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SBRI FOAK Competition Consortium Building Workshop

BCRRE is hosting an event for our stakeholder community about a new rail competition that will fund a number of innovation projects.

About this Event

Innovate UK has launched a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) First of a kind competition, funded by DfT, that focuses on 4 key priority across industry:

  • environmental sustainability
  • customer experience
  • optimised railway operations
  • optimised and cost-effective maintenance

Attendees will learn more about the competition and will have the opportunity to discuss their ideas with BCRRE experts. Additionally, we will be supporting organisations to identify potential partners and build consortia to bid into this competition.

More information about the innovate UK competition can be found here: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/529/overview

Agenda for the day will include:

  • Competition briefing
  • Presentation from recent funding competition winner (BCRRE-led HydroFLEX mainline testing project)
  • Meet the experts and consortium building
  • Lunch and networking

Book your place here.

Date and Time: 22/01/2020,  11:00-14:00

Location: University of Birmingham, Gisbert Kapp Building, Pritchatts Road Birmingham, B15 2SA

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