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Connected Intelligence

The infrastructure that enables digital connectivity within and between places as well as the technology and intelligence that enables data-rich insights, modelling and analysis.

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Case Study

Harnessing AI to enhance passenger experience

The AI in Transport Enhancing Passenger Experience competition, a collaboration between the Department for Transport (DfT) and Connected Places Catapult, aimed to find innovative ideas that embed responsible AI into a resilient transport system, in alignment with the UK government’s vision.

News

AI transport tech innovators selected for business case funding

Three start-up companies with solutions for improving rail and bus performance will be supported to develop their business cases

Article

Unlocking the UK drone market

Analysis explores the potential of aerial devices for business good.

News / Rail Maintenance AI Tech Developed in the UK Goes Global

Opportunity / Enhancing Passenger Experience – AI in Transport Competition

Two men stand on stage at the Climate Summit EMEA. One man presents a CReDo award shaped like a wooden block with an engraved design to the other man. A sign behind them lists topics like "Net Zero" and "Sustainability.

Article / CReDo among the winners at Climate Innovation Awards

Podcasts

The power of digital twins with Royal HaskoningDHV

Podcasts

Hubs of Innovation II: Servicing the new economy with Chris Oglesby

Projects, opportunities & Case Studies

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A group of nine smiling adults, including one person in a wheelchair, is sitting outdoors on a sunny day in front of modern buildings and trees.

Project

Homes for Healthy Ageing

The Homes for Healthy Ageing programme demonstrates the role that innovation, collaboration and a human-centred approach can play in accelerating the development of healthy, age-friendly homes and neighbourhoods.

A modern white suspension bridge over a calm body of water with a backdrop of tall, contemporary skyscrapers under a clear blue sky.

Project

Programa UK-LATAM em Net Zero e Resiliência

Enfrentando desafios climáticos e colocando as empresas no centro das colaborações de pesquisa e inovação entre cidades do Reino Unido e da América Latina.

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Programa UK-LATAM Net Zero y Resiliencia

Afrontar los retos climáticos situando a las empresas en el centro de las colaboraciones en investigación e innovación entre ciudades británicas y latinoamericanas.

Close-up map of the United Kingdom and Ireland, showing major cities such as London, Manchester, Dublin, and Edinburgh, along with country borders and bodies of water.

Project

Joining the Dots

Helping city leaders connect on shared challenges and opportunities to strengthen economic links and drive regional growth

Port view of Tyne with several cranes, cargo ships, and industrial structures along the water, under a cloudy sky

Project

Clean Tyne Shipping Corridor

The project will develop a roadmap for a green shipping corridor from the North East to support the maritime sector’s transition to net zero.

Project

UK-LATAM Net Zero and Resilience Programme

Connected Places Catapult is developing an exciting new programme working with our strategic global partner ICLEI South America and the governments of Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara (Mexico), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Campinas (Brazil) and Monterrey (Mexico).

Project

Future Flight InDepth

How can drones be used beyond visual line of sight to unlock new ways to monitor and control critical national infrastructure such as highways and ports? The InDePTH project aims to find out.

Aerial view of a coastal city with a mix of modern high-rise buildings and a historic lighthouse near the shoreline, surrounded by a sandy beach and the ocean under a clear sky with the sun setting, embodying the principles of resilient and connected cities.

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