South West Aquaculture Network (SWAN) Conference 28th October, Dorset

The South West Aquaculture Network (SWAN), part of MUKSW, aims to sustainably enhance aquaculture production in line with the evolving national aquaculture strategy and international development goals.  SWAN is comprised of diverse members representing industry, academia and public sector organisations, providing distinct capabilities including: unique aquaculture facilities, technical and operational knowledge research and innovation development […]

Creative minds and businesses collaborate to champion Marine ideas

Creative minds and businesses collaborate to champion Marine ideas A global centre of excellence for marine, Plymouth is one of the largest clusters of expertise in Europe and consequently provides the ideal location for innovation and growth in this sector. With an ever-growing network of organisations, entrepreneurs and emerging talent, combined with an exceptional track […]

ExportAR: Marine – The low-carbon, Covid safe, cross-border sales platform

Marine AR shown on tablet

ExportAR: Marine – The low-carbon, Covid safe, cross-border sales platform Copy: Join us on July 20th at this 1-hour webinar to discover how the ExportAR: Marine platform is using Augmented Reality (AR) to revolutionise cross-border sales and boost UK exports in the sector. Register https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exportar-marine-the-low-carbon-covid-safe-cross-border-sales-platform-tickets-161621445093 About the platform ExportAR: Marine is a powerful new sales […]

Marine Tech Expo returns virtually in 2021

The Marine Tech Expo, the SW and Plymouth marine and maritime industry conference, will take place from 12 to 13 July 2021 and free tickets are available to book now. Designed to demonstrate the South West’s marine credentials to the world, the expo brings together decision makers, innovators and enterprises involved in the latest advances […]

Maritime Minister Opens Maritime UK Clean Maritime Summit

Robert Courts MP

Opened by Robert Courts MP, the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, the Clean Maritime Summit 2021 highlighted existing innovations and initiatives that are already enabling the shift to cleaner ports, harbours and vessels. It also identified the present and potential future challenges and opportunities facing the sector, and identified how these might be addressed to […]

Private 5G Industrial Applications – Webinar

A business focused webinar sharing our insights on private 5G in industry: its benefits, the real use cases, and how you can go about evaluation or deployment. BCP Council’s resident 5G expert, Xavi Nunez will be presenting. Xavi has worked on numerous 5G projects, including the deployment of the Council’s own 5G testbed in Lansdowne. […]

Tidal Stream Supply Chain “Meet the Buyer” : Developers share project plans and opportunities across six UK and French sites. 

 Two supply chain webinars events are planned on the 10th and 15th June where project and technology developers from tidal stream sites across the Channel in France and the UK will share the details of their forthcoming development and procurement plans. Both events will take place at 9.30 – 11:30 BST, (10.30 – 12:30 CET).  The events are part of the €45.4m Interreg funded Anglo-French Tidal Stream Industry Energiser (TIGER) [link www.interrgtiger.com] project which aims to […]

Driving the Electric Revolution: Supply Chains for Net Zero

The aim of this competition is to address key research and development opportunities in the UK power electronics, machines, and drives (PEMD) supply chain to support the UK’s drive towards net zero. This is to facilitate UK niche and volume supply chain and manufacturing capability growth in PEMD. By niche supply chain we mean low […]

The Future Of Clean Mobility

On Thursday 13th May, EXIST (Exeter Initiative for Science & Technology) will be returning with a virtual event exploring Clean Mobility and the race towards zero emission transportation. This knowledge sharing & business engagement session will run from 10am – 12pm, focusing on the challenges, innovations and opportunities for zero emission transport, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, […]

Funding for Maritime Innovation – Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe – Cluster 5 Mobility for Maritime UK South West Funding for Maritime Innovation – Horizon Europe The UK is able to take part in the Horizon Europe program. Association will give UK organisations access to the €95.5Bn research and innovation programme on equivalent terms as those from Member States. A recently published Q&A […]