Events

Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Engagement Workshops

The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) was announced by the Prime Minister at the 2016 CBI Annual Conference, and further detail of this new cross-disciplinary fund was included in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement as part of the National Productivity Investment Fund.

Innovate UK and the Research Councils are beginning to define a first round of challenges to be addressed by the ISCF, and will soon be in a position to seek input from industry and the research base into their development.

To gather input from industry and the research base, the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) is organising a series of short workshops across the UK in the second half of January for innovators and researchers to engage with Innovate UK and the Research Councils and share your thoughts on what the challenges might be.

This will be a valuable opportunity for you to help shape some of the key industrial challenges that, if addressed by the ISCF, could help deliver jobs and economic growth across the UK. Events will be held across the UK and are not specific to any technology or industry sector and we are looking to attract a wide range of participants and viewpoints.

There will be eight half-day briefings and workshops taking place across the UK in the last two weeks of January:

Mon, 16 Jan – Southampton

Tue, 17 Jan - Glasgow

Wed, 18 Jan – London

Fri, 20 Jan - Leeds

Tue, 24 Jan – Liverpool

Wed, 25 Jan – Cardiff

Thu, 26 Jan - Belfast

Thu, 26 Jan - Birmingham

You can register your interest in attending one of the ISCF workshops via this link:
http://tinyurl.com/ISCF-workshops