Made Smarter Innovation Sustainability Accelerator Open Call Webinar

Join Digital Catapult and Industry Challenge Owners (ICOs) for the Made Smarter Innovation Sustainability Accelerator Programme (MSISA) open call webinar on Tuesday 5 March 2024.

This online webinar will provide you with an overview of the Made Smarter Innovation Sustainability Accelerator Programme, a UK-wide programme to accelerate industrial sustainability and leverage cutting-edge technologies to drive environmental impact. The participants will be introduced to the industry challenge owners (ICOs) of the programme to provide them with the opportunity to ask questions about the programme and how to apply.

Learn more about the programme here.

If the participants are interested in applying their help to solve some of UK industry’s most pressing sustainability challenges, they should attend this webinar to find out:

• About the programme, its goals and ambitions
• How you can get involved and contribute to solving real world sustainability challenges
• What support and resources are available
• How to apply and the selection criteria
• The answers to your questions and the application process

This webinar is for anyone interested in participating in the Made Smarter Innovation Sustainability Accelerator Programme. Specifically, startups and scaleups at UK based companies who work on technology solutions including future networks and advanced digital infrastructure (5G and the internet of things including; low powered wide area networks, NB-IoT, LIFI etc. including sensors, edge devices, wearables etc.), immersive technologies (Extended reality – virtual, augmented, mixed reality and haptics), artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI & ML), distributed ledger technologies (blockchain) and quantum technologies.

11:00 – Digital Catapult & MSISA Programme Overview

Yani Vladimirova, Innovation Delivery Manager at Digital Catapult

11:15 – BAE Systems — Factory of the Future – Environment control system
Cenk Kafaoglu, Manufacturing Development Engineer at BAE Systems

11:25 – HS2 — Data-driven decisions for the circular economy
Sarah Richards, Senior Logistics Manager at HS2
Zoe Edmonds, Senior Innovation Manager at HS2

11:35 – Creagh Concrete

• Data analytics for manufacturing process (challenge 1) 
• End to end life cycle tracking of custom concrete facades/products (challenge 2)

Neil Ward, COO at Creagh Concrete

11:50 – Q&A

12:15 – Next Steps

Yani Vladimirova, Innovation Delivery Manager at Digital Catapult

12:20 – Event Ends