Digitalising Energy – Innovators and Industry Workshop

Event Date: From 27 September, 2023 to 27 September, 2023
Venue: 101 Euston Rd, Kings Cross, London, NW1 2RA, United Kingdom
Event Provider: Digitalising Energy

Digitalising Energy – Innovators and Industry Workshop is now accepting an application. Join Digital Catapult, the UK authority on advanced digital technology, for the Digitalising Energy workshop. This workshop will launch Digital Catapult’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) round 3 campaign by bringing together a selection of innovators working across the Internet of things (IoT), hydrogen, artificial intelligence & machine learning (AI & ML) and quantum with industry partners to discuss and tackle the biggest challenges facing the energy industry today. These workshops will be centred on a particular theme and around the SIF challenges. The purpose of these sessions will be to ideate possible proposals for round 3 of SIF.

Eligibility

Digital Catapult is looking for innovators who are seeking to utilise their technological capabilities and collaborate through solution ideation in order to solve specific energy-related challenges.

In particular, this workshop will be of interest to digital innovators, startups, and small and medium businesses working within the Internet of Things, hydrogen, artificial intelligence & machine learning and quantum.

The Digitalising Energy workshop will be a collaborative and interactive workshop that combines a wealth of shared knowledge and expertise in order to solve a specified energy challenge.

The workshop will involve breaking away into working groups, each of which will then tackle one of the main challenge areas through a facilitated session. The challenge areas that will be addressed are:

Grid visualisation: Having the ability to visualise what is happening on the grid in real time is a key requirement for round 3 of the SIF programme. In this workshop, they will be focusing on the SIF Innovation Challenge 3, heat and flexibility.
Integration of hydrogen: There is no doubt that hydrogen offers many opportunities for the energy system of the future. In this workshop, they will be focusing on SIF Innovation Challenge 4 and innovative digital solutions that will help solve some of the challenges set out.
Artificial intelligence & machine learning (AI & ML): As they obtain increasing amounts of data from across the energy system, what they do with this data is vital. In this workshop, they will be focusing on SIF innovation challenge area 2.
Quantum and the energy industry: There is no doubt that quantum will play an important role in helping optimise the multi-vector energy system of the future. In this workshop, they will be proposing a project to start looking at how this might happen.

Attendees will have the opportunity to delve into these challenges and collaborate in order to find a solution, before reconvening with the wider group to reflect and present the outcomes of these discussions.

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Benefits

Interactive workshops: Engage in hands-on sessions and collaborative activities that will sharpen your innovative thinking and problem-solving skills. These workshops will be centred on a particular theme and around the SIF challenges. The purpose of these sessions will be to ideate possible proposals for round 3 of SIF. If taken forward the Digital Catapult bid team will lead the application using their expert knowledge of applying for SIF projects.
Gain insider knowledge: Benefit from expert insights and best practices shared by industry leaders, who have successfully navigated the competitive landscape. Learn the strategies and tactics that can boost your company on the journey to securing grant funding.
Networking opportunities: Connect with like-minded professionals from a range of different technological backgrounds, as well as large industry leaders, all of whom share the same goal of building a more sustainable future.

This workshop offers a unique opportunity for innovators to accelerate their path to securing funding for ground-breaking projects via the Strategic Innovation Fund. Discover how Digital Catapult can support your organisation throughout this journey and enhance the likelihood of a successful application.

For the industry partners such as DNOs, GNOs, and transmission operators this workshop will give you the opportunity to meet and ideate with innovators and Digital Catapult to discover truly innovative digital ideas that meet the four challenges set by OFGEM and Innovate UK for round 3 of their SIF programme.