Innovation is at the heart of sustainable and impactful growth across industries, from new ideas and initiatives through to the technology that underpins what can be delivered.
Hear from innovative experts and inventors from the academic communities at Imperial College London and MIT to learn about how businesses can benefit from adopting and implementing technologies that improve their environmental credentials, reduce their energy consumption and enhance the efficiency of their workforce and production, as well as practical steps taken to put ideas into action.
Professors Richard Templer (Director of Innovation at Imperial’s Grantham Institute) and Yet-Ming Chiang (Kyocera Professor of Engineering at MIT) join Lisa Perkins (Adastral Park and Research Realisation Director at BT) to look at opportunities for businesses to speed up their adoption of technologies both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and will be joined by a number of startups from the universities’ ecosystems whose products and services can help companies achieve their objectives.
The event will be hosted by entrepreneurship expert Dr Harveen Chugh from Imperial College Business School.
Schedule of the day
15.00 – Welcome and overview
15.10 – Lessons for climate change action from a time of pandemic– Professor Richard Templer
15.20 – Leveraging the low-cost renewable electricity megatrend – Professor Yet-Ming Chiang
15.30 – Cleantech startup presentations – Bumblebee Power, SMAP Energy, Stable and PolyJoule
15.55 – Roundtable discussion – technologies and innovations
16.15 – Purposeful innovation for our connected future – Lisa Perkins
16.30 – Roundtable discussion – applications across industry, now and for the future
16.50 – Closing remarks
About Imperial Business Partners
Imperial Business Partners offers accelerated access to the best of Imperial’s people, technologies, expertise and facilities. Through bespoke pathfinder activities, led by dedicated engagement managers, we enable businesses to connect with and benefit from the world-leading expertise, facilities and resources at Imperial College London. We build long-term, productive, collaborative relationships with businesses around the world.
About MIT’s Industry Liaison Program
The MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) is dedicated to creating and strengthening mutually beneficial relationships between MIT and corporations worldwide. Established in 1948, the ILP continues to be a key player in making industrial connections for MIT.
The second session of the Innovation Journeys 2020 series takes place on 8 October, highlighting a range of technologies and latest applicable research to improve businesses’ adoption of environmentally-sensitive and sustainable future development.
Actionable insights for your organisation
Whether your company has had to transition quickly to new ways of working or is looking for technology solutions to new or emerging challenges, experts across the College are available to help. Check out our Life After Lockdown pages for information about sector-specific projects or programmes or work to support your business through the COVID-19 pandemic and build for the future.