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Innovate UK KTN’s Net Zero Talk podcast series is helping Local Authorities to explore, share and hear about the best practices to achieve Net-Zero for all Places.

In an effort to remedy a challenge faced by thousands of Kenyan farmers, the Innovation Exchange (iX) challenge competition, Global Alliance Africa delivered by Innovate UK KTN supported Flamingo Horticulture International, which grows chillies within several regions in Kenya, to identify innovative approaches in pest control for the detection and screening of false codling moth.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), in collaboration with Innovate UK KTN, will be hosting an online competition briefing webinar on 11 October 2022 to share details of the final competition window from the £220m Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) Phase 2.

Rising operating costs have a direct impact on our bottom line and productivity. Skills, labour shortages, the real cost of waste are common and critical themes impacting businesses in Northern Ireland now. How can these problems be solved with Robotics and AI? Technologies such as Robotics and AI (RAI) are key in supporting growth and its sustainability. Evidence shows that the impact of AI across UK’s industrial and commercial activities could boost Northern Ireland’s GDP by up to £2.6 billion by 2030 (Irish News). In addition, Northern Ireland has a great opportunity to achieve this because of its strong University research in various applications of RAI.

Join us for our second webinar in the Meet the Woman Innovator series.

Tailored for innovative companies in the region, Innovate Local is a suite of regional engagement events promoting Innovate UK and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) objectives. We work with local stakeholders to create an event that addresses regional innovation priorities and workshops to help businesses learn more about the grants and innovation process, while engaging local businesses that may not have access to the support we offer before.

The Women in Innovation Competition seeks to identify women who have bold, creative concepts and ambitious plans that will motivate others. Watch our videos and register for the Q&A event on 11th October. Application deadline 19th October.

Join Innovate UK KTN’s Innovation Exchange launch webinar to find out more about the challenge from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in finding innovators that can reprocess, re-use or modify large quantities of PPE gowns, goggles, visors and hand sanitiser into new products that have further application or use. Innovators should have capacity to handle significant volumes of products.