Kezia Williamson - How Innovation Can Help Places to Reach Net Zero
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Scribefest 2023 Guest Speaker Kezia Williamson, Head of Place at Innovate UK KTN https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/
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- 2. Innovate UK Innovate UK is the UK’s innovation agency. A non-departmental public body operating at arm’s length from the Government as part of UKRI. Innovate UK KTN Innovate UK KTN exists to connect innovators with new partners and new opportunities beyond their existing thinking - accelerating ambitious ideas into real-world solutions. Innovate UK EDGE Innovate UK EDGE empowers innovation-driven businesses to grow at pace and achieve their industry- and society- transforming ambitions. Innovate UK System
- 3. We work with the government to invest over £7 billion a year in research and innovation by partnering with academia and industry to make the impossible, possible. Through the UK’s nine leading academic and industrial funding councils, we create knowledge with impact.
- 4. What we do in places for the benefit of those places. Includes strategic collaboration activities with: • Key local stakeholders • Business clusters • Funders & investors Place
- 5. How Innovation Can Help Places to Reach Net Zero
- 6. Net Zero Places Aim To make UK Net Zero a reality by: - working with local/regional authorities and agencies to inspire, involve and invest - enabling the adoption of innovation - ensure no part of the UK gets left behind
- 7. Innovate UK KTN’s community of local authorities Officers with roles covering climate, net zero and sustainability Net Zero Places Innovation Network
- 8. We’ve all got a lot of the same challenges, so how can we share knowledge and work together to solve them?
- 9. STAKEHOLDERS Local / Regional Authorities / Agencies Have Net Zero targets, need to understand how technology can support and procure innovative solutions.
- 10. STAKEHOLDERS Local / Regional Authorities / Agencies Have Net Zero targets, need to understand how technology can support and procure innovative solutions. Procurement Professionals Can amend or create procurement frameworks that can be used by many Local Authorities.
- 11. STAKEHOLDERS Local / Regional Authorities / Agencies Have Net Zero targets, need to understand how technology can support and procure innovative solutions. Procurement Professionals Can amend or create procurement frameworks that can be used by many Local Authorities Ecosystem Partners Have complementary activities, tools, and funding opportunities to enable UK Net Zero
- 12. STAKEHOLDERS Local / Regional Authorities / Agencies Have Net Zero targets, need to understand how technology can support and procure innovative solutions. Solution Providers Have solutions, need to demonstrate market readiness and be public procurement ready. Procurement Professionals Can amend or create procurement frameworks that can be used by many Local Authorities. Ecosystem Partners Have complementary activities, tools, and funding opportunities to enable UK Net Zero.
- 13. How are we delivering? And how can you get involved?
- 14. Through our monthly newsletter filled with insights, funding, news, events, case studies and signposting. All tailored for local authority officers like you! Be inspired… Sign up at: https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/programme/net-zero-places/
- 15. Through our 2023 webinar programme: 26th October Overview of the UKs Net Zero Strategy for Public Sector Get insights and understand how to get involved Get involved…
- 16. Through our 2023 webinar programme: 26th October Overview of the UKs Net Zero Strategy for Public Sector Get insights and understand how to get involved And, by joining our working groups: • Rural mobility • Hydrogen • Lowland peat Get involved…
- 17. Innovate UK is investing £60 million over 3 years into the Net Zero Living Programme Aim: to help places and businesses across the UK to accelerate the delivery of the transition to net zero. Find out more at: https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/programme/net-zero-living/ And the investment?
- 18. 31 projects from across the UK have been awarded a share of £2 million through a competitive process. Feasibility studies to understand what approaches to test in their local area, including: • decarbonising transport • housing retrofit • local energy planning £2m already invested
- 20. Connect with us Kezia Williamson kezia.williamson@iuk.ktn-uk.org Simon de Garis simon.degaris@iuk.ktn-uk.org Kevin Ward kevin.ward@iuk.ktn-uk.org
Editor's Notes
- Hello, my name is Kezia Williamson, and I am Head of Place at Innovate UK KTN. I am delighted to be here today, and a big thank you to John and the organising team for inviting me and for all the hard work that has gone into today.
- For those of you who are not familiar with the Innovate UK system, I’ll start with an introduction. Innovate UK is the UK’s innovation agency. I work in the connecting and convening part. Our role at Innovate UK KTN is to connect for positive change.
- Part of UK Research and Innovation, we work with UK government to invest over £7 billion a year in research and innovation by partnering with academia and industry to make the impossible, possible. Through the UK’s nine leading academic and industrial funding councils, we create knowledge with impact.
- My role within this system is to look after what do in places around the UK that benefit those places. This includes developing strategic collaboration activities with key local stakeholders, business clusters, as well as funders and investors
- The activity I want to introduce to you today, is some of what we are doing to help places around the UK to reach net zero through innovation
- Our goal is to help make UK net zero a reality by working with local authorities to inspire, involve, and invest, enabling the adoption of innovative solutions, and ensuring that no part of the UK gets left behind
- Our Net Zero Places Innovation Network is a community of local authorities spanning the UK. In particular we convene officers with roles covering climate, net zero, and sustainability
- After all, we’re all facing the same challenges, so we are convening working groups to share knowledge and work together to solve these common, yet complex challenges.
- Our focus is our community of local authority officers, who have net zero targets, and need to be able to understand how technology can support and procure innovative solutions.
- We work with procurement professionals, who can amend or create procurement frameworks for the innovative solutions that can be used by many local authorities, bringing them in early in the process
- We also work with other providers in the ecosystem who have complementary activities, tools, and funding opportunities to enable UK Net Zero. This includes Net Zero Hubs, Catapults and Local Government Association
- We then work across our extensive network of nearly a quarter of a million innovators to find those net zero solutions that can best support the public sector to reach those targets.
- How are we delivering this activity and most importantly, how can you get involved? I mentioned that we inspire, involve and invest, so let’s explore what that means in practice
- Be inspired through our monthly newsletter filled with insights, funding, news, events, case studies and signposting across the ecosystem. All tailored for local authority officers like you. You can sign up on our Net Zero Places page.
- You can get involved. Our next webinar is on 26th October and will provide an overview of the UK’s net zero strategy through a public sector lens
- You can also get involved in our working groups and sector specific activity. Rural mobility, Hydrogen, and Lowland Peat are just a few examples.
- And the all-important money question! Innovate UK is investing £60m over 3 years into the Net Zero Living Programme, which aims to help places and businesses across the UK to accelerate the delivery of the transition to net zero.
- For example, £2m has been invested across 31 projects spanning the UK for feasibility studies to understand what approaches to test in their local area with topics including decarbonizing transport, housing retrofit and local energy planning.
- Thank you for your attention during this whistle-stop tour of how we can support you to engage in innovation on the journey to net zero. If you want to find out more, you can explore our website
- Or, please feel free to connect directly with me or a member of my team. Simon and Kevin are both experienced local authority officers now running the net zero places community and activities. We’d love to hear from you.