Knowledge Centre

International collaboration is the bedrock of research and innovation (R&I). It is also vital to tackling the global challenges we face today, a point underscored by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the current global economic climate, there is more of a need than ever to connect the UK’s research and innovation ecosystem with ambitious innovative businesses, to further grow the UK’s position as a world leading economy. That’s why KTN recommended scaling up the KTP programme.

Engage with… GreenSpur Wind – ferrite-based direct-drive permanent magnet generators for wind turbines, to hear how GreenSpur Wind has been progressing their PEMD development rapidly through research and design stages.

The Decarbonising Transport through Electrification (DTE) Network+ is a £1M EPSRC-funded multidisciplinary project addressing the challenges of implementing an electrified, cost-effective and holistically operating transport sector for the UK.

Engage with Paragraf who deliver commercial quality, graphene electronic devices for the battery, sensor, green energy and semiconductor markets.

Engineering an electric future, Equipmake has more than 20 years’ experience designing, developing, prototyping and manufacturing state-of-the-art electric powertrain solutions for the global automotive, bus, commercial vehicle and aerospace markets.

Engage with McLaren Applied, based in Surrey, and see how they are pioneering a better future in electrification.

Felix Langley, Network Technical Head at Network Rail, will give an insight into the diverse array of power engineering on the UK Railway.

This event is for entrepreneurs, businesses, support agencies, and practitioners active in, or want to learn more about, innovation in the South East Midlands.

The UK needs to get better at bringing academic and other early stage ideas to market. Robin Kennedy and Emma Fadlon, CyberASAP Programme Directors at KTN, outline how the successful academic/industry programme works, its track record, the lessons policy makers can draw from it and how it could be expanded.