Thursday, 14 January 2021
Time: 10:00
Online webinar
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The second in our innovator briefing series will present the Made Smarter Technology Accelerator and our Industry Challenge Owners from seven leading UK industrial companies and manufacturers.
Having set 14 challenges for startups to develop technology prototypes, this webinar will offer interested startups the opportunity to discover more about each Challenge Owner and the opportunities to work together on the programme.
Made Smarter Technology Accelerator has been designed for industry and provides startups with a direct opportunity to join the UK’s largest industry-focused acceleration programme - together we will help to drive innovation and digitalisation of the manufacturing sector whilst gaining a competitive edge.
This challenge-focused briefing will provide the opportunity to understand more about how the programme is challenge-led and its relevance and potential impact for industry. We will hear from the Industry Challenge Owners as they present their manufacturing business and discover the unique challenges they have set for the programme.
Our group of Industry Challenge Owners have worked to define and scope challenges that our cohort of startups will address through technology prototype development.
Applications to the programme must be relevant to one of 14 challenges, this webinar will give potential applicants the chance to delve into each challenge further and to decide on the most relevant challenge that aligns to their technology solution and application into manufacturing settings.
It will enable attendees to:
- Discover how the programme is challenge-led and its importance for industry
- Learn how advanced digital technologies can be applied to industrial settings and the benefits this provides
- Meet and hear from the Industry Challenge Owners Understand each challenge area in more detail directly from challenge owners.