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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.

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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
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            SymphoMe: case study

            Part of the FutureScope's Black Founders Programme, Digital Catapult supported Nyangibo Gallery to get investment ready and receive business expertise
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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: London Tech Week 2020

Date: 7 September 2020 14:40 - 15:20

Digital Catapult is pleased to announce it will be taking part in this year’s London Tech Week conference as part of its 5G Festival online virtual event.

London Tech Week celebrates the best of technology innovation. The annual conference welcomes world-class speakers and brands from across the globe tackling the most pressing topics facing the tech sector and society today – across the future of work, diversity within tech, education, healthcare, the startup landscape, business transformation and more.

Digital Catapult at London Tech Week

Digital Catapult works with a range of organisations – including startups and scaleups, established businesses, investors, government and public sector, research and academia – to discover new ways of solving industry challenges, increase productivity and open up new markets.

We do this across a range of technologies that are converging to form an emerging advanced digital technology stack:

  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning
  • Future networks: 5G, the internet of things (IoT) and other next generation network technologies
  • Immersive technologies (virtual, augmented and mixed reality, and haptics)
  • Distributed systems (distributed ledger technologies, including blockchain)

5G Festival: Where creativity meets 5G | Monday, 7 September 2020, 14:40

How can emerging technologies boosted by 5G take events to the next level and create exciting alternative experiences for a virtual world? Find out more about the 5G Festival Project just announced as a winner in the first round of the DCMS 5G Create competition and hear about its mission to empower the music industry to bring live festivals and music events to the audiences no matter where they are in the world.

Speakers

  • Emily Savage, Creative Sector Lead, Digital Catapult
  • Athina Metridou, Experience Designer, Mativision
  • Tiago Correia, Global Digital Business Development Senior Manager – New Business & Ventures, Warner Music
  • David Owens, 5G Ecosystem Liaison – Technology Strategy, Telefonica
  • Tim Sherratt, Strategic Planning Manager, Sennheiser

How to get involved?

If you would like to join Digital Catapult at this year’s London Tech Week, please book your ticket here.