Innovation in Action: Categorising construction technology

Across the whole lifecycle from planning to handovers, construction technology is transforming work processes.  This session explores how taking a structured approach to classifying the tools available will address the current market disfunction

Mission-Driven Procurement: Aligning Government Spending with Purpose and Impact

Procurement decisions shape society. This session explores how aligning spending with social value, sustainability, and public good can create long-term benefits, driving policy objectives beyond just cost savings.

Creating sustainable communities: Innovative approaches to urban spaces, place making and delivery

In Conversation with Guy Newey

How is the UK’s Catapult Network supporting local and regional growth across the country, and unlocking the opportunities of devolution?

Energy Transition Challenges and Solutions

Join this session to learn how Hitachi is supporting the energy transition, including a scene setting presentation and expert panel with Q&A.

In Conversation with Andy Lord

As Transport for London turns 25, what can we learn from one of world’s most innovative and iconic transport authorities?

Ministerial Address: Accelerating decarbonisation, autonomy, and accessibility in aviation and maritime

Innovation Pitch: How digital twins are providing rapid and deep insights into building operations.

We will show case how data from a smart meter can provide incredible insights into building operations and decarbonisation from a building to a whole estate within minutes. And how this can start your journey in delivering low carbon, smart buildings.

Innovation pitch: The Power of 3D Spatial Data: How CiiM Overcomes the Limitations of Legacy Monitoring Technologies

How can we better understand our environments and assets to ensure we build better, smarter cities and optimise spaces? Traditional data capture methods, like cameras, GPS, loops or manual counts, only give us limited information. CiiM offers a true understanding of environments—both indoors and outdoors—giving planners, architects, and local authorities the ability to make more informed decisions for the future

Driving change: A strategic analysis of the challenges innovating in the Infrastructure Sector

Innovating within a huge, complex, mature and entrenched sector like infrastructure is not easy.  Join this session to explore the challenges, and what steps we can take to overcome them. This session will be directly followed by case studies illustrating the steps we are taking to overcome these challenges in practice.

Social impact in transportation: the case study of Rural Transportation Accelerator

Explore how how to measure and magnify the social impact of your project through the lens of the DfT Rural Transportation Accelerator’s work.

Networking Drinks Reception

Connect & Spark Break

In Conversation with Julia Glidden

Spotlight on micromobility: how cycling can be effective to integrating transport modes

Is micromobility the missing link? Explore how micromobility can be the final jigsaw pieces in a truly integrated transport network.

Where now for transport-oriented development?

What role do transport-oriented development and transport interchanges play in addressing the pressing needs posed by increasing urban density? Join this session to hear from leaders using transport to shape the development of urban places.

Accelerating decarbonisation across aviation and maritime

How is maritime transitioning to a multi fuel future and the introduction of electric and hydrogen-powered aircraft improving regional connectivity and stimulating new jobs and economic growth?

Progress to be proud of: Collaborative Innovation driving change in the Infrastructure Industry

Join i3P to reflect on the UK infrastructure industry’s history of innovation and how it has responded to a rapidly changing environment. This session will be directly followed by two case studies to illustrate how i3P has supported collaborative innovation in infrastructure to date.

Design to Deliver – putting communities at the heart of innovation

Design to Deliver aims to unlock the potential of the UK’s design industry to benefit the small businesses tackling some of the country’s biggest challenges. Join this session and discover how this new concept is working in practice, with a focus on the challenge of regenerating nature.

Innovation Pitch: Connecting Technologies for Smarter Surveillance

Disconnected technologies delay critical incident response, increase cost exposures and can risk public safety. A smarter approach enables seamless collaboration between multiple stakeholders through interoperability, real-time insights, and remote surveillance. Faster, smarter coordination ensures efficient on-the-ground action when it matters most. Join Chris to discover how technology convergence is transforming urban security.

Opening Address and Fireside chat: Accelerating transport innovation and delivering economic renewal

Making Funding Models Work: Seizing Hydrogen Investment Opportunities

Join the session to explore the key barriers that prevent private investment from bridging the gap in public funding and driving the Hydrogen Economy. We will examine how public-private collaboration can close the funding gap and identify effective financial structures, such as blended finance and public-private partnerships (PPP), to attract investment. We will dive into mechanisms for unlocking additional public funding and integrating it into private investment models, ensuring long-term, sustainable funding for hydrogen projects. Finally, we will discuss how government initiatives can better align with private sector investment to accelerate the scaling of hydrogen technologies and infrastructure.

Breaking down barriers to procurement

Join this interactive session with experts scaling innovative ideas to some pressing challenges.

Opening remarks: an innovation strategy to tackle the next decade’s pressing place-based challenges

UK Digital Twin Demonstrations: Showcasing Innovation and Collaboration

Optimise.Ai: How semantic digital twins are transforming building energy management A digital twin of Bristol Temple Meads, providing a comprehensive view of the station’s operations and energy consumption. Using real time data to identify inefficiencies to simulate various scenarios for energy and carbon savings. Hadean: Building an Integrated and Resilient Transport Network with Synthetic Environments Join us for two feature focus presentations on real-world applications of digital twins.  These examples are demonstrating the benefits and value of digital twins in transforming places and transport systems 

How is energy becoming greener and more affordable?

How are energy optimization and usage being understood, and is this helping energy affordability?How is energy optimisation and usage being understood and how does this help the UK to transition to greener and more sustainable energy? This panel will explore the UK’s ongoing efforts to de-risk the energy transition, by delving into the current and key initiatives, policies, and technologies driving this transformation for greener places.

Innovation pitch: Using data to decarbonise public buildings

Joe will present on how Atamate can help public buildings reduce energy use by more than 30% annually, achieve a sub 3-year payback on data-driven controls, and optimize building retrofit using data.

Places for innovation: enabling healthy and resilient public spaces

High-quality public spaces drive economic growth, enhance community wellbeing, and bolster climate resilience. However, short-term financial pressures, fragmented stakeholders with conflicting interests, and unclear policies and regulations, often result in these vital spaces being overlooked. What is the role of innovation in creating high-quality public spaces?

Smart Moves: Building an AI-Enabled Transport Future

Perspectives from industry and Amazon on how AI can improve transport systems for the public.

In conversation with Simone Roach

Advancing the UK’s Digital Twin Ecosystem: Cross-Sector and Program Collaboration

This session will explore the transformative potential of digital twins in the UK, focusing on the importance of cross-sector and program collaboration. Digital twins in isolation offer unprecedented opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and sustainability across various industries. But what potential is there to drive connectivity across sectors and systems and how can this lead toa more secure and resilient network for places and people.

Freight Innovation Fund Cluster: Catalysing the development of freight and logistics in the UK

The Freight Innovation Cluster is a key programme within the Department for Transport’s Freight Innovation Fund Programme. This session is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate the catalysing role played by the freight innovation cluster. From innovation support and stakeholder engagement, to technology stacking, investment readiness and innovation procurement training, the cluster has helped 350+) SMEs within freight and logistics advance across TRLs, reaching excellent results. You’ll hear success stories and pose questions on how best the cluster supports the development of the freight and logistics industry in the UK, leveraging collaborative innovation and research. 

Spotlight on Liverpool City Region

Liverpool City Region (LCR) is at the forefront of UK place-based innovation, with a  mature innovation ecosystem, dedicated governance going back to 2013, and host of pioneering partnerships, programmes and approaches. Come and meet some of the key Leaders driving LCR innovation as they share their journey, best practice and lessons learned about maximising distinctive world-leading local assets and capabilities to deliver inclusive regional and UK economic growth.

Digital Twin Hub Welcome

In Conversation with George Kibala Bauer

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Paving the Future: Decarbonising Roads with Novel Materials

The road to decarbonisation is built on rigorous trials and informed decision-making. This session explores insights from a scan of over 400 materials, foresighting exercises on drivers of change, and real-world trials that test the viability of novel low-carbon solutions. Discover how local authorities identify, assess, trial, evaluate, and adopt innovative materials for a sustainable road network.

The Net Zero Neighbourhood model: the next innovation for UK public-private climate finance?

3Ci (Cities Commission for Climate Investment) designed and developed the concept of Net Zero Neighbourhoods: the integration of local Net Zero projects into attractive investment propositions that create scalability and long-term certainty for investors.   In this session, we sit down with representatives from the London Borough of Hounslow and Glasgow City Council who are beginning the process of building the investment case for their Net Zero Neighbourhoods by creating a comprehensive outline of all the necessary interventions – from retrofitting to heat networks – to learn about the challenges and opportunities they are discovering.

Data-Driven Transport: Upskilling staff in the Public Sector

Emerging Excellence: Innovation in Action

Emerging Excellence: Innovation in ActionFollowing the exploration of challenges facing innovation in the infrastructure industry and how it can overcome them, we delve into two case studies of projects that are embedding the mindset of innovation into their workstreams.Innovation in Action: Digital Monitoring of Fresh ConcreteA recently completed project that applies a digital solution to fast -track the industry to supersede the current 100-year-old methodology, how we can embed a mindset for innovation into live and future infrastructure projects?Steve Phipps, Head of Materials Engineering,  Balfour Beatty VINCIInnovation in Action: Low Carbon Technology AcceleratorsA current project that applies an expansive collaborative approach to ‘moving the dial’ on creating our Zero Carbon World. Ian Small, Technical Director Innovation, Expedition EngineeringChair: Ed McCann, Senior Director, Expedition Engineering & Past president of ICE 

Fireside chat: How is the Government investing in Net Zero?

Funding the net zero transition comes with significant challenges. In this fireside chat, our speakers will explore the Government’s plans and programmes for decarbonisation, as well as the challenges and opportunities with delivering them.

Unlocking the opportunities of devolution

With increased local decision-making powers and stronger, mission-driven partnerships with national government, what are the new innovation opportunities for city leaders? How are devolved regions contributing to the Industrial Strategy and Local Growth Plans? Join this session to explore how leaders are using innovation to tackle challenges including productivity, migration, and the imperative to grow local economies.

Innovation Pioneers: shape the future of funding opportunities in transport

Join this interactive session, co-led by Connected Places Catapult and the Department for Transport, to explore current and future challenges facing the transport industry. By converging cross-sector knowledge, this session will serve as a crucial input in shaping the scope of future funding competitions, ensuring they address not only evolving policy priorities but also the emerging needs of the transport sector. The outputs of the workshop will inform immediate and long-term requirements, and foster innovation and collaboration between policymakers and industry leaders.

Day One Learnings & Closing Remarks

Lunch

Towards a multimodal vision for innovation in transport

Great innovation is happening in transport, but are we really working towards a multimodal vision of better integrated transport systems that enable more efficient, sustainable and accessible journeys? 

Connected Digital Twins in Health and Healthcare: Current and Future Challenges and Opportunities

This panel will explore the multifaceted challenges and opportunities of connected digital twins in health and healthcare. We will hear from experts in this sector who will discuss how advancements in cardiovascular digital twins for precision medicine can benefit from cross-domain insights to enhance the exchange and integration of information across populations of virtual patients. The discussion will shed light on scientific and technological innovation, data interoperability, and multistakeholder engagement, offering an interdisciplinary perspective that will be of interest to delegates outside of health and healthcare. 

Registration and Exhibition

AI and digital twins: In conversation with The Lord Clement-Jones CBE

Given the UK Governments recent announcement on the role of AI in our society, how can this technology be used to overcome technical and socio-technical challenges to connecting digital twins, and what value could this bring to managing systems or critical infrastructure to benefit people and places.

The Future of Procurement: Innovation, Impact, and Agility

A dynamic conversation on the evolving role of procurement in the public sector. What are the biggest opportunities and challenges ahead? How can procurement teams work more effectively with innovators? Join the debate and gain practical insights.

Welcome Remarks

Building the towns of tomorrow

What will the towns of tomorrow look like given the New Towns Code, what have we learnt from the past and where do we even start? How do we ensure the towns of the future are technologically enabled? What are the UK’s new growth corridors and how can they support new cities and towns to better scale and accommodate more population? 

Innovation pitch: Innovation in Transit: Cybersecurity Strategies for Sustainable Savings

Explore how innovation, cybersecurity, and cost-saving strategies can reshape the transportation sector for long-term success. We will also highlight how leveraging SMEs and cutting-edge solutions can safeguard the industry against future threats whilst driving sustainable savings.

Fireside chat: How do we boost investment in net zero and green growth?

What are the key investment priorities for delivering the UK’s  ambitious net zero investment plans, and what are the public-private sector models that are required in towns and cities?

Innovation pitch: Waymap: Connecting Communities through Accessible Navigation

Discover how Waymap, an innovative digital wayfinding application, is transforming navigation and prioritising accessibility for all, especially persons with visual impairments. Our groundbreaking app offers precise, step-by-step guidance—indoors, outdoors, and even deep underground—without relying on external signals like GPS, Wi-Fi or Mobile Data. It works for everyone: whether you’re lost in your indoor shopping mall, at your local metro, or airport. Join us to explore how this technology is setting new standards in accessibility, and has the potential to improve mental well-being, expand educational and employment opportunities, and drive sustainable economic growth. Be part of our mission to make every city more navigable and inclusive- and deliver a bigger social revolution than the motor car!

Overcoming invisible barriers to innovation – a practical introduction to the immunity to change model

Struggling to implement new solutions in your organisation? Feel like you can’t get traction with partners and colleagues? Join this interactive session for a hands-on introduction to the ‘Immunity to Change’ framework and uncover the hidden roadblocks limiting your success and develop practical strategies to overcome them. Come prepared to challenge your thinking and leave with concrete steps to drive innovation.

Freight for the future: smart systems and sustainability

Join this session to discover Amazon’s decarbonisation programs, and how technology and data underpin achieving a sustainable transport network.

Networking Drinks Reception

Gender inclusivity and economic opportunity in micro mobility

Hear from industry champions, understand latest research and the importance of diverse lived experiences in the sector

Connect & Spark Break

Innovation pitch: The future of journey planning is here

Neil Henderson, Managing Director and Founder of the award-winning B-Corp, The Virtual Tour Experts, has produced over 60 virtual tours for major transportation hubs like train stations and airports, revolutionising accessible journey planning. In this conversation, Neil highlights how his proprietary innovation has evolved and the exciting future ahead for digital planning tools in journey planning and accessibility.

Private investors and the public sector Net Zero opportunity

Domestic retrofitting, electric vehicle networks and district heating networks all present sizeable and strategic investment opportunities to private investors. But how can we innovate our traditional funding models to incorporate private finance for public sector Net Zero initiatives?  This session explores how cities can craft an appealing case for private climate finance, as well as what needs to be done next to achieve progress.

National Highways Innovation Showcase

Join us to explore and celebrate innovation at National Highways, with a spotlight on the recently completed Hazard Protection on Roads Accelerator! With attendees from National Highways, SMEs and Tier 1 organisations, this event will showcase how National Highways is harnessing innovation to look after England’s motorways and major A roads.

Procurement Meets Disruption: What Public Sector Leaders Can Learn from Startups

What happens when public procurement embraces startup thinking? Discover how agility, experimentation, and disruptive innovation can transform the way government collaborates with suppliers to solve big challenges.

The business case for transport investment

How is the investment landscape evolving and what are its implications to the transport investment lifecycle? What are some of the emerging opportunities to improve coordination?

In Conversation with Sir Andrew Haines

Innovation in Action: Creating a Zero Carbon World

The Infrastructure sector is currently responsible for 54% of total UK carbon emissions. We have already taken collective action on our journey to a ‘Zero Carbon World’ are committed to do more.The Infrastructure sector is currently responsible for 54% of total UK carbon emissions, although the industry has already taken collective action, more is required to achieve our ambition of a ‘Zero Carbon World’.

Putting passengers at the heart of transport: Improving accessibility in rail and aviation

With the Government’s focus on improving services for passengers, what are some of the latest solutions to upgrade accessibility and deliver enhanced passenger experiences? Join this session to hear from those leading the transformation of rail and aviation.

Technology Address

In Conversation with Yiannis Maos

Innovation in Action: Increasing Productivity in Earthworks

The UK annual spend on ‘moving earth’ is more than £1bn per annum, how could we be 20% more efficient?

Spotlights Wrap up Address

Transforming lives by transforming our homes

Housing is often viewed as a silo within the built environment value chain. But if we’re going to rise to the government’s ambition of addressing our current housing challenges by unleashing innovation, we need to think about housing as a network of markets and ecosystems. This session explores how we can transform lives by transforming our approach to homes.

Beyond Contracts: Unlocking Innovation Through Your Supply Chain

Public sector procurement isn’t just about compliance and cost—it’s a powerful tool for innovation. Learn how to unlock the potential of your supply chain to drive smarter solutions, better services, and real impact for citizens.

In Conversation with Andrew Barr

Delivering regional integrated transport

Spotlight on South East Wales

Digital Pioneers: The Future of UK Technology

Emergent technologies are enabling the UK to transform digitally in a more effective and efficient way, but how can we ensure our future society, and the economy is digitally connected in a safe and trustworthy way?

Making Waves: Advancing Marine Digital Twins with the Gemini Framework

This session explores how two pioneering marine digital twin projects—the Marine Autonomous Systems Digital Twin (MAS-DT) and the SyncED-Ocean Demonstrator—are leveraging the Gemini Framework to share data, adopt common approaches, and enhance marine research. Representatives from both projects will discuss how they use AI, autonomous systems, and real-time feedback loops to address challenges like operational efficiency and ecological monitoring.

Collaborating with disruptive tech to address local authority transport decarbonisation

This session will explore the different innovative technologies that can help local authorities to overcome their place-based transport challenges and achieve their decarbonisation goals.

Introduction to Regional Innovation Economies

Closing Address: Paving the Path for Future Innovation in Infrastructure

Following a jam-packed day with i3P exploring what has been done to foster collaboration in the construction sector and the exciting projects that are embedding innovation into their workstreams, join us for some final insights into the next steps for the infrastructure industry – and how you can become involved.

How can the UK’s cities and regions help kickstart the economy?

What is the role of innovation in boosting economic growth, creating new jobs, and unlocking prosperity across our cities and transport systems?

Day Two Learnings & Summit Closing Remarks

Harnessing disruptive cross-sector tech for maritime operational efficiency

This session will explore the different innovative cross-sector technologies being applied across maritime and ports operations to decarbonise and improve safety and security. 

Spotlight on the West Midlands

Join us for this insightful spotlight panel session focusing on trailblazing in the West Midlands as we unearth the benefits of partnering with a place, and illustrate how collaborative coalitions of public and private sector partners can drive high impact at a regional, national and international level. We will be joined by Tech WM, the regions cluster body for digital economy, as well as representation from the West Midlands Innovation Board, plus you will have the opportunity to hear all about the outcomes of our trailblazing innovation accelerator projects, DIATOMIC and CLEAN FUTURES from both our delivery lead and business beneficiaries alike.

"See it, Pitch it, Scale it": AI solutions redefining passenger experience

Fresh from braving the dangers of a ‘Dragon’s Den’ session on AI innovation deep under DfT’s London head office, meet the three survivors of the DfT’s “Enhancing Passenger Experience – AI in Transport” funding competition. These trailblazing SMEs will present their AI-powered solutions and their plans for real-world implementation. Don’t miss this chance to see the future of transport unfold!

Creating new leading edges: Dismantling the barriers to widespread adoption of innovative solutions in infrastructure

In this high-energy, rapid fire session, our audience will hear two snappy presentations that demonstrate new techniques for innovation that can be readily adopted into mainstream infrastructure practices. We will then invite panellists to the stage to explore how we can practically convert ideas into collaborative action and the benefits this will present to the wider infrastructure industry. 

Connect & Spark Break

Visit the Exhibition and Meet the Partners

The Transformation of Place through Digital Infrastructure and Planning

What are the new opportunities stemming from planning reform? How can the built environment sector leverage standardised digital infrastructure and data-driven decision making to optimise planning? How will increased cross-government collaboration and the devolution of funding impact the future of place shaping?

Innovation Pitch Session: FYLD AI: Paving the Way for Smarter Highway Maintenance

Let’s explore how AI-driven technology is revolutionising highway maintenance by enhancing operational efficiency, improving safety, and enabling smarter, data-driven decision-making for sustainable infrastructure management. 

Connect & Spark Break

Transport safety for women and girls: a systems challenge

For many women and girls, public transport can be a daily test of safety and resilience. This discussion dives into the systemic challenges behind that reality and explores how society, policy, and innovation can come together to make transport safer, fairer, and truly accessible for all.

Towards a federated network of transport systems

As the Transport Research and Innovation Board (TRIB) Roadmap progresses, what related steps and actions are supporting the transport sector to become more connected? And what are some of the benefits to business and to society derived from connecting digital twins in transport systems?

In Conversation with Steve Rotheram

Lunch

Discover the Freight Innovation Fund Accelerator

This session celebrates the achievements of 10 innovative SMEs who have worked on cutting-edge solutions to drive sustainability and efficiency in the freight sector. Discover the outcomes of their real-world trials conducted with industry leaders such as DHL, Wincanton and Maritime Transport, and hear what’s next for their companies as they continue to innovate and grow. This is a moment to reflect on their journey and the programme’s transformative impact on the sector

Innovation pitch session: Systemic Innovation

Jon will present how seeing Innovations as interventions in a system helps visualise the complexity and uncertainty. Through collaborative system mapping more sustainable solutions can be found and importantly the necessary steps to implement the solutions to realise value. 

Opening Address: Fostering Innovation in the Infrastructure Industry

The UK’s infrastructure industry is forward-thinking and ambitious. But how can we ensure new technologies, approaches and innovations are being shared to maximise innovation? Join the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership (i3P) to explore how the UK can create an open innovation environment based on collaborative innovation followed by widespread adoption. The UK’s infrastructure industry is forward-thinking and ambitious. But how can we ensure new technologies, approaches and innovations are being shared to maximise innovation? Join the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership (i3P) to explore how the UK can create an open innovation environment based on collaborative innovation followed by widespread adoption.

Registration and Exhibition

The Power of ‘The Ripple Effect’ for Industry Step Change

Join us for this 30-minute spotlight panel with HS2 Limited, EKFB, Machine Max and SimAnalytica to learn more about how innovation initiatives, including the flagship HS2 Accelerator Programme, are creating a ripple effect across the construction & infrastructure industry to drive step-change.

Purpose, Value and Trust: multi-party Digital Twin & data sharing projects

Digital twins offer immense potential for innovation and efficiency across various sectors. However, their successful implementation requires careful consideration, with the right frameworks enabling access to the right data in a secure and trusted way.

Innovating for rural mobility: SME case studies from the Rural Transportation Accelerator

Discover ground breaking solutions trialled in the DfT Rural Transportation Accelerator to bridge rural connectivity gaps and enhance sustainable access to NHS essential services.

Innovation pitch: Didimi: Enabling interoperability in construction, the startup approach

Didimi offers BIM interoperability software that allows architects and engineers in construction to collaborate, without losing data. This is their story.

Workforce Foresighting for Cyber-physical Security in Tunnels

How can digital twins support cyber-physical security in road transport? In this panel we present how industry experts look at Human-Machine Teams and their role in detecting, preventing, and responding to cyber-physical threats — particularly in critical infrastructure such as tunnels. This research informs policy and shapes educational curricula to ensure workforce readiness in 2-5 years’ time.

Collaborating for Impact: The Challenges and Opportunities of Cross-Sector Data Sharing

This panel brings together experts from leading data-sharing initiatives to discuss the challenges and opportunities of working both within and across sectors. From navigating regulatory and interoperability issues to unlocking innovation and efficiency, panellists will share real-world insights on making data collaboration work.   

HS2 Accelerator Spotlight: Automating Asset Management & Futureproofing Operations

Join us for this 40-minute spotlight session to learn more about the 6 tech start-ups currently participating in the HS2 Accelerator 7.0 who are seeking to solve critical asset management & operational challenges across the rail and infrastructure industry.

What is the future of place-making and the built environment?

What is the role of innovation in reimagining, designing and shaping a built environment that is more sustainable, resilient and better connected?

Building trust in hydrogen technologies

How are hydrogen technologies evolving, and what are the latest success stories driving their adoption? Join this panel to explore what more can be done to build trust and accelerate uptake of hydrogen solutions in transport, construction, and beyond. Experts will discuss key factors shaping confidence in hydrogen technologies, including safety, reliability, and hydrogen’s sustainability credentials.

Using Compass to navigate complex organisational structures to discover shared meaning

A demonstration of Compass, National Highways’ organisational digital twin and the use cases that informed its development.

Panel: insights and ambitions of key government departments for integrated rural transportation

Join government leaders as they share insights and strategies shaping the future of seamless, integrated transportation for rural communities.

Urban Legends: why FDI and trade between cities is the key to unlocking UK growth

In Conversation with Martin Kent

Making the leap to commercialisation

What are the main obstacles to commercialisation and what are some of the tried and tested ways to navigate these? Join this session to hear from experts who’ve successfully rolled out new solutions in transport sectors.

Demystifying procurement

Harness the power of the Procurement Act 2023 and discover how innovation led procurement can help you achieve your public outcomes more effectively.

Spotlight on Glasgow

This panel will explore the vibrancy of Glasgow’s innovation economy, reflecting on its transformation from industrial powerhouse to global innovation hub. What is the role of civic leadership, the private sector, digital technology, and innovation districts in positioning Glasgow as one of the UK’s most advanced and inclusive city-regions? 

A Cross-sectoral View to Accelerating Progress: UK National Data Sharing Infrastructure

This session will delve into the critical role of data sharing infrastructure in accelerating progress in digital transformation across various sectors in the UK. As digital maturity continues to grow and. reshape industries, the ability to share data seamlessly and securely becomes increasingly vital. What infrastructure exists today to enable data to be shared in an interoperable way? And what actions are required to fill gaps in the market?

National Highways Innovation Workshop

This is an invite-only workshop to raise awareness, add detail and validate four identified barriers to scaling innovation with a wider range of stakeholders.