Lancaster University

About this event

Digital Catapult has partnered with the UK Government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) to support the design and development of a new Industrial 5G competition focused on the manufacturing and logistics sectors, as part of the 5G Testbeds & Trials Programme.

As announced by Jeremy Wright, Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport last week, this new 5G Sector Testbeds & Trials competition will have £40m available for match-funded projects over the next 2.5 years, representing a great new opportunity for innovation across the manufacturing industries and its UK supply chain. You can read the DCMS press release here.

Digital Catapult has partnered with a number of UK industry bodies to host a series of half-day events which will provide briefings for interested bidders from the public and private sectors to learn more of the available funding and discuss potential projects with representatives from Digital Catapult and other interested parties. The funding competition is due to launch towards the end of July.

Why you should attend?

To gain understanding of 5G capabilities, and learn more about the funding competition and consortia formation.
To meet potential partners to take activities forward, including to make bids to the programme.

Who should attend this event?

This event has been designed to suit senior leaders in the manufacturing and logistics sectors who are interested in building consortia to bid for Testbeds & Trials funding.

Timings

10:00 - Arrival, networking & coffee
10:30 - Welcome & Introductions
11:00 - Context & an introduction to 5G
11:15 - Explore the 5G ecosystem & use cases (10 minute Q&A)
11:45 - 5G Sector Specific Testbeds & Trails Funding (10 minute Q&A)
12:15 - Open Discussion: 5G in Manufacturing
13:00 - Close

We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information or if you have any queries please contact lumsforbusiness@lancaster.ac.uk

Parking on campus

It is Graduation Week at Lancaster University from the 16th-19th July and that means that parking on campus will be busier than normal. No parking charges will apply on the 17th July, and you will be able to park in staff parking areas. Please ensure that you allow plenty of time for parking as the event you have registered to attend starts at 10am.

Read more information about parking during Graduation Week here.
Click here to view a map of available parking spaces.

Please note: This event may be recorded for Marketing and PR purposes.

Lancaster University - 5G Sector Specific Testbeds & Trials Roadshow