collaborative innovation in the water sector...ktn jonathan abra, theme leader: water and wastewater...
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KTN
Jonathan Abra,
Theme Leader: Water and Wastewater
Collaborative innovation
in the water sector
18th February 2016
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Interdisciplinary
Bringing together
businesses and
researchers from different
sectors.
Commercial
Introducing innovators to
public and private
funders and investors.
Strategic
Connecting people who
wouldn’t usually meet to
solve innovation
challenges.
Entrepreneurial
Linking people with new
ideas and technologies to
partners and customers.
The Knowledge Transfer NetworkConnecting people to accelerate innovation
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Clustered communities, groups and
business programmes
Focus is on bringing together groups that would not normally meet
Materials
Chemistry
Environmental
Services
Agri-Food
Biosciences
Health
ICT
Electronics, Sensors
& Phototonics
Defence & Security
Space
Built Environment
Transport
Energy
Creative Industries
Digital Economy
Design
Sustainability, H2020, International, Access to Finance, Design
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Engaging at a range of scales
• One-to-one
Academic researchers
Technology developers
End users
• Industry workshops
• Conference speaking/chairing
• Committee and steering group membership
• European project participation
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National and local
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One-to-one
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• Ex-Rolls Royce aerospace turbines engineer
• Micro-hydro from run-of-river
• High-efficiency, low complexity, easily repaired by a
village mechanic
• KTN helped Fern to apply for Newton Fund to
investigate scale-up and demonstrate in the field
(Brazilian Amazon)
Supporting a small Technology DeveloperFern Innovation
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• Dept of Chemistry, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Spin-out, Kanichi, develops new sensor technologies
• Detection of Arsenic in humans
• Contact established with NEERI, Nagpur
…and again
...and again
...
Spotting an opportunityLow-cost, rapid, accurate detection of Arsenic
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• Environment Agency level data
• Collected and archived
• NERC/Innovate UK competition
• Shoothill
• Twitter – called to NY
GaugemapUsing public data for public good
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— Rapid, low-cost, colorimetric detection of faecal
contamination in water
— Rainwater harvesting and decontamination systems
— Floating island biotic assemblages for cleaning
water bodies
…and some other examples
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Knowledge Transfer Partnership
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KTP Funding Partners
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Blackburn WWTWUnited Utilities, Lancaster University, Monsal
Enhanced Enzymic Hydrolysis
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Payment for Ecosystem ServicesA new approach to catchment management
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OPTIONS
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Influencing investment in innovationTechnology Roadmaps
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— http://www.newtonfund.ac.uk/about/about-
partnering-countries/India/
Newton-Bhabha Fund
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