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Innovate UK at NHS ConfedExpo 2025 - Scaling health innovation for real-world impact
Innovate UK at NHS ConfedExpo 2025 - Scaling health innovation for real-world impact

Innovate UK will be participating in NHS ConfedExpo 2025, the UK’s flagship health and care conference, taking place on 11 – 12 June 2025 in Manchester.

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CyberASAP alumni take first and third place at Cyber Den
CyberASAP alumni take first and third place at Cyber Den

Major success as two CyberASAP alumni reach the top three in the UK’s leading cybersecurity pitch competition.

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Connecting for positive charge
Connecting for positive charge

Battery tech innovators advancing electrification across sectors at Innovate UK’s second industry showcase.

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Welcoming Dr Richard Hutchins as Managing Director of IUK Business Connect
Welcoming Dr Richard Hutchins as Managing Director of IUK Business Connect
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Global Alliance Africa announces winners of the Sebenzisa Tembisa Waste Challenge
Global Alliance Africa announces winners of the Sebenzisa Tembisa Waste Challenge

Tembisa, South Africa, is catalysing innovation in working towards a future without waste. Four new pilot projects will soon be launched in the township, helping to create sustainable, circular economies for waste management in one of the country’s largest urban areas.

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The Battery Caffè Podcast Series 2
The Battery Caffè Podcast Series 2

The Battery Caffè, our series of short interviews with experts in batteries and related industries, is brought to you by the Cross-Sector Battery Systems Innovation Network.

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News

Save the Date - UK National Quantum Showcase 2025

Innovate UK will be hosting the UK’s National Quantum Showcase on Friday 7 November 2025 at BDC, London building on the show’s decade of successes.

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Innovate UK Growth Catalyst for late-stage startups: Clean Energy and Climate Technologies

Innovate UK is piloting a new programme called Growth Catalyst. It seeks to accelerate highly innovative startups on their journey to becoming successful scale-ups and beyond.

Opens: 02/05/2025 Closes: 02/07/2025
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Innovate Local South East July 2025

09.00 - 15.45 | Royal Holloway, University of London

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