Scope

The Home Office is planning an SBRI call on the subject of digital forensics and how it is used to support serious crime and counter terrorism investigations. The call will launch late August 2015. With this call the Home Office will be seeking innovative proposals to speed up the recovery and analysis of the high volumes of digital devices and data seized by law enforcement to identify material of interest to investigations

Background

In recent years the amount of digital information created by criminals and seized by police has vastly increased to levels nobody would have imagined 20, 10 or even 5 years ago. This includes material used by terrorists, child sex offenders and organised criminal groups. Law enforcement agencies need to maintain their ability to investigate suspected criminal activity and need to keep pace with what suspects are doing, including by investigating digital devices and information. This is done in a lawful, proportionate way under a strict legislative framework with numerous safeguards.

The call will open on the 24th August and close on the 7th October with a number of Phase 1 proposals being accepted up to a total of an expected £ 300 k.

Event Details

The KTN will be hosting a briefing event on behalf of the Home Office to draw together a community of interested parties to hear about:

The call scope,
The application process
Requirements from the usersand
The state of the art

Contacts

For more information, please contact matt.butchers@ktn-uk.org

Agenda

Time

Contribution Title

Speaker / Institution

10:30

11:00

Coffee and Registration

11:00

11:05

Welcome from the Organisers

Matt Butchers

The Knowledge Transfer Network

11:05

11:20

Introduction from OSCT

Home Office OSCT

11:20

11:50

Competition Scope

Home Office OSCT and Home Office CAST

11:50

12:10

SBRI Application Process

Innovate UK

12:10

12:20

Networking Introductions

Introduction to Government Representatives

12:20

13:20

Lunch and Networking

13:20

13:50

A Day in the Life Talk

Subject Matter Expert

13:50

14:20

State of the Art – Analytics for Large Volumes of Data

Prof. Peter Grindrod CBE

University of Oxford / Turing Institute

14:20

14:40

A Day in the Life Talk

Law Enforcement Digital Forensics Practitioner

14:40

15:00

Q&A

All

15:00

16:00

Close and Networking

Terms and Conditions

By registering, you are registering your interest to attend the event, if you are accepted to attend, full details will be released to your supplied email address closer to the event.

All best endeavours will be made to undertake the event as shown above. However, the event organisers reserve the right to alter or cancel, without prior notice, any of the arrangements, timetable or plans relating directly or indirectly to the event. The event organisers are not liable for any loss or inconvenience caused as a result of such alterations.

Places at this event are limited, so please register your interest as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. The organisers reserve the right to limit the number of registrations per organisation.

Registration for this event is free. Please note that people who have registered and do not notify us of cancellation before 9th September 2015 will be charged £50.

Please tick the box on the registration page to confirm agreement to this condition.

Digital Forensics – Home Office: SBRI Call Briefing Event