Catapult is a Technology Strategy Board programme

The Connected Digital Economy Catapult (CDEC)

Future Internet: Aligning Social and Technological InnovationCambridge28 November 2013

Dr. Maurizio PiluPartnerships Director@maurizio_pilu@CDECatapult

Connected Digital Economy Catapult 2

• Set up by the Technology Strategy Board• Applied R&D&I centre in the digital economy• Non-for-profit, based in London, national

remit• Centre with critical mass to help UK

innovators, especially SMEs• Overtime 100+ technologists

• £10m p.a. of core investment from TSB

3The Catapult network

The digital economy

FAST MOVING

CONSTANTLY CHANGING

BUILD IT & THEY WILL COME

WONT WORK

GLOBAL

BEINGFAST

IS KEY

‘a few years ago a cloud was something in the sky, a tweet was something you heard in the garden, Skype was a typo and 4G was a parking spot’

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CDEC in 4 bullet points

• Develop a portfolio of openly accessible platforms & capabilities which address clearly identified industry challenges in the data value chain for the benefit of digital innovators

• Bring unique value by combining our neutral convening power, the agile and focussed way we build platforms & capabilities with the centre’s high density of critical skills

• Align our efforts to enhance existing TSB (& RCs) activity

• Demonstrate the transformative impact of digital to UK leaders

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The data value chain – our ‘field of play' 6

7Innovator challenges in D.V.C that we will address

Realising the potential value of

data

Early access to next generation

connectivity

Being heard ina crowded

marketplace

Key innovator challenges…

8Platforms we will build for innovators to use…

Realising the potential value of

data

Early access to next generation

connectivity

Being heard ina crowded

marketplace

Reducing licensing friction

Address trust and privacy

Labs and demonstrators

Innovator CentreLondon based – UK reach

Key innovator challenges…

…CDEC will address by…

Building diverse dataand content sets

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Building key skills Innovators can use… 9

Realising the potential value of

data

Early access to next generation

connectivity

Being heard ina crowded

marketplace

Reducing licensing friction

Address trust and privacy

Labs and demonstrators

Innovator CentreLondon based – UK reach

Key innovator challenges…

…CDEC will address by…

…and buildingskills…

• M2MInternet of Things

• Device to User• User to Cloud

• Facilitation• Demonstration

• Consulting• Business models

• Data sciences• Security

• Digital exchanges• IP and licensing

Building diverse dataand content sets

10All focused on 3 initial sectors or contexts…

Realising the potential value of

data

Early access to next generation

connectivity

Being heard ina crowded

marketplace

Building diverse dataand content sets

Reducing licensing friction

Address trust and privacy

Labs and demonstrators

Innovator CentreLondon based – UK reach

Media, content, creative

Cities as a context

Health

Key innovator challenges in

DVC

…CDEC will address by…

…and buildingskills…

… all initially focused

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• M2MInternet of Things

• Device to User• User to Cloud

• Facilitation• Demonstration• Consulting• Business models

• Data sciences• Security• Digital exchanges• IP and licensing

CDEC Innovator Centre …. 11

… connected across the UK …. 12

13….and the stakeholders base

14Some projects already active…

Open Data Health Platform – pre integrate diverse data

15Some projects already active…

Open Data Health Platform – pre integrate diverse data

Urban Transport and weather - pre integrate diverse data

16Some projects already active…

Open Data Health Platform – pre integrate diverse data

Copyright Hub – reducing copyright “friction”

Urban Transport and weather - pre integrate diverse data

17Some projects already active…

Open Data Health Platform – pre integrate diverse data

Copyright Hub – reducing copyright “friction”

Trusted Data Accelerator – reducing privacy decelerators

Urban Transport and weather - pre integrate diverse data

18Another project: Manchester Open Data Synchronization

• Collaboration with Future Everything and the Future Cities Catapult + Manchester councils

• Work with 3 then 10 councils to • synchronize opening up data, with shared

methodologies, processes • embedded “code fellows”

• Live and ongoing

Cities as a context for digital innovation

• Data & challenges & users coming together• Angles we are exploring with Future Cities Catapult• “Code fellows”• Open source platforms and toolkits• How to engage innovators beyond hackathlons• Interoperability / APIs • Next generation connectivity

My blog about it: http://bit.ly/1bp3jsk

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Only the beginning…

• CDEC has been operational for 6 months• High interest to work with CDEC• Demand-led approach + focus on

testbed/demonstrators for the benefit of innovators

• Open to collaborations:• Maurizio.Pilu@cde.catapult.org.uk

• Twitter: @Maurizio_Pilu & @cdecatapult

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Thank you!

Dr. Maurizio PiluPartnerships DirectorCDE CatapultMaurizio dot Pilu at cde.catapult.org.uk@maurizio_pilu@cdecatapult