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Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Manager, Karen Wilkinson, introduces listeners to leading researchers and innovators whose work has the potential to support us as we age.   Brought to you by the Healthy Ageing Challenge Community of Practice, hosted by Innovate UK, this series spotlights the pioneering innovations being developed to shape the future of our longevity and explores the inspiration b...

Episode 3 — The Medicine of Cricket  Can sport break down the barriers around ethnicity, age, and gender? In this, the third episode of Age Innovators, host Helen Crampin, Innovation and Technology Lead from the Innovate UK Healthy Ageing Challenge, talks to Alosh K Jose, co-founder and CEO of Newcastle-based Cricketqube, to explore this question and more.   Cricketqube is an evidence- and data-ba...

In this episode of ‘Age Innovators’, Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Manager, Karen Wilkinson, introduces listeners to leading researchers and innovators whose work has the potential to support us as we age.   Brought to you by the Healthy Ageing Challenge Community of Practice, hosted by Innovate UK, this series spotlights the pioneering innovations being developed to shape the future of our lon...

Can design take us to unexpected places?   In this, seventh episode of Silent Designers, this month’s guest, Yasmin Ali, explores the theme of Net Zero and Sustainable Technologies, discusses the unexpected ways in which hydrogen could decarbonise our world, and reveals the most effective deployments of hydrogen happening in industry today.  Award-winning chartered engineer, Yasmin Ali, is a Hydro...

Introduction to the series In this new Innovate UK Business Connect podcast series, Age Innovators, we meet researchers and innovators whose work has the potential to support us as we age. Brought to you by the Healthy Ageing Challenge Community of Practice and hosted by Innovate UK, this series spotlights the pioneering innovations being developed to shape the future of our longevity and explores...

How AI and design thinking are helping us live better for longer  In this, the sixth episode of Silent Designers, Steve Welch and guest, Ahmed Wobi, explore the theme of healthy living and tech.   Award winning writer, director—and national basketball champion, Ahmed Wobi, is also the co-founder of Tonus Tech. Tonus Tech provides preventative health companies with wearable solutions and AI-driven...

In episode 6 of the IETF podcast, Jenni McDonnell MBE sits down with Simon Proctor from Mitsubishi Chemicals UK and James Findlay from Esseco Group. We explore the challenges faced by the chemicals industry as it strives to achieve the ambitious target of net zero emissions. Our conversation delves into the innovative strategies both organisations are looking to adopt, supported by the IETF. Join...

Welcome to episode 5 of the IETF podcast, where we have the privilege of hearing from Guy Armitage of the York Handmade Brick Company and Stephane Vissiere representing Wienerberger. In this episode, we discuss the unique challenges that the ceramic sector collectively faces as it moves towards the ambitious goal of achieving net-zero emissions. Our discussion also delves into the innovative strat...

In this episode, we speak to Calvin Winch from Britvic and Andy McKnight from Heineken about the decarbonisation journey faced by the drinks industry. Our podcast takes a deep dive into the many challenges that the drinks sector faces as it moves towards achieving net zero emission targets. We explore the advantages of having an engaged public aligned with the 2050 net zero goals, how it has spurr...

What role can design play in our journey to Net Zero?  In this fifth episode of Silent Designers, we explore the theme of net zero and sustainable technologies with guest, Mark Price.  A professor of Aeronautics at Queen's University Belfast, Mark Price is also the co-founder of Biohaviour, a research initiative exploring bio-inspired rules for innovative engineering design.  Biohavior aims to bri...

What role does design play in our healthcare systems?   In this fourth episode of Silent Designers, our guest Tom Inns explores the theme of healthy living and technologies. Tom is the director of the consultancy, Cofink , a visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde, and a coach on the Innovate UK Design for Growth programme.  Join us as Tom explains his fascination with the role design...

What happens when you bring children as young as seven together with businesses, senior designers, and architects and ask them to design a space to play?  The third episode of Silent Designers explores the theme of Knowledge Transfer and Design with guest Marie Williams — Chartered Engineer, Design Lecturer, TEDx speaker, and Founder of Social Enterprise, Dream Networks.  Join us as playful engine...

The second episode of Silent Designers explores the theme of Net Zero and Sustainable Technologies with guest Cat Drew, Chief Design Officer at the Design Council. Cat shares how, in her role, she’s bringing together the very best knowledge, practice, and frameworks about how to Design for Planet and sharing that knowledge with designers, innovators, commissioners, and policymakers.  “The Design C...

This podcast episode focuses on critical minerals in the battery supply chain and is hosted by Nikoleta Piperidou , Cross-Sector Battery Systems Innovation Network Lead at Innovate UK KTN and Dr Sheena Hindocha, Knowledge Transfer Manager for Materials Chemistry at Innovate UK KTN with special guest Olimpia Pilch , International Partnerships and Business Manager at Critical Minerals Association Un...

Redefining Design Boundaries: Join us for the inaugural episode of 'Silent Designers' as Anna Wilson takes us on a captivating journey into the world of design. With a fresh and innovative approach, Anna showcases the true essence of design in its purest form, while also sharing her unexpected path into process design. Reflecting on her experiences, Anna reveals, "This doesn't work so well, let's...

Hosted by Debra Jones and Juan Maria Gonzalez Carballo , Chemistry Knowledge Transfer Managers at Innovate UK KTN, with special guest Alex Groombridge , Chief Technology Officer & Cofounder at Echion Technologies . This episode focuses on different chemistries for anodes and the challenges of scaling up manufacturing. Juan and Debra talk about the UK's battery anode and cathode capabilities, the d...

This podcast episode focuses on the funding landscape and specifically discusses opportunities and challenges within the UK battery ecosystem. We also discuss the insights and findings from the Electric Vehicle Battery Tech in the UK 2022 report that Faraday Battery Challenge has recently partnered with DealRoom to deliver with contributions from Innovate UK KTN. This report outlines how the indus...

Matthew Moss , the Maritime Knowledge Transfer Manager at Innovate UK KTN is joined by Debra Jones , Knowledge Transfer Manager - Chemistry to talk about Future Sustainable Ports. During this podcast conversation, Matt and Debra discuss making vessels and port machinery sustainable by using renewable electric power or alternative fuels including biofuels, or hydrogen, ammonia and methanol. They al...

This episode centres around the advantages of having graphene and nanomaterials in batteries, the most exciting commercial opportunities in the future, and the technological challenges of using these advanced materials. During this podcast episode,  Nikoleta Piperidou  and  Neelam Mughal  from Innovate UK KTN were joined by  James Baker , CEO at  Graphene@Manchester .

Episode 4 of the Maritime Innovation Sound Waves Podcast from the Maritime and Ports Innovation Network has drifted ashore. This podcast series is dedicated to discussing and exploring technologies as well as solutions developed and used in the Ports and Maritime sector to meet the UK’s Net Zero targets. In this episode, Matthew Moss , the Maritime Knowledge Transfer Manager at Innovate UK KTN is...

Episode 3 of the Maritime Innovation Sound Waves Podcast from the Maritime and Ports Innovation Network has arrived at the docks. This podcast series is dedicated to discussing and exploring technologies as well as solutions developed and used in the Ports and Maritime sector to meet the UK’s Net Zero targets. In this episode, we explore how ports are supplying electricity to vessels allowing them...

The Battery Caffè is back and better than ever. During this episode, our podcast hosts discuss how advancements in quantum technologies can enable the development of innovative battery applications that will benefit all consumers. We also delve into a deep conversation about future commercial quantum and battery projects that will improve transportation, energy infrastructure, electronics, and onl...

Episode 2 of the Maritime Innovation Sound Waves Podcast from the Maritime and Ports Innovation Network has sailed into the harbour. This podcast series is dedicated to discussing and exploring technologies as well as solutions developed and used in the Ports and Maritime sector to meet the UK’s Net Zero targets. How are ports becoming better connected to their industrial and maritime ecosystems t...

Welcome to the Maritime Innovation Sound Waves Podcast from the Maritime and Ports Innovation Network - a series dedicated to discussing and exploring technologies as well as solutions developed and used in the Ports and Maritime sector to meet the government’s Net Zero targets. In this episode, we discuss the use cases of Smart Ports designed to support the digitalisation of supply chain logistic...

Debra Jones , Chemistry Knowledge Transfer Manager, and Simon Buckley , Zero Emission Mobility Knowledge Transfer Manager from Innovate UK KTN, talk about green hydrogen production with their special guest  Chris Jackson , CEO & Founder at Protium . This podcast discussion centres around methods of producing clean hydrogen from renewable energy sources, the innovative projects Protium is working o...