Connected Places Catapult - The UK's innovation accelerator for cities, transport & place leadership.

Podcasts / Connected Places Podcast

Episode: 71

In Conversation with Dan Labbad, CEO of the Crown Estate

Podcasts / Connected Places Podcast

Episode: 70

In Conversation with Andrew Barr, President of Hitachi Europe

Podcasts / Connected Places Podcast

Episode: 69

Highlights from the Connected Places Summit – 2025

Article

Smart Cane inventor helps visually impaired people navigate transport hubs

Innovators working to make busy environments easier and safer to travel through are among firms to have developed technology with the help of a recent Connected Places Catapult programme.

Article

Security scanning innovator boosted by air mobility accelerator

Entrepreneurs focused on making airports easier and more pleasant to navigate are among firms to have developed their innovations through a recent Connected Places Catapult programme.

Podcast / In Conversation with Dan Labbad, CEO of the Crown Estate

Article / Built environment leaders speak out about planning reform

Opportunity / Tracking solutions for alternative positioning, navigation and timing (PNT)

A busy train station platform with people walking by and automated ticket barriers in the foreground under a large arched roof. An information sign hangs overhead.

Project / Station Innovation Zone

Podcast / In Conversation with Andrew Barr, President of Hitachi Europe

Article / Meet the academic helping cities spend smarter

Article / City leaders call for innovation push

Article / Digital twins and AI: What next for transport connectivity?

Article / Meet the innovator using AI to predict the impact of transport delays

Projects, opportunities

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Opportunity

Tracking solutions for alternative positioning, navigation and timing (PNT)

Small devices to track government staff, wherever they are in the world, are sought in HMGCC Co-Creation’s latest challenge.

Project

Station Innovation Zone

Trialling new technologies at Bristol Temple Meads to demonstrate how innovation can happen in a way that makes a real difference to passengers

Project

Air Mobility Ecosystem Consortium (AMEC)

The Air Mobility Ecosystem Consortium (AMEC) project formed the third phase of the Government Future of Flight challenge, which ran from 2022 through to 2025.