Innovation and Collaboration Funding

Innovation and Collaboration Funding

Join Location Data Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, Innovate UK and European Space Agency to discover how they can support your organisation.

By Optimat Ltd on behalf of Location Data Scotland

Date and time

Wednesday, September 28, 2022 · 2 - 4:30am PDT

Location

Online

About this event

This online event will explore Scottish, wider UK and International funding opportunities for companies working across the geospatial sector in Scotland. Attendees will also benefit from guidance and support on preparing an application for funding and building a consortium of collaboration partners as part of the process.

Agenda

10.30 Welcome - Location Data Scotland, Dr Ashley Stewart

10.40 Innovate UK, Carol Sunderland

Overview of available support from Innovate UK

10.55 European Space Agency, Ken Gordon

Overview of available support from ESA

11.10 Scottish Enterprise – Funding Information & Support Service, Tracey Ward

Overview of available support from SE & FISS

11.30 Panel Discussion

Top 5 tips for preparing a funding application

11.50 Closing remarks

Speakers

Tracey Ward

Innovation Collaboration and Funding

Tracey works in Scottish Enterprise, supporting companies who are developing market-oriented innovation or research and development projects. Her role involves exploring potential funding options from various sources nationally and internationally and supporting companies to develop robust funding applications. The role also involves using various networks to find national and international partners. Tracey has worked with a wide variety of technology based companies with applications across many sectors.

Ken Gordon

Business Ambassadors

ESA Space Solutions funding supports organisations that want to develop a problem-solving product or service that uses satellite data (GPS, weather or earth observation) for which there is a market demand. His previous experience includes managing design teams focussed on the aerospace, explosives, automotive and consumer sectors, managing EU innovation programmes and as a bid writing consultant.

Carol Sunderland

Artificial Intelligence and Data Economy (AIDE) Team, Innovate UK

Carol leads on satellite applications, cross-sector geospatial applications together with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and innovation for the National Timing Centre (NTC) programme.

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