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KTN GR presentation 17/10/18
KTN, as a partner of Innovate UK, supports business growth through innovation by connecting various sectors and providing access to funding, partners, and expert advice. The document highlights multiple initiatives aimed at enhancing the UK creative industries, including funding opportunities for immersive content development and various sector-specific collaborations. Upcoming events and resources are also outlined to foster networking and innovation in technology and content creation.
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- 1. Who we are GameRepublic Oct 2018 Andy Curtis: KTM : Digital Economy @andyc172
- 3. Who we are AsInnovate UK’s network partner, KTN combines in-depth expertise in all sectors with the ability to cross boundaries. Connecting with KTN can lead to potential partners, horizon- expanding events, and innovation insights relevant to your needs. We help business to grow the economy and improve people’s lives by capturing maximum value from innovative ideas, scientific research and creativity.
- 4. Growth through innovation Helpingyou make a success of your ideas delivers growth for the UK economy.
- 6. Find expertise Find markets Findfunding and finance Connecting people to drive innovation
- 7. Cross sector projectson current topics help drive innovation Some of our sectors
- 8. How can wehelp? • Free and confidential advice • Collaboration & opportunity creation events • Funding competition briefings • Helping you to find partners • Creating UK emerging tech networks • Reviewing grant proposals • Knowledge Transfer Partnerships • Industrial Strategy Workshops
- 9. Subscribe to ournewsletter www.ktn-uk.co.uk/register
- 10. Check out ourmonthly briefing • Latest funding opportunities • Upcoming events • Private investment calls • Support organisations • Free available online resource http://bit.ly/Oct18Briefing
- 11. Digital Refer: yourdirectory Includes more than 250 organisations: • Accelerator Programmes • Business Incubators • Start-up Studios • Venture Capital Funds • Angel Investor Networks • Corporate Venture Capital firms http://bit.ly/ktnrefer
- 12. Immerse UK • Augmentedand Virtual Reality Independent Network • Bringing together businesses, public sector & research • Free to Join • Learn more about Immersive Tech developments • Help shape UK funding & research policy • Showcase your ideas & identify funding opportunities • Make business connections & form collaborative partnerships http://www.immerseuk.org/
- 13. UK5G https://uk5g.org/ • Promotion ofresearch, collaboration and the commercial application of 5G in the UK • Share the knowledge and lessons of 5G Testbeds & Trials projects • Enable new partnerships between technologists, potential new entrants and major industrial adopters • Support local (and international) investment opportunities
- 14. Production innovation for immersivecontent • Innovate UK as part of UK Research and Innovation • Opened: 1st October 2018 • Closes: 28 November 2018 UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million for research and development projects to create faster, more efficient immersive content. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. http://bit.ly/immersiveRandD18
- 15. 15 Aims: We want toenable businesses to develop the knowledge, skills and business insight needed to capture new global audiences by adopting, exploiting and developing immersive technologies and experiences. This will help the UK grow its leading market position in creative content, products and services.
- 16. 16 Scope: The aim isto explore future commercial opportunities in the creative industries, through pre-commercial projects, which enable the creation of immersive content in faster, more efficient or novel ways. Your project must demonstrate it can significantly advance the current state of the art in its chosen field.
- 17. 17 The 9 sectorsin the UK Creative Industries: 1. Advertising and marketing 2. Architecture 3. Crafts 4. Design: product, graphic and fashion 5. Film, TV, video, radio and photography 6. Computer games and services 7. Publishing 8. Museums, galleries and libraries 9. Music, performing and visual arts
- 18. 18 Your project mustalso: • Involve at least once participant who is a content creator and creation of content must be part of the supply chain • Involve the development of tools, products or services necessary to create and deliver immersive content • Demonstrate innovation in software, hardware and/or development methodology
- 19. 19 Content Creators: A contentcreator in this context is: “An organisation within the Creative Industries that originates and produces creative works that can be protected through Intellectual Property Rights.”
- 20. 20 Projects we willnot fund: • Projects or solutions in areas other than the Creative Industries • Solutions which do not enable or facilitate the creation of immersive content • Project which request funding for non-UK based partners or sub- contractors
- 21. 21 Project size: • Projectsto £250,000 must be single company and led by a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) • Projects over £250,000 must be collaborative and involve at least one (SME)
- 22. Events for yourdiary: Keep an eye on the KTN events page for new events. • 19th Oct : Innovation Loans Open Competition : Briefing and Workshop (London) • 1st Nov : Digital Business Meet-Up (London) • 14th & 15th November : Digital Manufacturing Week (Liverpool) • 6th Feb : Women in Innovation (London) • 15th Nov : ImmerseUK and Digital Business Meet-up (Newcastle) • 22nd Nov : ImmerseUK and Digital Business Meet-up (Sheffield) • 29th Nov : ImmerseUK and Digital Business Meet-up (Birmingham) Events page: www.ktn-uk.co.uk/events
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- #4 We are here to deliver UK economic growth. We are interested in working with UK business who have the potential to grow through their innovations, whether it’s a novel product, process or service Helping you make a success of your ideas, delivers growth for the UK economy, We are there to help realise the future. Faster Because we are grant funded by the government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, to act as their connectors, we do not charge for our core services.
- #5 We are here to deliver UK economic growth. We are interested in working with UK business who have the potential to grow through their innovations, whether it’s a novel product, process or service Helping you make a success of your ideas, delivers growth for the UK economy, We are there to help realise the future. Faster Because we are grant funded by the government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, to act as their connectors, we do not charge for our core services.
- #7 The Knowledge Transfer Network connects people As Innovate UK’s network partner, KTN combines in-depth expertise in all sectors with the ability to cross boundaries. Connecting with KTN can lead to potential partners, horizon-expanding events, and innovation insights relevant to your needs. We help business to grow the economy and improve people’s lives by capturing maximum value from innovative ideas, scientific research and creativity. We specialise in cross-sector collaboration and our team of innovation experts can connect you to our network of business, academics and other innovation support providers in order to help you: Find markets We can help you find new markets for your innovation that you haven’t previously accessed. Find solutions We can introduce you to a product, process or service from a different market that solves a problem in your area of work. Find funding We can advise on where and how to apply for funding and finance
- #8 Our projects are dynamic and change with the changing needs of industry sectors. Our project work ranges from producing roadmaps to influencing government policy on behalf of industry, to connecting the best minds from otherwise un-connected sectors to solve innovation challenges. We connect people who would not normally meet Here’s some examples of our work ..
- #17 Must, means must! If it’s not in scope, your application will be immediately rejected – pay attention! We only fund game changers, not iterations or duplications of things that already exist, please. IP is key to ensuring that this projects will have the desired affect on the market. Our assessors will be scrutinizing this in detail.
- #19 All of these are musts! Again, only game changing projects. We want to see both creative and technology innovation, not just tech! These need to make money, despite being pre-commercial we need to know any new revenue streams.
- #20 If there’s only 1 company, that must be you. Otherwise a content creator must be part of your consortium
- #21 This is basically the opposite requirements of the scope section, but worth repeating. You can work with non-UK partners or subcontractors but they can not claim funding We will not fund projects or solutions which involve the development or application of tools, products or services in areas other than the creative industries
- #22 £100k-£250k £250k-£1m If your project’s total costs or duration fall outside our eligibility criteria, contact us at least 10 days before the competition closes.