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Browse through our collection of news, perspectives and webinars to gain a deeper understanding of the Innovate UK Business Connect culture and sector intelligence.
![Faraday Battery Challenge Investment Readiness Programme Launch](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AdobeStock_282654631.jpg)
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Faraday Battery Challenge Investment Readiness Programme Launch
The launch of the Faraday Battery Challenge Investment Readiness Programme for SMEs in the electric vehicle battery sector.
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Emerging Tech Fest 2021
Wales’ Leading Emerging Technology Conference, a 3 day event that will showcase some of the most exciting technology in Wales and beyond. From micro businesses to multinational corporations Emerging Tech Fest has something for all.
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![Thought leaders are beginning to understand geospatial’s role in tackling humanity’s biggest challenges](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AdobeStock_394300808-scaled.jpeg)
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Thought leaders are beginning to understand geospatial’s role in tackling humanity’s biggest challenges
The grand challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century will require an unprecedented level of collaboration if we are to have any hope of solving them. From pandemics to the climate emergency, the problems we now face are global, and to address them will require expertise from across all sectors.
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Innovation Recommendation: Upping the ambition for global collaboration in R&D
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.
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Innovation Recommendation: Leveraging Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)
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.
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Engage with…GreenSpur Wind
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.
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Engage with...DTE Network+
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.
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![Engage with...Paragraf](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AdobeStock_173266705-scaled.jpeg)
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Engage with...Paragraf
Engage with Paragraf who deliver commercial quality, graphene electronic devices for the battery, sensor, green energy and semiconductor markets.
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![Engage with...Equipmake](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AdobeStock_173266705-scaled.jpeg)
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Engage with...Equipmake
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.
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![Engage with...McLaren Applied](https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AdobeStock_173266705-scaled.jpeg)
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Engage with...McLaren Applied
Engage with McLaren Applied, based in Surrey, and see how they are pioneering a better future in electrification.