Driving Innovation

Michael Lawrence

Head of Special Projects

michael.lawrence@tsb.gov.uk

Driving Innovation in Space

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The UK’s Innovation Agency

A national body supporting business innovation

for business benefit

for economic growth

for quality of life

The Technology Strategy Board is...

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How do we deliver?

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Where do we contribute most?

Technology Readiness

LevelsTRLs

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Basic Technology ResearchResearch to prove feasibilityTechnology DevelopmentTechnology DemonstrationSystem/Subsystem DevelopmentSystem Test, Launch and Operations

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How do we decide where to work?

• Sectors where UK businesses can thrive – Supporting innovative companies in these sectors

• Large global markets– Building the capability of the UK to address markets

at the right time

• Where our support makes a difference

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Technology Inspired Innovation

• We build capability in the underpinning areas that enable a sure and effective response to market needs– Advanced materials, – Bioscience, – Electronics, photonics and electrical systems, – Information and communication technologies, – High value manufacturing – Nanotechnology– Emerging Technologies

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Challenge-led innovation• We aim to understand the needs

of the markets and support the most innovative and competitive responses– Energy generation and supply– Environmental sustainability– Built environment– Creative industries– High value services– Medicines and healthcare– Transport – Space

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Innovation Platforms• We work with Government as they

address societal challenges to give business the future market definition they need to be competitive – Low Carbon Vehicles– Assisted Living– Low Impact Buildings– Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents– Stratified medicine– Sustainable agriculture and food

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• We will inspire and enable people to play their part in the innovation economy

• We showcase successes• We celebrate and will build a

national confidence in the power of innovation

• We build networks• We support knowledge exchange

for individuals

The Innovation Climate

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• National networks in a field of technology or business application, with international perspective

• Bringing together business, research bodies and the finance community …

• … to stimulate innovation through exchange of knowledge and expertise.

Knowledge Transfer Networks

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Biosciences

Electronics, Sensors & Photonics

Nano

‘ICT’ (Digital Communications and Digital Systems merge fully by Mar 11)

Chemistry Innovation

Industrial Mathematics

HealthTec and Medicines

Energy Generation & Supply

Materials

Aerospace & Defence

Environmental Sustainability

Modern Built Environment

Creative Industries

Financial Services

Transport

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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

• High calibre, recently-qualified individual placed into business to work on innovation projects under guidance of relevant knowledge base academic.

• Exchanges knowledge; spreads technical and business skills

• Brings new expertise and real benefits to companies• Provides business experience for graduates• Stimulates business-focused education

and research in institutions

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• Using government procurement to drive innovation.

• Enables public sector organisations to procure new technologies faster and with managed risk.

• Provides paid contracts for the critical stage of product development

• Relaunched 2009

– 18 Government Departments engaged

– Major interest from other public sector bodies

– 42 competitions

– 1630 applications

– 519 contracts (>60% new companies)

Innovation driven by procurementSBRI

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Innovation in Space - Background

• Jan 2009 – Technology Strategy Board becomes a partner of the British National Space Centre (BNSC)

• April 2009 – Responsibility for funding of UK civil telecoms and navigation space activities transferred from BNSC to Technology Strategy Board

• April 2011 – UK Space Agency fully operational, leading UK Space policy, Technology Strategy Board continues to drive innovation in Space...

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Implementing the Space Innovation and Growth Strategy

• Global market forecast to be

worth £400 billion by 2030

• Strategy to capture 10% of

market and create over

100,000 jobs in the UK

• ‘applications and services

using Space data will be one

of the most important

elements for delivering

growth’

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Working with the UK Space Agency

• Delivery partner of the UK Space Agency for telecommunications and navigation programmes

• Promoting business opportunities for the UK Space industry across all Technology Strategy Board activity areas

• Supporting innovation in space technology and applications that leads to new commercial exploitation opportunities

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Delivering European Space Agency programmes

• Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES)– Development, qualification and demonstration of products and

applications

• Integrated Applications Promotion– Development of operational services through the combination

of different space systems

• GNSS Evolution– Technology development for future satellite navigation

systems

• Technology Transfer– Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP’s) for companies in the

ESA Business Incubator at Harwell

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Technology Strategy Board UK Space activity - supporting growth• Technology Demonstration

– Overcoming a barrier to market• Knowledge Exchange

– Knowledge Transfer Networks – Space Special Interest Group

– Technology Roadmap process• Open Innovation

– ISIC Hub and Spokes– Connecting with SMEs – Collaborative R & D competitions

• Digital, Energy, Transport, Agriculture, Low Carbon etc.• Space Feasibility Studies

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• CubeSat Challenge - UKube1– With STFC and Astrium– Core funding for platform (ClydeSpace) and support for

payload competition– Encourage payload projects to apply for a KTP

• TechDemoSat – With SEEDA and ISIC

Technology demonstration

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TechDemoSat – removing a barrier to market• SSTL project to create a low cost ‘in orbit test bed’ to

demonstrate innovative UK technology• Technology Strategy Board and SEEDA providing

grant for platform and payload integration• Payloads fully funded by industry and academia• Kicked off Phase 1 (design and payload selection) in

October 2010• Launch options under review with UK Space Agency• Phase 2 (build and integration) will commence when

launch plan established• 18 months from kick off to launch

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Space Knowledge Transfer Network Special Interest Group

• A pan-KTN community of space capabilities– Materials, Electronics, Sensors & Photonics,

Digital Communications, Digital Systems, Aerospace & Defence, Transport

• A neutral facilitator for the delivery of national technology roadmaps– To underpin a National Space Technology

Strategy

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Telecommunications

• Telecommunications dominates the UK Space industry in terms of earnings, exports and employment for both upstream manufacturing and downstream services/applications

• Key market opportunities– Satellite Broadband– Broadcast– Transport– Security– Environment

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Sensing

• Opportunities– Space, planetary and EO science– Monitoring the planet – environment and

climate– Commercial EO applications– Security and Defence

• UK Capabilities– Detectors (visible, IR and microwave)– Optical and microwave– Active and passive systems– Planetary in-situ

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Position, Navigation & Timing

• Market Opportunities– Key Technology Drivers are short

term (Galileo, integrated GNSS)– Driven by external (non-space)

developments and legislation • UK Capabilities

– Well positioned for integration and exploitation

– Security (encryption, protection, interference detection)

– GNSS test bed “elements” to provide technology in new application areas (Indoor + Transport)

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Robotics & Exploration

• Scope includes:– Unmanned planetary platforms– Penetrators– In-situ resources– Human exploration

• UK Capabilities– Rover Design & Build– Autonomy/Robotics Control– Resilient Systems– Human Factors– Novel Power– Planetary Protection

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Access to Space

• Scope includes:– Launch vehicles– Space tourism– Generic satellite platforms– Orbital transfer modules

• Opportunities– Space, planetary and EO science– Monitoring the planet– Commercial EO applications– Security and Defence

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• brings together businesses, international space agencies, research and technical facilities, government organisations and education facilities

• facilitates new collaborations and partnerships

• a seedbed for innovation and enterprise

• facilitates the commercialisation of innovative research

Open Innovation – the role of ISIC

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What is a technology & innovation centre

Business-focused centre that makes world-leading technical capability available to businesses to solve their technical challenges. Provides access to world-leading technical expertise, infrastructure, skills and equipment

• Access to world-leading technology & expertise• Reach into the knowledge base for world-class science• Capability to undertake collaborative R&D projects with business• Capability to undertake contract research for business• Strongly business focused with a professional delivery ethos• Create a critical mass of activity • Skills development at all levels

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Choice of Technology Areas

• Potential global markets worth £ billions

• UK world-leading research capability

• UK business has ability to exploit the technology andcapture a significant share in the UK

• Centres enable UK to attract and anchor knowledge intensive activities of globally mobile companies

• Aligned with a national strategic priority area

Broad Criteria

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TimelineNovember 2010

• TICs on www.innovateuk.org on _connect and centres@tsb.gov.uk 

2 December 2010• Evidence to House of Commons Select Committee on TICs

January 2010• Outline prospectus

31st January 2011• Register interest in High Value Manufacturing centre

18th February 2011• Request for Input into detailed implementation

Feb - March 2011• Discussions and Workshops• Review of Inputs Received

April 2011• Announce implementation of manufacturing centre• Details of implementation of first phase centres (three to four)• Publish full strategy and implementation plan.

2012 - 2013• First phase of centres up and running• Open competition for second full phase of centres in defined areas (three to four)

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• UK Sat Nav Competition – ‘Galileo Masters’– With GRACE (Nottingham University)

• Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation– With NERC

• Collaborative R & D competitions– With SEEDA

Promoting a UK wide Space SME sector

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Feasibility Studies for Innovation in Space

• Opened 10 January 2011, closes 10 February 2011– co funded with SEEDA ‘ISIC’ funding

• Scope aligned with themes from National Space Technology Road maps

• Strongly encourage use of ISIC capability• Aim to enable early collaborative work to establish

technical and commercial feasibility of growth opportunities

• £25k grants for £33k projects, quick turn round, start March complete June 2011.

• £2m total

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Summary

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Growth

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