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Systems Innovation Learning Festival: Day Three – Climate-KIC
Opinion 24 Oct 2023 In 2021, EIT Climate-KIC and Sida launched the Systems Innovation Learning Partnership to bring together organisations and people to collaborate, experiment, learn and share ideas that help to support innovation and transformation across whole systems. In this series, we have heard insights from three of the partnership’s learning practitioners as they…
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Indiana wins Regional Technology and Innovation Hub designation
Dan Carden More federal funding aimed at spurring science and technology innovations appears to be headed to the Hoosier State. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration designated an Indiana entity as one of the 31 initial Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs across the country. It follows an announcement earlier this month…
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Startup Producing Ocean Wave Energy Scoops Innovation Award
A startup that turns ocean waves into electricity has received an award for its innovation from the nonprofit AltaSea, a hub for marine science, research and education. Eco Wave Power Global transfers the motion of ocean waves to power stations on land using its uniquely shaped floating devices, which rise and fall with the waves’…
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LIFE at Pollutec 2023: advancing environmental innovation and collaboration
For 45 years, Pollutec has been the international event of leaders in the environment and energy sectors, and a global hub for innovative environmental solutions. Held from 10 to 13 October in Lyon, Pollutec 2023 featured 11 exhibition areas showcasing cutting-edge equipment, technologies, and services for pollution prevention, treatment, and sustainable development. It brought together…
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Kimberley Goh: Innovation is not an option, it’s a necessity
Kimberley Goh The dictionary notes that ‘innovation is crucial to the continuing success of any organisation’. As a leading law firm, recently shortlisted in the Innovative Firm of the Year category at the Legal500 Scotland Awards, Shoosmiths is constantly embracing – and investing heavily – in new ways of doing things. David Jackson, our CEO,…
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Forma submits lone bid for port’s innovation center
Miller Hull images from Port of Seattle [enlarge] Maritime Innovation Center will be created through a renovation of the Ship Supply Building. The Port of Seattle received just one bid last week for its Maritime Innovation Center project at Fishermen’s Terminal. That lone bid submitted on Thursday was from Forma Construction Co., for $20.52 million.…
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Government puts £75m into innovation hubs
The government is pumping £75m into eight regional innovation clusters across the country, aiming to pioneer new technology and boost local economies. The funding, which comes from Innovate UK, will be shared between the eight innovation “launchpads”, receiving £7.5m each, which will support clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The SMEs can bid for…
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Adopt a CAN DO attitude to supporting business innovation
With just two weeks to go until Scotland’s annual event for innovation in business, the CAN DO Innovation Summit, I’ve been reflecting on how to best support start-ups and small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to implement innovation to boost productivity for economic sustainability and social value. This year’s summit on 7 November has a…
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Meet some of the Gen Z entrepreneurs behind the next AI innovation wave
This article is part of WorkLife’s special edition, which examines how the jobs and careers of Generation Z professionals will be reshaped and evolve in the AI-informed era. More from the series → Gen Zers aren’t just passively watching the rise of generative artificial intelligence, they’re taking an active role in shaping it. And these Gen Z…
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University of Mississippi receives federal grant to advance biotechnology innovation
The University of Mississippi has launched the Southeast Biotech Collaborative (SEBC), a consortium of more than 30 public and private organizations that are leading an effort to develop a regional strategy for the advancement of biomanufacturing capabilities. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration announced that it chose the SEBC over 181…