Driving Innovation
Driving Innovation in Space
Michael Lawrence
Head of Special Projects
[email protected]
Driving Innovation
The Technology Strategy
Board is...
The UK’s Innovation Agency
A national body supporting business innovation
for business benefit
for economic growth
for quality of life
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How do we
deliver?
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Where do we contribute most?
Technology
Readiness
Levels
TRLs
1-2
2-4
3-6
5-7
6-8
8-9
Basic Technology Research
Research to prove feasibility
Technology Development
Technology Demonstration
System/Subsystem Development
System Test, Launch and
Operations
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How do we decide where to work?
• Sectors where UK businesses can thrive
– Supporting innovative companies in these sectors
• Large global markets
– Building the capability of the UK to address markets
at the right time
• Where our support makes a difference
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Technology Inspired Innovation
• We build capability in the
underpinning areas that enable a
sure and effective response to
market needs
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Advanced materials,
Bioscience,
Electronics, photonics and electrical systems,
Information and communication technologies,
High value manufacturing
Nanotechnology
Emerging Technologies
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Challenge-led innovation
• We aim to understand the needs
of the markets and support the
most innovative and competitive
responses
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Energy generation and supply
Environmental sustainability
Built environment
Creative industries
High value services
Medicines and healthcare
Transport
Space
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Innovation Platforms
• We work with Government as they
address societal challenges to give
business the future market definition
they need to be competitive
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Low Carbon Vehicles
Assisted Living
Low Impact Buildings
Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents
Stratified medicine
Sustainable agriculture and food
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The Innovation Climate
• We will inspire and enable people
to play their part in the innovation
economy
• We showcase successes
• We celebrate and will build a
national confidence in the power
of innovation
• We build networks
• We support knowledge exchange
for individuals
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Knowledge Transfer Networks
• National networks in a field of technology or
business application, with international
perspective
• Bringing together business, research bodies
and the finance community …
• … to stimulate innovation through
exchange of knowledge and expertise.
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Knowledge Transfer Network Portfolio
Biosciences
Electronics, Sensors & Photonics
Nano
‘ICT’ (Digital Communications and Digital Systems merge fully by Mar 11)
Chemistry Innovation
Industrial Mathematics
HealthTec and Medicines
Energy Generation & Supply
Materials
Aerospace & Defence
Environmental Sustainability
Modern Built Environment
Creative Industries
Financial Services
Transport
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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• High calibre, recently-qualified individual placed into
business to work on innovation projects under
guidance of relevant knowledge base academic.
• Exchanges knowledge; spreads technical and
business skills
• Brings new expertise and real benefits to companies
• Provides business experience for graduates
• Stimulates business-focused education
and research in institutions
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Innovation driven by procurement
SBRI
• Using government procurement to drive innovation.
• Enables public sector organisations to procure new
technologies faster and with managed risk.
• Provides paid contracts for the critical stage of product
development
• Relaunched 2009
– 18 Government Departments engaged
– Major interest from other public sector bodies
– 42 competitions
– 1630 applications
– 519 contracts (>60% new companies)
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Innovation in Space - Background
• Jan 2009 – Technology Strategy Board becomes a
partner of the British National Space Centre (BNSC)
• April 2009 – Responsibility for funding of UK civil
telecoms and navigation space activities transferred
from BNSC to Technology Strategy Board
• April 2011 – UK Space Agency fully operational,
leading UK Space policy, Technology Strategy Board
continues to drive innovation in Space...
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Implementing the Space Innovation
and Growth Strategy
• Global market forecast to be
worth £400 billion by 2030
• Strategy to capture 10% of
market and create over
100,000 jobs in the UK
• ‘applications and services
using Space data will be one
of the most important
elements for delivering
growth’
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Working with the UK Space Agency
• Delivery partner of the UK Space Agency for
telecommunications and navigation programmes
• Promoting business opportunities for the UK Space
industry across all Technology Strategy Board
activity areas
• Supporting innovation in space technology and
applications that leads to new commercial
exploitation opportunities
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Delivering European Space Agency
programmes
• Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems
(ARTES)
– Development, qualification and demonstration of products and
applications
• Integrated Applications Promotion
– Development of operational services through the combination
of different space systems
• GNSS Evolution
– Technology development for future satellite navigation
systems
• Technology Transfer
– Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP’s) for companies in the
ESA Business Incubator at Harwell
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Technology Strategy Board UK Space
activity - supporting growth
• Technology Demonstration
– Overcoming a barrier to market
• Knowledge Exchange
– Knowledge Transfer Networks – Space Special Interest
Group
– Technology Roadmap process
• Open Innovation
– ISIC Hub and Spokes
– Connecting with SMEs
– Collaborative R & D competitions
• Digital, Energy, Transport, Agriculture, Low Carbon etc.
• Space Feasibility Studies
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Technology demonstration
• CubeSat Challenge - UKube1
– With STFC and Astrium
– Core funding for platform (ClydeSpace) and support for
payload competition
– Encourage payload projects to apply for a KTP
• TechDemoSat
– With SEEDA and ISIC
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TechDemoSat – removing a barrier to
market
• SSTL project to create a low cost ‘in orbit test bed’ to
demonstrate innovative UK technology
• Technology Strategy Board and SEEDA providing
grant for platform and payload integration
• Payloads fully funded by industry and academia
• Kicked off Phase 1 (design and payload selection) in
October 2010
• Launch options under review with UK Space Agency
• Phase 2 (build and integration) will commence when
launch plan established
• 18 months from kick off to launch
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Space Knowledge Transfer Network
Special Interest Group
• A pan-KTN community of space capabilities
– Materials, Electronics, Sensors & Photonics,
Digital Communications, Digital Systems,
Aerospace & Defence, Transport
• A neutral facilitator for the delivery of
national technology roadmaps
– To underpin a National Space Technology
Strategy
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Telecommunications
• Telecommunications dominates the
UK Space industry in terms of
earnings, exports and employment
for both upstream manufacturing and
downstream services/applications
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Satellite Broadband
Broadcast
Transport
Security
Environment
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Sensing
• Opportunities
– Space, planetary and EO science
– Monitoring the planet – environment and
climate
– Commercial EO applications
– Security and Defence
• UK Capabilities
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Detectors (visible, IR and microwave)
Optical and microwave
Active and passive systems
Planetary in-situ
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Position, Navigation & Timing
• Market Opportunities
– Key Technology Drivers are short
term (Galileo, integrated GNSS)
– Driven by external (non-space)
developments and legislation
• UK Capabilities
– Well positioned for integration and
exploitation
– Security (encryption, protection,
interference detection)
– GNSS test bed “elements” to provide
technology in new application areas
(Indoor + Transport)
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Robotics & Exploration
• Scope includes:
– Unmanned planetary platforms
– Penetrators
– In-situ resources
– Human exploration
• UK Capabilities
– Rover Design & Build
– Autonomy/Robotics Control
– Resilient Systems
– Human Factors
– Novel Power
– Planetary Protection
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Access to Space
• Scope includes:
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Launch vehicles
Space tourism
Generic satellite platforms
Orbital transfer modules
• Opportunities
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Space, planetary and EO science
Monitoring the planet
Commercial EO applications
Security and Defence
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Open Innovation – the role of ISIC
• brings together businesses,
international space agencies,
research and technical facilities,
government organisations and
education facilities
• facilitates new collaborations
and partnerships
• a seedbed for innovation and
enterprise
• facilitates the commercialisation
of innovative research
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What is a technology & innovation centre
Business-focused centre that makes world-leading technical capability available to
businesses to solve their technical challenges. Provides access to world-leading
technical expertise, infrastructure, skills and equipment
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Access to world-leading technology & expertise
Reach into the knowledge base for world-class science
Capability to undertake collaborative R&D projects with business
Capability to undertake contract research for business
Strongly business focused with a professional delivery ethos
Create a critical mass of activity
Skills development at all levels
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Choice of Technology Areas
Broad Criteria
• Potential global markets worth £ billions
• UK world-leading research capability
• UK business has ability to exploit the technology and
capture a significant share in the UK
• Centres enable UK to attract and anchor knowledge
intensive activities of globally mobile companies
• Aligned with a national strategic priority area
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Timeline
November 2010
• TICs on www.innovateuk.org on _connect and [email protected]
2 December 2010
• Evidence to House of Commons Select Committee on TICs
January 2010
• Outline prospectus
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31 January 2011
• Register interest in High Value Manufacturing centre
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18 February 2011
• Request for Input into detailed implementation
Feb - March 2011
• Discussions and Workshops
• Review of Inputs Received
April 2011
• Announce implementation of manufacturing centre
• Details of implementation of first phase centres (three to four)
• Publish full strategy and implementation plan.
2012 - 2013
• First phase of centres up and running
• Open competition for second full phase of centres in defined areas (three to four)
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Promoting a UK wide Space SME sector
• UK Sat Nav Competition – ‘Galileo Masters’
– With GRACE (Nottingham University)
• Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation
– With NERC
• Collaborative R & D competitions
– With SEEDA
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Feasibility Studies for Innovation in
Space
• Opened 10 January 2011, closes 10 February 2011
– co funded with SEEDA ‘ISIC’ funding
• Scope aligned with themes from National Space
Technology Road maps
• Strongly encourage use of ISIC capability
• Aim to enable early collaborative work to establish
technical and commercial feasibility of growth
opportunities
• £25k grants for £33k projects, quick turn round, start
March complete June 2011.
• £2m total
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Summary
Innovation Agency
Space Agency
Growth
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www.innovateuk.org