Welcome to _connect

Welcome to _connect. This new platform, brought to you by the Technology Strategy Board, provides an effective and powerful way for you to collaborate online, network and share knowledge with other innovators.

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_connect is a place where open innovation happens, where you can work together securely, share information and knowledge. Utilise the online tools to work collaboratively or discuss your ideas and find events to meet with others from your community.

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The networks on _connect offer you up-to-the minute news on funding, events, articles and publications. You'll find all 15 Knowledge Transfer Networks on _connect plus other groups supporting space and FP7.

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Through the networks find potential business partners, entrepreneurs, collaborators, other innovators in your industry, researchers and academics.

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Featured network

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  Aerospace, Aviation & Defence Knowledge Transfer Network

  The Aerospace, Aviation & Defence Knowledge Transfer Network (AAD KTN) is a single overarching network spanning Government, Industry and Academia with the principal aim of promoting and enabling innovation in the UK.

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  ICT Knowledge Transfer Network

  Creating a competitive advantage for the UK by facilitating knowledge exchange on Information and Communications Technologies and accelerating innovation

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  Electronics, Sensors, Photonics Knowledge Transfer Network

  The ESP KTN is committed to reaching into new networks to make the best use of the knowledge in our sector, and find fresh contacts and routes for partnerships. We also foresee that our extensive reach will be useful to academics who will be increasingly required to show the potential impact of their research, and thus the ESP KTN will be improving its connections to the universities and Research Councils.

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  Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network

  The Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network (ESKTN) exists to promote a UK business led strategic response to this challenge.

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  HealthTech and Medicines Knowledge Transfer Network

  The HealthTech and Medicines KTN supports business innovation through partnerships, funding and knowledge transfer.

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  Materials Knowledge Transfer Network

  The Materials KTN is an overarching network of networks in Materials, set up to bring together the views of all in business, design, research and technology organisations, trade associations, the financial market, academia and others in the value network across the materials community.

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  Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer Network

  The MBE KTN encompasses design, build and ongoing management of man-made surroundings, such as large civic spaces, infrastructure, and personal space. It engages with different aspects of the supply chain, including architects, contractors, product suppliers, planners, academic and research groups.

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  Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network

  The Biosciences KTN vision is that the UK is a global leader in converting bioscience knowledge into innovative agricultural, food and industrial bioscience products and processes for the benefit of businesses, the economy, the environment and society.

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  Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network

  Chemistry Innovation KTN provides a national focus and stimulus to drive improved innovation performance across the UK chemistry-using industries.

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  Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network

  The Creative Industries KTN stimulates and encourages innovation in the creative industries, helping people to realise the potential of the creative industries to motivate lasting change.

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  Energy Generation and Supply Knowledge Transfer Network

  The mission of the Energy Generation and Supply Knowledge Transfer Network (EG&S KTN) is to create an integrated and dynamic network of business, technology, academic and policy stakeholders delivering strategic and effective knowledge exchange to advance the UK EG&S sector.

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  Financial Services Knowledge Transfer Network

  The Financial Services Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) harnesses cutting edge scientific research to support and protect innovation, competitiveness and market stability. Networking events bring together industry insight and scientific knowledge to identify major challenges and build multi-disciplinary teams to pursue research and development into products and processes.

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  Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network

  The mission of the Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN) is to encourage and support organisations to collaborate and share knowledge with key partners in attractive end user markets to achieve growth of the UK nanotechnology sector.

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  Transport Knowledge Transfer Network

  The mission of the Transport KTN is to assist the UK to innovate to achieve sustainable mobility of goods, people and services on road, rail and the sea, as an enabler of economic prosperity. It will do this by seeking out and enabling cross fertilisation and new synergies across existing supply chains and transport modes as well as seeking innovative business opportunities from greater intermodal integration.

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  FP7UK

  The network for information and support for organisations interested in Framework 7 and the UK National Contact Points. FP7UK exists to provide information and advice to help you achieve success in the latest European Framework Research and Development Programme.

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  Technology Strategy Board

  We take the lead in stimulating technological innovation that benefits businesses, increases economic prosperity and delivers a better quality of life. Innovation is essential to respond to the challenges of today and tomorrow. We are creating an environment in which bright ideas can form and thrive. We are the catalyst for UK innovation.

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  Space Special Interest Group

  The Space Special Interest Group (SIG) aims to connect the spectrum of space related activities across the Space Innovation and Growth Strategy (IGS) and existing Knowledge Transfers Networks (KTNs) as a way of fostering a Space community that spans Government, Industry and Academia.

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  Industrial Mathematics Knowledge Transfer Network

  The KTN for Industrial Mathematics aims to boost dramatically the innovation performance of UK businesses through the exploitation of mathematics. It is a national business-facing network that is supporting the work of the Technology Strategy Board in delivering and developing the UK's overarching Technology Strategy.