{"id":51521,"date":"2014-12-11T16:08:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T16:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=86bc4e70c168b3cf0494e68e6c4c5227"},"modified":"2014-12-11T16:08:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T16:08:19","slug":"news-story-collaboration-nation-inspired-by-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=51521","title":{"rendered":"News story: Collaboration Nation: inspired by technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Collaboration Nation: Technology Inspired event yesterday (Wednesday 10 December) saw innovative technology companies pitch the outcomes of their feasibility studies to organisations that could help them get their ideas closer to market. <\/p>\n<p>Companies who pitched have been working on various everyday life issues such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>improving road safety by checking your tyres with a photo (with 2011-2020 being the United Nations\u2019 decade for action on road safety)<\/li>\n<li>beating cancer by developing an early warning screen to spot cancer secondaries early so medical intervention can kill those secondaries and save lives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/connect.innovateuk.org\/web\/technologystrategyboard\/events-view\/-\/events\/15406910\">Collaboration Nation: Technology Inspired &#8211; watch the live recording<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Companies joined the event from the fields of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>advanced materials<\/li>\n<li>information &amp; communication technology<\/li>\n<li>biosciences<\/li>\n<li>electronics, sensors &amp; photonics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Innovators at the event watched their peers present 2 and a half minute pitches and were asked to vote on the best pitches live throughout the event. <\/p>\n<p>The companies who pitched well now have a greater chance of getting their innovations to market more rapidly and efficiently. <\/p>\n<p>Innovate UK Collaboration Nation events help businesses in 2 ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you can connect with potential partners and investors <\/li>\n<li>by networking and connecting with businesses from different areas you may be able to identify market opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As our chief executive Iain Gray explained as he opened Collaboration Nation, Innovate UK is here \u201cto promote economic growth through the support and stimulation of business-led innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/interact.innovateuk.org\/funding-competitions\">If you\u2019d like funding or support from us, and a chance to get your idea to market, see our latest funding opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/383716\/InnovateUK-TechnologyInspiredFeasibility_T14-141__TO_WEB.pdf\">Read the directory of feasibility studies projects that Innovate UK funded in 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collaboration Nation: Technology Inspired event gives small businesses the chance to show their ideas to potential partners and investors.<\/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\/51521"}],"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=51521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}