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Connected Places Catapult
Accelerating smarter living and travelling in between the places of tomorrow

COVID-19 SME Support

Connected Places Catapult is continuing to support UK businesses while we work remotely as a team in these unprecedented times, and have pulled together the best resources that ourselves, UK government and other institutions are providing to help support innovators.

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Taking flight: Tech Leaders Come Together to Develop the Future of UK Aviation

Nine UK organisations have today announced The Airspace of the Future (AoF) Consortium, which comprises Thales, Cranfield University, Cranfield Airport...
21 January 2021

The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Authentication System consortium announced

Connected Places Catapult partners with IoT security start-up, ANGOKA partners and Cranfield University to protect drone communications in the Unmanned...
21 January 2021

Smart Ports: Climate-Resilient River Operations in London by Predictive Digital Twin Use Case

. . Connected Places Catapult is working together with Royal HaskoningDHV and ports around the UK, releasing a series of...
12 January 2021

Place-based Digital Twins - Use Cases

By Ron Oren, Connected Places Catapult . Digital Twins promise significant improvement in efficiency of complex systems but are expensive...
05 January 2021

SME Brexit Support Hub

The Government has published information on the actions businesses need to take to prepare for post EU transition. From 1...
23 December 2020

Smart Ports: Automated Asset Inspection and Port Sector Maintenance Insight Use Case

. Connected Places Catapult is working together with Royal HaskoningDHV and ports around the UK, releasing a series of Smart...
21 December 2020

Intelligent Mobility Accelerator accepting applications for the next cohort

The Intelligent Mobility Accelerator, a programme for start-ups with innovative solutions to improve the UK transport system, is now taking...
18 December 2020

Innovative SMEs Join MK:5G Accelerator

Innovative start-ups and SMEs addressing challenges relating to mobility, health & wellbeing and data are among a new cohort of...
17 December 2020

Connected Places Podcast: 2020, A Year in Review

  What a year 2020 has been! On so many levels we’ve all had to pause, reflect, pivot, reimagine and...
17 December 2020

Smart Ports: Virtual Pre-Gate for Dynamic Management of Ferry Freight Export Traffic Use Case

… Smart Ports are a key theme being explored and developed globally, having the potential to support the digitalisation of...
15 December 2020

Local Government's Road To Net Zero

by Sebastien Herman, Junior Urbanist, Digital Planning Team. Our mission at Connected Places Catapult is to drive UK leadership to meet...
15 December 2020

What next for Autonomous Technology Conference overview

The Connected Places Catapult (CPC) has celebrated its success in supporting the UK’s driverless vehicle industry become a world leader...
15 December 2020

Winners announced for the inaugural Security Technology Research and Innovation Grants

We are pleased to announce the winners of The Security Technology Research and Innovation Grants Programme (S-TRIG), which is run...
14 December 2020

Smart Cities: The Future of Urban Living

. Rhian Lewis is a software developer at Unboxed, a London digital agency creating products and services that solve complex...
11 December 2020

CAV Decarbonisation Paradox report launch

We are delighted to have launched our latest Connected & Autonomous vehicle (CAV) report to the industry at our ‘Autonomous...
02 December 2020

New report launched: Performance testing for sensors in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) commissioned Connected Places Catapult (CPC) and National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to investigate...
26 November 2020

Goole & Hull Siemens Mobility sites: Connected investments make everyone a winner

Finbarr Dowling is Director of Localisation for Siemens Mobility Limited, which is investing up to £200 million in developing a...
26 November 2020

Is the UK able to rise to the challenge of levelling up?

. Dr Barbara Ghinelli is Director of Business Development and Clusters for the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, part of...
24 November 2020

Latest News and Insights

Discover the latest updates and blogs from the Connected Places Catapult as we help shape a connected future for the places we live.

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Trackwater 2.0: Building Resilience in the drainage network - Project Showcase

Over the last few months Trackwater’s innovative drainage management solution has been deployed in live trials on 3 sites along...
26 January 2021

Integrated Land Use Planning Prototype Webinar

The primary aim of the project, was the development of a prototype of an integrated land use tool, which will...
27 January 2021

HS2 Accelerator Programme Demo Day

Join us on the 28th January 2021 for the HS2 Accelerator Programme Demo Day
28 January 2021

Challenging Procurement Series: Transforming Public Procurement – does the Green Paper unleash the full potential for innovation?

Join us for the next instalment in our Challenging Procurement Series on 10 February.
10 February 2021

Virtual Connections Cafe: Support and Networking Webinar

Our Virtual Connections Cafe will return on the 10th February 2021
10 February 2021

A consumer-centric approach to unlocking the Indian electric vehicle opportunity

The Indian market offers promising opportunities in the areas of micro-mobility and electric two and three-wheel vehicles. Underpinning any successful...
18 February 2021

Third Thursday: How can understanding the past help inform the transition to net-zero?

The transition to net-zero will undoubtedly involve massive technological change, but tightly wrapped up in the process are myriad social,...
25 February 2021

Government Drone Pathfinder Community Webinar

Join us for the Government Drone Pathfinder Community Webinar on 31st March
31 March 2021

Innovative financing’s potential to drive sustainability in the built environment sector

Traditional sources of funding are proving insufficient to meet our growing housing needs, as well as necessary renewal of buildings...
31 March 2021

Latest Events

Stay informed, network, learn and engage at our industry leading events across the country. Our events cover innovations in areas such as the built environment and mobility services.

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Report: African Cities Innovation Analysis

Our African Cities Innovation Analysis seeks to provide UK innovation businesses and Innovate UK with insights into the innovation landscape in African cities, an overview of several East African and South African cities in particular and recommendations for engagement in the African Innovation marketplace.

The City Standards Network

The City Standards Network is helping to build a more unified, human centred approach to creating, finding, and implementing standards.

Marine Autonomous Transport

Autonomous road vehicles have been grabbing headlines as the technology advances and increasing numbers of manufacturers develop prototype technologies. But quietly, other industries have also been making strides towards autonomy including the maritime sector.

Who we are

The new Connected Places Catapult accelerates smarter living and travelling in and between the places of tomorrow. We focus on growing businesses with innovations in mobility services and the built environment that enable new levels of physical, digital and social connectedness. The Connected Places Catapult operates at the intersection between public and private sectors and between local government and transport authorities. We convene the disparate parts of the market to help innovators navigate the complexity of doing business, creating new commercial opportunities and improving productivity, socio-economic and environmental benefits for places.

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We work with people and places to define, create, test, and deploy products and services that help secure wellbeing for us all.

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Connection is what drives innovation in placemaking: connected citizens, communities, public and private stakeholders; connected infrastructures and systems; connected data and information; connected languages and standards.

By embedding intelligent connection at every level of our social infrastructure and transport systems we can make places that work holistically for all of us, and the world we live in. The exponential evolution of digital technology is delivering the tools needed to create connected places fit not just for the future wellbeing of people and the environment – but also for innovative infrastructure and entrepreneurial economies.

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