{"id":44406,"date":"2014-07-23T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=dcf373263463f0b6d6595c9c63238419"},"modified":"2014-10-01T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T13:04:58","slug":"news-story-cde-innovation-network-event-september-2014-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=44406","title":{"rendered":"News story: CDE Innovation Network event: 30 September 2014, Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Presentation slides are now available. <\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>It took place in Glasgow, Scotland at <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/200svs.com\/\">200, St Vincent Street<\/a>,9:30am to 4:30pm. The event was held in partnership with the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.encompass-scotland.co.uk\/\">Encompass programme.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Head of <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr>, Andy Nicholson, introduced <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> and gave an overview of proof-of-concept research funding opportunities for innovative science and technology providers. <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/MOD_CDE\/30-september-2014-working-with-cde\">View the presentation slides.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> launched themed competitions for fully funded contracts on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/cde-themed-competition-synthetic-biology-applications-in-defence\">synthetic biology applications in defence<\/a> (up to \u00a31 million available). <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/MOD_CDE\/30-september-2014-synthetic-biology\">View the presentation slides.<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/cde-themed-competition-defence-medical-sciences\">defence medical sciences<\/a> (up to \u00a3500,000 available). <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/MOD_CDE\/30-september-2014-defence-medical-sciences\">View the presentation slides.<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Neal Smith, Capability Advisor from <abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr> has given an interview to <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.researchresearch.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=24&amp;Itemid=24\">Research Professional<\/a> discussing this competition. The interview is available here:<span class=\"attachment inline\" id=\"attachment_728583\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/355076\/Research_Professional_-_Opportunity_profile__MoD_seeks_punchy_proposals_for_medi.pdf\">MOD seeks punchy proposals for medical science<\/a><br \/>\n  (<span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">173KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">5 pages<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>In addition, Military Advisers and technical experts from <abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr> (the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) gave an overview of some areas where innovative research ideas are sought for <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr>\u2019s ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/cde-enduring-challenge-competition\">enduring challenge competition<\/a>.  <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/MOD_CDE\/30-september-2014\">View the presentation slides.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bruce Hardie, <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr>\u2019s Technology Manager, talked about how to create an effective proposal for <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> funding. <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/MOD_CDE\/30-september-2014-cde-guidance-for-completing-cde-research-proposals\">View the presentation slides.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Selman from MOD, briefed on the new Cyber Security Model and there will be opportunities to discuss the model with him and provide your feedback. <\/p>\n<p>Under direction from the Secretary of State for Defence and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/groups\/defence-suppliers-forum\">Defence Suppliers\u2019 Forum<\/a>, MOD will introduce the requirement for contractual compliance to a new cyber security framework, known as the Cyber Security Model, from next year.<\/p>\n<p>The Cyber Security Model is being introduced to ensure that adequate levels of protection are applied to data and information generated from work placed through MOD contracts.<\/p>\n<p>The model includes question sets which can be used to establish the maturity of a company\u2019s approach to cyber security and we would like to give those attending the <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> Innovation Network event an early sight of these questions. The aim of this is to ensure they are understandable, meaningful and applicable to defence small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This is a unique opportunity to influence government policy that will affect all of the defence supply chain in the near future, so please provide as much feedback as possible.  <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/MOD_CDE\/30-september-2014-cyber-security-model\">View the presentation slides.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"about-cde\">About <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> funds novel, high-risk, high-potential-benefit research. We work with the broadest possible range of science and technology providers, including academia and small companies, to develop cost-effective capabilities for UK armed forces and national security.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory\"><abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_1917\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Centre for Defence Enterprise<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Building R103<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFermi Avenue<br \/>\n<br \/><\/span><br \/><span class=\"locality\">Harwell Oxford<\/span><br \/><span class=\"region\">Oxfordshire<\/span><br \/><span class=\"postal-code\">OX11 0QX<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:cde@dstl.gov.uk\">cde@dstl.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone (Harwell Office)<\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0)1235 438445\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Alternative number<\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0)30 67704236\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"comments\">Open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Please email for the quickest response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) held a networking event for science and technology providers in Scotland on 30 September 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44406"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48219,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44406\/revisions\/48219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}