European Data Forum 2014 - Maurizio Pilu - CDE Catapult 21-03-2014

Catapult is a Technology Strategy Board programme

Building a connected digital economy

European Data ForumPioneers in data‐driven innovationAthens21 February 2014

Dr. Maurizio PiluPartnerships Director

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@Maurizio_Pilu @cdecatapult

A brief picture of activities in the UK


Many labels, same core: data 3

Data economy Smart cities

Info Economy Internet

Digital…..

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Innovating in the data economyA rich and diverse landscape in the UK

Information Economy StrategyTechnology Strategy BoardResearch Councils Data.gov.ukLondon Data StoreOpen Data InstituteConnected Digital Economy CatapultTuring Institute…..

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3 key UK Government strategies

Innovation EconomyResearch

Digital Strategy Information Economy


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Waves of data driven innovation 7

Open data

Personal Data

IoTEach wave adding opportunities for innovation and value into the digital economy

Gov data

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Some open data initiatives

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Open Data Institute

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London data store

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London data store … tangible results

Citymapper

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Some personal data initiatives

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Personal data held by companies

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Personal data held by government

Identity assurance programme to implement access to personal data held by government and personalized services

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Some Big Data initiatives

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Lots of investment in big data research by gmnt

£50m in bioinformatics£14m in local authorities big data£4.6m in environmental big data

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March 2014: Announcing Big Data Turing Institute

£42m (€50m)

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Some Internet of Things initiatives

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£24m Glasgow Future Cities Demonstrator


IoT ecosystem investment21

• £9m investment• A network of Internet of Things clusters

• Give open accessibility to IoT data

• Adoption of ‘information hubs’

• Interoperability between hubs

• A platform for collaboration

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Pushing data interoperability agenda in #iot

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Finally: a bit more about us

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3 key UK Government strategies

Innovation EconomyResearch

Digital Strategy Information Economy Strategy


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The Catapult networkS

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Connected Digital Economy Catapult 27

• UK-government backed RTO • Set up by the UK’s Innovation Agency

(Technology Strategy Board)• Non-for-profit, based in London• Focussed on “data value chain”• Centre with critical mass

• Overtime 100+ technologists• £10m p.a. of core investment from government


The data value chain – our ‘field of play' 28


Collaborate > Unlock > Accelerate29

• Collaborate with partners to …

• …develop a portfolio of openly accessible platforms & capabilities …

• …which unlocks clearly identified industry challenges in the data value chain

• … for the benefit of digital innovators


Catapult: Young but growing fast

• We’ve been operational for 9 months

• New thing in the UK landscape

• Huge appetite to work with us given our role + focus on testbed/demonstrators for the benefit of innovators

• Open to collaborations:• [email protected]

• Twitter: @Maurizio_Pilu & @cdecatapult

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mailto:[email protected]

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Catapult is a Technology Strategy Board programme

Thank you!

Dr. Maurizio PiluPartnerships DirectorCDE CatapultMaurizio dot Pilu at cde.catapult.org.uk@maurizio_pilu@cdecatapult