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    • About us

          • Digital Catapult is a deep tech innovation organisation driving business value by accelerating the application of advanced technologies.

            3,000

            Companies supported since 2018

            £555m

            Investment raised by startups since 2018

            20+

            Advanced technology facilities nationwide

    • Our ambition

          • Our ambition is to realise the practical application of deep tech through four interventions

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            Enabling UK deep tech companies to scale

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            Improving UK industrial supply chain resilience

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            Driving industrial decarbonisation

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            Advancing UK development and use of data driven and open future networks

    • Our people
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            We are an organisation made up of almost 300 innovators.

            We pride ourselves on the skilled and talented people from varied backgrounds that make up our team – we harness the expertise, perspectives and connections of people of more than 40 nationalities, thereby bringing together a diversity of skills, experience and backgrounds.

            Susan Bowen

            CEO of Digital Catapult

    • Our places
          • London Office

            London

            The base for more than 200 experts from a diverse range of industries and backgrounds.

            north-east

            North East

            Supporting organisations across all sectors, with programmes for the manufacturing, creative and VCSE.

            northern-ireland

            Northern Ireland

            Connecting industry and academia to build innovative partnerships, and helping organisations to work smarter.

            south-west

            South West

            Helping to scale industrial activities through a combination of engineering, digital expertise and research.

    • Startups and scaleups
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            Black Founders Programme

            The Black Founders Programme is an accelerator targeted at pre-seed or seed stage, Black-founded companies creating innovative products and services...
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            Quantum Technology Programme

            Separating opportunity from hype to understand industry challenges that may be best solved by quantum computing.
    • Government and Public sector
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            Hydrogen Innovation Programme

            Discover more about the the Hydrogen Innovation Initiative and the deployment of hydrogen technologies to address pressing energy and environmental...
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            Digitalising Energy Programme

            Energy Systems Catapult and Digital Catapult have partnered to explore the groundwork for a UK-wide initiative to accelerate a digitalised,...
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            UK Digital Twin Centre

            Delivered by Digital Catapult and funded by Belfast Region City Deal and Innovate UK, the UK Digital Twin Centre makes digital twins more accessible and meaningful in the UK. It actively enable industries and innovators to safely embrace, explore and realise their dynamic power.
            Find out more UK Digital Twin Centre
    • Corporates and Industry
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            Green Hydrogen Certifier

            This report looks at the Green Hydrogen Certifier - an end-to-end demonstration of a potential digital certification solution for hydrogen production...
    • Academia
    • Investors
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            Black Founders Programme

            The Black Founders Programme is an accelerator targeted at pre-seed or seed stage, Black-founded companies creating innovative products and services...
    • Services

          • Bespoke software & data systems

            Developing proof-of-concept demonstrators to showcase the viability and benefit of deep tech solutions.

            Platform engineering service

            Designing, building and operating physical and digital facilities. Providing testbeds for deep tech discovery and experimentation.

            Technology & innovation consultancy

            Consultancy services helping organisations addresses market preparedness gaps, evaluate financial viability and navigate technology change management.

          • Acceleration programmes for business

            Creating acceleration programmes to support businesses.Helping them grow through mentorship, technology support, networking, and investment opportunities.

            Facilitating and convening

            Bringing together and developing ecosystems of companies to explore, test and demonstrate how deep tech works in practice.

    • Technologies
    • Facilities
    • Opportunities
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    • Current interventions
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            Quantum Technology Programme

            Separating opportunity from hype to understand industry challenges that may be best solved by quantum computing.
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            UK Digital Twin Centre

            Delivered by Digital Catapult and funded by Belfast Region City Deal and Innovate UK, the UK Digital Twin Centre makes digital twins more accessible and meaningful in the UK. It actively enable industries and innovators to safely embrace, explore and realise their dynamic power.
            Find out more UK Digital Twin Centre
    • Case studies
          • Black Founders Programme Showcase event.

            SymphoMe: case study

            Part of the FutureScope's Black Founders Programme, Digital Catapult supported Nyangibo Gallery to get investment ready and receive business expertise
    • Events
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            Be the first to know about upcoming resources, events and activities in the BridgeAI programme.
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            The Programme

            Find out more about how the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme and how it aims to stimulate the adoption AI and...
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Meet us at 5G World Summit

Date: 21 September 2021 09:00 - 22 September 2021 18:00

Digital Catapult is pleased to announce it will be taking part in this year’s 5G World Summit.

5G World Summit will bring the ecosystem live back together to share insights, join discussions and network with leaders from across the industry. With a digital version of the show alongside the event, there are more opportunities than ever before to connect and inspire 5G innovations, in-person or online!

This year’s summit focuses on Unleashing the power of 5G and Digital Catapult will be part of a number of different panel discussions happening Monday 20 September – Friday 24 September.

Register here

Panel Discussion: Next-generation 5G technologies to transform the network

Tuesday, 21 September, 11:10am to 11:50am

With contributions from:

  • Dr Charles Turyagyenda, 5G Lead Technologist, Digital Catapult
  • Chris Pearson, President, 5G Americas
  • Tumay Kanar, Senior Manager, mm-Wave IC Design, Renesas Electronics
  • Mark Newman, Chief Analyst, TM Forum
     

Panel Discussion: Role of 5G in Reshaping Fan Experiences and Entertainment

Wednesday, 22 September, 2:10pm to 2:40pm (in person) and Thursday, 23 September, 2:40pm to 3:20pm (online)

With contributions from:

  • Moderator: Nicolai Schaettgen, Founder and CEO, Match-Maker Ventures
  • Donna Close, Creative Director – 5G Festival for Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival
  • Michael Reinartz, Director Innovation & Consumer Services, Vodafone Germany
  • Dave Vasquez, Innovation Lead, MTS
     

Fireside chat: OpenRan and Cloud Native

Wednesday 22 September, 4:20-4.40PM (in-person)

With contributions from:

  • Roberto Kompany, Principal Analyst, Omdia
  • Paul Ceely, Director of Technology Strategy, Digital Catapult

This year 5G World will also celebrate the most innovative up and coming companies in the Clash of the 5G Start-ups competition.

Deciding on the winners will be Katy Ho, Head of Innovation Practice for Future Networks and Future Focus, Digital Catapult who with the fellow judges will select the best in the following categories:

  • Enterprise 5G Applications
  • Consumer 5G Applications
  • 5G Technology and Edge Computing

Find out more about the competition here.