A Journey to Digital Success for SMEs

Are you eligible for a European Regional Development Fund Grant?

By Science and Technology Facilities Council

Date and time

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 07:00 - 09:30 PDT

Location

Online

About this event

Are you an SME based in the Cheshire or Warrington area?

If so, you may be eligible for Cheshire & Warrington 4.0. A fully-funded European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) programme of support for SMEs in Cheshire & Warrington to help them explore and adopt digital technologies.

Backed by over £170 million of government funding, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Hartree Centre is home to some of the most advanced computing, data, and AI technologies in the UK.

From early stage SMEs to international corporations, our experts work with industry and the research community to address real life challenges and accelerate the adoption of advanced and emerging digital technologies. Combined with our internationally recognised expertise, these technologies offer vast opportunities for UK industry to enhance performance, improve the productivity of people and processes, speed up time-to-market and benefit from significant economic and competitive advantages.

This event is an introduction to the Hartree Centre, the Cheshire & Warrington 4.0 funding programme, and a few of the technologies that you may be able to benefit from.

Agenda

14:00 - Introduction to the Hartree Centre - Michael Gleaves, Hartree Deputy Director; Angela Walsh, Business Development Manager; Tim Powell, Business Development Manager

14:30 - Parallel Talks 1:

- Cloud Computing: What does cloud actually mean? - Robin Kennedy-Reid, Research Software Engineer

- Chatbots: How to get started with your first virtual assistant? - Drew Silcock, Senior Research Software Engineer; Ciaron Howell, Research Software Engineer

- AI: Is it smart to make a smart manufacturing process? - Louise Butcher, Senior Data Scientist

15:10 - Break

15:20 - Parallel Talks 2:

- Cloud Computing: What does cloud actually mean? - Robin Kennedy-Reid, Research Software Engineer

- Chatbots: How to get started with your first virtual assistant? - Drew Silcock, Senior Research Software Engineer; Ciaron Howell, Research Software Engineer

- AI: Is it smart to make a smart manufacturing process? - Louise Butcher, Senior Data Scientist

16:00 - Panel: Talk to the experts

16:30 - End of session

Organised by

Science and Technology Facilities Council

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), part of UK Research and Innovation, is a world-leading multidisciplinary science organisation. Working collaboratively with academia to create an environment for UK scientific research to flourish, STFC is a national resource available to support UK businesses, from spin-outs to corporates.

Providing unique access to large-scale science facilities, equipment, and expertise both in the UK and internationally, we work collaboratively with businesses to reduce the risk surrounding innovation and enable new applications of technology in exciting and disruptive ways. By co-locating businesses alongside our facilities and expertise at 3 UK locations – Daresbury, Harwell, and Edinburgh – and catalysing this with industry cluster networks, we bring together the people who can innovate and change the world for the better.

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