Knowledge Centre
Browse through our collection of news, perspectives and webinars to gain a deeper understanding of the Innovate UK Business Connect culture and sector intelligence.

News
Pascale Revell shares her experiences from the Women in Innovation Coaching Programme
Pascale Revell, founder and chief product officer at beauty technology specialist Autier, shares her coaching experience as part of the Women in Innovation Programme.
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10 UK Innovation Strategy Highlights: Innovate UK EDGE to Expand
Today the UK’s department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched its UK Innovation Strategy.
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Analysis for Innovators (A4I) Programme Round 6 briefing
Round 6 of the very successful Analysis for Innovators (A4I) Programme will open shortly. Attend this briefing to understand the objectives and scope of the competition and how to apply to the Expression of Interest Stage.
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Key learnings from KTN’s Off-Highway webinar & workshop
On the 7th of June 2021, the Cross-Sector Battery Systems and the Hydrogen Economy Innovation Networks brought their communities together for the first time in a joint webinar and workshop for Off-Highway applications. Following this successful event, we are delighted to share with you the key highlights from this event.
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Nature-inspired Solutions Innovation Network - Summary report
In the UK, there is a very significant community of researchers carrying out nature-inspired work and several companies also seeking to develop and deploy solutions, including the Centre for Nature-inspired Engineering at UCL, dedicated to drawing lessons from nature to solve grand societal challenges, and the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment, funded by Research England to create the next generation of living buildings.
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Driving the Electric Revolution – Building Talent for the Future: Competition Briefing
Innovate UK’s Driving the Electric Revolution challenge, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up £250,000 in projects to develop future talent pipelines across the power electronics, machines and drives (PEMD) industry. Watch our briefing event from Tuesday 10th August 2021 to find out more about scope, application process and eligibility, as well as tips on applying.
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Rapidly find Innovative Solutions to AgriFood Challenges in Kenya
We are looking for large* Kenya-based companies from the AgriFood Sector wanting to find rapid innovative solutions to their industry challenges. Deadline to apply: 30 August 2021.
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Design Thinking for AI – Mini Forum
Discover how design thinking methods can help overcome cultural barriers to change and unlock business model innovation in a professional services firm.
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Battery Caffè Podcast Episode 4: Electric Vehicle Fire Safety
In this 4th episode of the Battery Caffè, Nikoleta Piperidou and Sheena Hindocha from KTN focus on electric vehicle fire safety – a broad topic of interest for sector specialists as well as the wider public.
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Future Flight Cafe: Developing zero emission UAV flight
Join us to hear about project HyStERIAA 2.0 – Hydrogen Storage to Energise Robotics in Air Applications 2.0 – who are creating a scalable, low pressure hydrogen fuel infrastructure to deliver zero carbon electric UAV flight. The new technology will offer longer flight time and greater autonomy.