Connected Places Summit

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The UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership.

The application of today’s emerging technologies to the places we live, work and play will enable even greater levels of connectivity, driving new services, productivity gains and prosperity.

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Award win for project deploying drones and advanced AI
Air Mobility & Airports / Maritime & Ports
Project
Innovation Places Leadership Academy 
Place Leadership
Innovation Places Leadership Academy 
Place Leadership
3Squared: Filling spare capacity on freight trains
Rail & Stations
Meet the academic detecting bridge defects using an instrumented train
Rail & Stations
Design a Carbon Accounting Framework
Integrated Infrastructure / Rail & Stations
National Highways accelerator selects four low carbon firms
Minister joins innovators and investors to advance the future of freight

Projects, Opportunities & Case Studies

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Innovation Places Leadership Academy 
Helping place leaders to foster innovation-led prosperity across the UK .
Place Leadership
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National Highways Hazard Protection on Roads Accelerator
Apply to the National Highways Hazard Protection on Roads Accelerator and receive up to £90K to push the boundaries of your technology.
Integrated Infrastructure
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Transport Research and Innovation Grants 2023
Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG) provide early-stage funding for innovations in science, engineering, or technology delivered by The Department for Transport's (DfT) project delivery partner, Connected Places Catapult.
Air Mobility & Airports / Integrated Infrastructure / Maritime & Ports / Rail & Stations
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Freight Innovation Fund Accelerator 2024
The Freight Innovation Fund Accelerator will support up to 10 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to trial their solutions in real-world environments to help solve pressing challenges within the freight sector.

Reports

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Planning Electric Vehicle charging for car parks: more than just an infrastructure decision?
The Electric Vehicle (EV) transition is moving at a rapid pace. In 2022, 23% of all cars registered in the UK were plug-in vehicles, and forecasts suggest that by 2050 up to 97% of cars on the road could be plug-in. This shift will require a robust and diverse charging network.
Integrated Infrastructure / Rail & Stations
Report
Retrofit 2050: Accelerating homes of the future for Health and Resilience
Homes are at the heart of how we function as a society. The quality of our homes determines how well we live, our habits and patterns, how we interact with people, and our access to amenities and services.
Homes & Housing
Report
Aberdeen Port Zero: Zeroing in on Future Sustainability
This report summarises the work undertaken as part of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2 Aberdeen Port Zero project.
Maritime & Ports
Report
Zero Emission Flight Infrastructure – Hydrogen Infrastructure Options for Airports
This report examines suitable infrastructure for different sizes of airports and airfields to support gaseous and liquid hydrogen-fuelled aircraft between 2030 and 2050.
Air Mobility & Airports
Innovation imperatives
Industry Focus

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Connected Places Catapult is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England under company number 11837978. Its registered office is at 1 Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0BE.​