Supporting Innovation in UK industry - priorities for investment, the commercialisation of research and UK competitiveness post-Brexit
Chris McDonald is speaking on ‘Innovation in Industry' with a focus on connectivity of SMEs and innovation diffusion, at the Supporting Innovation in UK industry Conference at the Westminster Business Forum in London today. The conference will consider key issues and policy priorities for supporting innovation in UK industry.
The conference is timed to follow the Building our Industrial Strategy Green Paper, which identified investment in science, research and innovation as one of ten pillars for driving growth and productivity across the UK economy. The conference will consider implications for the funding of research and development in light of the review of the Small Business Research Initiative, as well as proposals for a review of opportunities for robotics and artificial intelligence.
In the context of the recent announcement of £229 million of industrial strategy investment for UK R&D, the conference will also consider how new funding can be allocated in the interests of maximising growth and UK competitiveness internationally - looking in particular at opportunities for improving rates of commercialisation, developing research infrastructure, and improving skills and research talent.
The conference will also bring out latest thinking on the areas in which the UK can build on existing strengths in industrial technologies - such as robotics and artificial intelligence, space technologies, healthcare, manufacturing processes and materials.
7 September 2017
