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.
![Innovation funding for the commercialisation of quantum technologies](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/quantum.png)
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Innovation funding for the commercialisation of quantum technologies
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £6 million in innovation projects. This funding is from the ISCF Commercialising quantum technologies challenge.
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![Global Alliance Africa to launch Gauteng Innovation Action Plan in 2022](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdobeStock_366506527-scaled.jpeg)
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Global Alliance Africa to launch Gauteng Innovation Action Plan in 2022
Innovation and entrepreneurship have been identified as key drivers of the South African economy, but challenges such as lack of funding, talent, skills and infrastructure often obstruct their development at a grassroots level.
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![Horizon Europe ‘Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society’ Consortia Building Event](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Blurred-crowd-of-unrecognizable-at-the-street-.png)
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Horizon Europe ‘Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society’ Consortia Building Event
Innovate UK KTN Global Alliance are delighted to invite potential applicants from across EU Member States, Associated States and third Countries, to participate in the Horizon Europe ‘Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society’ consortia building event taking place on 27 January 2022.
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Accelerating the Journey to Net Zero
COP26 brought together political parties from across the globe to help generate a strong framework that will edge us closer towards carbon neutrality. However, this responsibility doesn’t just lie with world leaders, but with all of us. Innovate UK’s Sustainable Innovation Fund helped a number of organisations accelerate the development and delivery of their Net Zero solutions, facilitating a reduction in carbon emissions and taking us a step closer to Net Zero.
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![Shaping the National Service Robotics Proving Ground Facilities](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AI-Adoption-Roundtables-UK-End-User-Review-2022.png)
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Shaping the National Service Robotics Proving Ground Facilities
Join us to help shape the future for service robotics in the UK and share your vision for the UK’s next generation of robotics proving ground facilities.
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![AI Adoption Roundtables: UK End-User Review 2022](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Shaping-the-National-Service-Robotics-Proving-Ground-Facilities-.png)
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AI Adoption Roundtables: UK End-User Review 2022
Between 18-20 January, Innovate UK, Innovate UK KTN and the Office for Artificial Intelligence will organise a series of roundtables bringing together end-users from different industries to assess the extent to which the sector appetite and readiness for AI adoption has been impacted by Covid-19 and Brexit.
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![Driving the Electric Revolution - tackling equality, diversity and inclusion in the PEMD sector](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Driving-the-Electric-Revolution-presents-Overcoming-equality-diversity-and-inclusion-challenges-in-PEMD.png)
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Driving the Electric Revolution - tackling equality, diversity and inclusion in the PEMD sector
Driving the Electric Revolution’s new webinar series is dedicated to tackling equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) challenges within the power electronics, machines and drives sector.
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![Glimpse of the Future Workshops - January - March 2022](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CyberASAP-Demo-Day-Year-5.png)
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Glimpse of the Future Workshops - January - March 2022
An opportunity for industry leaders to discuss their thoughts on how novel technologies and trends could affect industries, businesses and society in the coming decades.
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![Entrepreneurship is not a dirty word, says KETS Quantum Security co-founder](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/KETS-Team-scaled-e1639409961860.jpg)
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Entrepreneurship is not a dirty word, says KETS Quantum Security co-founder
“We combine the power of quantum technologies with the scalability and practicality of integrated photonics to fix some of the biggest security problems facing some of the largest organisations on the planet” – Chris Erven, CyberASAP 2017 alumnus and co-founder of KETS Quantum Security.
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![Quantum for Batteries - Opportunities & Synergies](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Quantum.jpg)
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Quantum for Batteries - Opportunities & Synergies
Watch the recording of an exciting session on Feb 1st which aimed to connect the UK battery and quantum communities. Hear from our key speakers and listen in on the discussions that followed.