Connected Places Catapult
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The Connected Places Catapult is an innovation agency for cities, transport and place leadership. It is one of several Catapult centres.
History
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The organisation was formerly known as the Future Cities Catapult and also the Transport Systems Catapult, which were joined together on 1 April 2019. It works with Innovate UK, in Swindon (Wiltshire). A Deep Academic Alliance agreement was signed with UK universities in July 2018.[1]
Future Cities Catapult
[edit]The Future Cities Catapult opened in London in 2013, to develop smart cities. Its first chairman was Sir David King, a professor of physical chemistry who was previously the government's Chief Scientific Adviser.[2]
Transport Systems Catapult
[edit]The Transport Systems Catapult opened in June 2014 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, directly west of Witan Gate House. The TSC worked with Wayra UK.
Sites
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A site at the University of Leeds[3] (at a new innovation centre that opened in 2018) opened in May 2019. A site at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow is at Innovo, next to the University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre, and west of the High Street railway station.
Projects
[edit]The organisation researches intelligent transportation systems and automated driving systems.
References
[edit]- ^ "New agreement on smart transport research signed at Nottingham". The University of Nottingham. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Multi-million pound future cities catapult to be hosted in London". GOV.UK. Department for Business, Innovation & Skills. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Nexus Leeds – a community for innovators and entrepreneurs". Nexus. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Future Cities Catapult Archived 3 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- Transport Systems Catapult
- Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles – Department for Transport and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- 2019 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Automotive industry in the United Kingdom
- Catapult centres
- Clerkenwell
- College and university associations and consortia in the United Kingdom
- Government agencies established in 2019
- Organisations based in Milton Keynes
- Organisations based in the London Borough of Islington
- Science and technology in Buckinghamshire
- Science and technology in Glasgow
- Science and technology in West Yorkshire
- Transport in the London Borough of Islington
- Transport organisations based in the United Kingdom
- Transport research organizations
- University of Leeds
- University of Strathclyde