removing the barriers to growth faced by businesses.

• We work with SMEs and large corporates in open innovation and research projects.

How we make digital innovation happen

• We make innovation happen by removing the barriers to growth faced by businesses.

• We work with SMEs and large corporates in open innovation and research projects.

• Large scale test beds

• Driving engagement between small companies and large companies • Collaborative Research & Development projects

• Accelerating the growth of markets by supporting ecosystems and helping exports

• Development of standards

• Building prototypes, testing feasibility of technologies • Helping large companies become more efficient through the introduction of

digital innovation

• Providing access to facilities, skills and space

How we make digital innovation happen

Digital Catapult

• We focus on key technology layers – which can make a commercial difference

• We work at the intersections of emerging technologies and target markets

• Working with startups and scaleups, academics and corporates

Segments of economic opportunity

Increasing productivity and creating new valuefrom concept to production and supply chain

across the life cycle of products

Enabling people to live longer, happier andhealthier lives through digital technology

Making the UK the best place in the worldto create content for immersive systems

IMMERSIVEINTELLIGENTCONNECTEDDATA DRIVEN

Cyber-securityBlockchain

Personal Data & Trust

LIVE PROJECTSSmart Contracts

Cyber 101PwC Health

Internet of Things5G

LPWAN

LIVE PROJECTSIoTUK

5G BrightonThings Connected

Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

Big Data

LIVE PROJECTSRolls-Royce

British Oxygen Co.Hack&Pitch

Augmented RealityVirtual RealityMixed Reality

LIVE PROJECTSImmersive Lab

AugmentorDimension Studio

• Open Calls

• Pit Stops

• Live events

• UK & EU Research Projects

• Convening communities

• Technology feasibility trials

• Collaborative R&D projects

• Policy Development

• Core Projects

• Hackathons

• Innovation Workshops

• Researcher in Residence

• Boost Programme

• Sponsors and Supporters

• Showcase in our Centre

GET INVOLVED

Academic Engagement

• Provide industrial context back into research and development and increase the impact of research;

• Increase the speed and breadth of commercialisation of research.• Broad base of engagement that feeds into higher impact activities

• Open to researchers at any stage of their

career

• All backgrounds – technical, law, sociology,

business, arts, …

• Increase the impact of their research

• Access to industry network and catapult

expertise (technical, business development,

commercial, etc.)

Researchers in residence

• Case studies• Proof of concept• Development of new commercial and non

commercial solutions• Open source or commercial• Green/white papers• Grant applications• New research students• Consultancy at Digital Catapult & industry partners• Publications

Examples of outcomes

Placements

For SMEs• Access to hard to find technical talent• Relationships with top research groups

For Universities• Access to relevant real world projects• Work experience and training for their students or

research staff• Relationships to the SME ecosystem

Placements benefits

• Funded by IAA accounts, RCs, or company• PhD students, researchers, and other staff• Placed at the Digital Catapult or partner SMEs

(pilot)• Working on the host’s project

“This experience not only gave me a successful project to add to my CV and helped me develop necessary and relevant skills and knowledge, it also introduced me to many people from different backgrounds and departments at the Catapult” Tatiana Styliari, PhD student, Horizon CDT

“My 3 months placement was an incredible experience. I worked with the Future Networks Lead Technologist and Innovation Team, which enabled me to explore the challenge of increasing SME engagement with advance digital infrastructure. The Digital Catapult's knowledge and expertise of the SME sector and open innovation processes was invaluable in address this challenge.”Sophie Ross-Smith, Project Manager, University of Bristol

University engagement

FacilitationRole as neutral convener

• Collaboration about facilities: • Immersive Labs • Machine Intelligence Garage

• Events - Pit Stops, workshops, hackathons• Advisory boards, including IAA• SME connections• Showcasing university research and spinouts• Secondments• Publications

• IoT UK – From research hub of 9 universities to testbeds in Manchester and NHS

• 5GIC with Surrey involvement – Full time 5G expert

• R&D funding – RCs applications, letters of support

• Provide access to data and problems. • Testbeds

• 5G as partners with Brighton • Things connected – ask to set up

network

CollaborationExpert partner

• Real world applications• Impact• Commercial(isation)

experience• Access to funding

Examples

Academia

• Solution to a problem

• Access to expertise –Research consultancy or recruitment

Industry

Pit StopsSwiss RE looking for projects to fund

Dimension Studio Collaboration with UCL

Machine Intelligence GarageNewcastle Univerisity & Turing Institute

Advisory boardsMarket requirements Industry connections

Funding applicationsIndustry and government

Digital Catapult

Examples of projects

Project University Funding (total) Funding source

C3ISP Kent ~£4M H2020

Synchronicity Manchester Metropolitan

~£15M EU

INITIATE Bristol, Lancaster, Kings, Edinburgh

~£2.9M EPSRC, Industry

5G Testbed Brighton ~£1.4M Local capital fund LEP

Things Connected -LPWAN

Several ~£800K Innovate UK

How to contact us…

1. Apply to the RiR scheme2. Tell your students and staff about our placement scheme3. Check our Immersive labs, Machine Intelligence Garage,

and LPWAN ways of collaborating – Consider them for your grant applications

4. Apply for calls5. Subscribe to our Newsletter

THANK YOU!

#DigiCatapult

www.digicatapult.org.uk

catarina.fernandes@digicatapult.org.uk

@DIGICATAPULT