This event is by invitation only. To request an invitation, please email grantham.events@imperial.ac.uk.
Meet the teams who have created some of the most exciting British Cleantech start-ups and teams of PhD students who have been developing innovative solutions to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Join us inside Imperial College London’s exciting new Innovation and Translation Hub (I-HUB).
Join over 200 delegates engaged in sustainable innovation from business, academia, investment, government and the charity sector.
This event celebrates two important milestones:
- Start-ups from the Climate-KIC Accelerator, run by Imperial’s Centre for Cleantech Innovation, breaking the $100 million investment barrier.
- The conclusion of the new Innovating for Sustainable Development programme run by SSCP DTP (Imperial College London) and SCENARIO DTP (University of Reading).
Event schedule
16:00 – Registration and refreshments
16:30 – Welcome and introduction to the Innovating for Sustainable Development programme
16:40 – PhD students showcasing the innovations that have come out of the programme
17:30 – Our start-up’s achievements and the future of cleantech in London
17:50 – Meet the start-ups, visit the I-HUB Incubator and network
19:30 – Event ends
About the organisers and hosts
Centre for Cleantech Innovation at the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment, Imperial College London
Imperial College London’s Centre for Cleantech Innovation (CCI) has been set up to support start-ups seeking to develop scalable solutions to the challenges of climate change. The CCI developed and now runs the Climate-KIC Accelerator programme in London.
Together with partners at the College, the CCI aims to establish a world-class cluster for innovation and business development, by co-locating start-ups with academia, and deliver market-ready commercial solutions to address climate mitigation, adaptation and anticipation.
Imperial has a long history of success in delivering real businesses and a pipeline of entrepreneurs. The CCI will seamlessly merge learning with practical and tangible enterprise development, all in partnership with the best academics, global corporates and innovative companies. CCI programmes will draw on Imperial College London’s world-class facilities, science and engineering knowhow, business expertise and networks.
The Innovating for Sustainable Development Programme
The Innovating for Sustainable Development Programme is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and run jointly between the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet (Imperial) and SCENARIO (Reading) Doctoral Training Partnerships.
It uses the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as a framework to explore and come up with solutions to global environmental challenges. The programme is made up of two residential courses, three day-long workshops and this celebratory showcase event.
Programme participants are PhD students from a range of institutions including Imperial College London, University of Reading, Kings College London, UCL, Royal College of Art and University of Surrey.
Climate-KIC
The Climate-KIC Programme run out of the Imperial College Centre for Cleantech Innovation is an open-ended start-up accelerator, aimed specifically at businesses that will have a climate change impact. It offers early stage entrepreneurs access to one on one coaching with experience professionals, business masterclasses, a free incubator work-space and equity-free grant finance. Above all, it provides the opportunity to be part of the largest clean-tech incubation community in the world.
Imperial College London Translation & Innovation Hub (I-HUB)
We are being hosted by I-HUB. At the heart of Imperial College London’s new White City Campus, this facility is dedicated to turning world-leading research into new products and services.
The building provides space for entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs and international corporations at every stage of their growth. Across 187,000 sq ft, it incorporates a range of fully serviced laboratory, write-up, incubator and office spaces, providing scalable, high specification accommodation to commercialise research and ideas.