22 June 2023, 09:00-17:30 – hybrid event
Urban Innovation Centre, 1 Sekforde Street, London EC1R 0BE
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We're excited to announce the first Connected Digital Twins Summit on Thursday 22 June 2023, 09:00-17:30, and hope you can join us!
The Digital Twin Hub and Connected Places Catapult are hosting a one-day interactive event to showcase the latest cross-industry business applications for connected digital twins.
The hybrid event will be held at Connected Places Catapult’s Urban Innovation Centre in London and features VIP keynotes, a panel discussion, the Gemini Call live, working groups, demo's and showcase of digital twin innovation from the Catapult Network.
The Connected Digital Twins Summit brings together policy makers, asset owners, solution providers, academics and investors to:
Learn about the latest outputs and tools to enable collaboration across industries
Explore applications of digital twin technology across multiple sectors
Share views on overcoming barriers to connecting digital twins
Discover how to assess ROI and empower business decisions
Network with Digital Twin Hub community members to spark new ideas and business opportunities.
The event will also introduce the DfT Transport and Innovation Board Programme and present a showcase of SME-led use cases for digital twins.
AGENDA
How can connected digital twins address industry challenges?
Led by Digital Twin Hub Chair, Dr Alison Vincent, this session features connected digital twin projects underway across the UK, with a panel discussion on how to overcome the barriers to connecting digital twins and a special Gemini Call Live with Arup’s Simon Evans.
09:30 – 10:25 Morning Welcome and VIP Keynote Addresses including Why Connect Digital Twins? (Alison Vincent, Chair, DT Hub; Paul Wilson, Chief Business Officer, Connected Places Catapult)
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:25 Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Challenges for Industry: Landscape review (Simon Hart, Head of Digital Twins and Cyberphysical Infrastructure, Innovate UK)
11:30 – 11:55 Panel: Overcoming Barriers to Connecting Digital Twins (Chaired by Justin Anderson, Director of the Digital Twin Hub, Connected Places Catapult)
12:00 – 12:25 Panel: Digital Twin Financing (Chaired by Mark Coates, International Director of Public Policy, Bentley Systems)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Gemini Call Live (Hosted by Simon Evans, Global Digital Energy Leader, Arup)
15:05 – 15:30 To be announced soon
15:30 – 16:00 Break
16:00 – 16:20 Climate Resilience Demonstrator (Sarah Hayes, Engagement Lead, CReDo)
16:20 – 16:40 To be announced soon
16:40 – 17:00 To be announced soon
17:00 – 17:10 Wrap Up and Final Words (Alison Vincent, Chair, DT Hub and Justin Anderson, Director of Digital Twins, Connected Places Catapult)
How is the UK championing innovation in connected digital twins?
Digital twin research and development and the journey towards a cyber-physical infrastructure. This session features key projects and programmes across the Catapult Network and how they will change the industrial and economic landscape.
11:00 – 11:45 Transport Research and Innovation Board Programme: Overview and SME use cases (Connected Places Catapult, Department for Transport and SMEs)
11:50 – 12:25 Digital Operations and Maintenance Environment (DOME) for Offshore Wind (Ben George, General Manager, Humber, Offshore and Renewable Energy Catapult)
12:30 – 13:25 Lunch
13:30 – 14:05 To be announced soon
14:10 – 14:40 Digital Strategic Road Network (Paul Bate, Director of Modelling and Appraisal, Connected Places Catapult)
14:45 – 15:20 To be announced soon
15:30 – 16:00 Break
16:00 – 16:55 To be announced soon
How our community is coming together to enable connected digital twins
Interactive Training/Working Group Sessions
Understand key issues, open standards and more through hands-on working groups with members of the Digital Twin Hub Strategic Board and guests. These sessions focus on specific areas of interest as identified by the Digital Twin Hub community.
11:00 – 11:25 Stimulating Innovation in Digital Twins through R&D Funding (Mark Gasgarth, Head of Digital Security and Resilience, EPSRC and DT Hub Advisory Group)
11:30 – 11:55 DT Hub Working Group: Governance Model and Trust (DT Hub Strategic Board and guests)
12:00 – 12:25 DT Hub Working Group: Open Standards and Interoperability (DT Hub Strategic Board and guests)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 DT Hub Working Group: Digital Skills and Building Capability (DT Hub Strategic Board and guests)
14:10 – 15:25 Interactive Training Session
15:30 – 16:00 Break
16:00 – 16:30 DT Hub Working Group: Business Case and Demonstrating Value (DT Hub Strategic Board and guests)
16:35-16:55 DT Hub: Driving Community Value (Justin Anderson, Director of the Digital Twin Hub, Connected Places Catapult)
On-site guests will experience digital twins and connected systems in action using latest interactive Igloo technology, and will be able to explore digital twin technologies, systems and solutions in our exhibition space.
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Interested in supporting our event? Read our Commercial Partnerships brochure below
The Connected Digital Twins Summit is held as part of the UK's first Digital Twin Week in conjunction with UK:Digital Twin.
Connected Digital Twins Summit_Commercial Partnerships Brochure (5).pdf
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Announcement
The government has published its response to the Cyber-Physical Infrastructure consultation, which explored the opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing interconnection of the cyber-physical systems, such as robotics and digital twins.
The response sets out how the UK could lead in the development of Cyber-Physical Infrastructure through its strength in cyber-physical systems and the leading role of innovators in the private sector, industry and academia, who will ultimately build CPI.
As part of this, the government is launching a £200,000 grant funding competition for an organisation or consortium to build a Cyber-Physical Infrastructure ecosystem capability to help advance the agenda and stimulate a diverse UK ecosystem. For more information and how to apply, see here.
Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Consultation response
The 2022 Cyber-Physical Infrastructure consultation response been published. It shows a strong endorsement for the Cyber-Physical Infrastructure agenda set out and outlines how the UK can lead in convergence of cyber-physical systems.
Read it on the DT Hub.
Read the UKRI blog on How we created cyber-physical infrastructure to catalyse innovation by Simon Hart, Head of Cyber-Physical and Digital Twins, Innovate UK
We're pleased to share the full recording of the Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) showcase event hosted at Connected Places Catapult on 7 March 2023.
Learn more about CReDo: https://digitaltwinhub.co.uk/credo/credo/
Get involved in our next phase: https://digitaltwinhub.co.uk/credo/taking-action/
Contact us: credo@cp.catapult.org.uk
The Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) team and project partners have launched a new film to show how a novel approach to cross-sector datasharing in a connected digital twin is key to safeguarding critical infrastructure as we tackle the effects of climate change.
CReDo is combining datasets from Anglian Water, BT and UK Power Networks into one system model to develop a cross-sector picture of impact of extreme weather events. It uses a distributed architecture to share data and insights across sectoral and organisational boundaries, demonstrating how we can safely collaborate on a national network of connected digital twins to create resilient infrastructure.
The UK’s critical national infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather and other effects of climate change, such as sea level rises. Major power outages, landslides onto roads, buckling train lines and flooding of infrastructure sites: these are all realistic scenarios, and can lead to cascading risks affecting other sectors. Different infrastructure sectors are highly interdependent, so the shutdown of one operator may cause knock-on effects for multiple sectors.
“Asset owners really need to know who they are dependent on – it’s crucial both for the integrity of assets but also for the service you give your customers. Understanding the risks in advance and how we can mitigate them is key.” Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge
The new film features Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge and Chair of the Adaptation Committee, along with David Riley, Head of Carbon Neutrality at Anglian Water, Paul O’Brien, Director of AI, Cybersecurity and Operations at BT and Barry Hatton, Director, Asset Management at UK Power Networks.
It shows how infrastructure owners can share information in a safe and secure way, allowing visibility of those aspects that help everyone to understand dependencies and make better decisions.
CReDo has been designed so that it can be extensible to other asset owners, new sectors, wider geographic regions and a range of extreme weather events. The wider benefit is that it improves overall resilience. Barry Hatton, UK Power Networks
The film, produced by Econ Films London, premiered at the CReDo showcase event on Tuesday 7 March 2023.
About CReDo
The CReDo project launched in November 2021 to create a proof-of-concept connected digital twin using shared data. The scenario was a severe storm causing surface water flooding across the energy, water and telecoms networks in a specific area. The CReDo digital twin looked at interdependencies across the infrastructure system and modelled when assets failed due to high water levels. It propagated knock-on failures through the combined system. The impact on primary and secondary assets and the cascade of resulting failures were captured in an interactive visualisation.
Phase two of the work is maturing the system into a working prototype that is scalable and extensible to new asset owners, larger geographical areas and new climate scenarios. It is using a distributed data architecture to maximise the data retained under an individual asset owner’s private systems and security. This opens the door for future collaboration with other digital and data initiatives, the co-development of standards and solutions and ultimately, connected intelligence through an interoperable digital ecosystem.
22 June 2023, 09:00-17:30 – hybrid event
Urban Innovation Centre, 1 Sekforde Street, London EC1R 0BE
UK and international Digital Twin Hub community members will convene to explore the latest cross-industry, business applications of digital twins that are creating impact and ROI.
Join 350+ senior-level policymakers, corporate asset owners, solution providers, academics, and investors to experience live demonstrations and interactive showcases, and gain access to new tools to enable business decisions.
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Partnership opportunities
Please see our Connected Digital Twin Summit Commercial Partnership brochure below:
Connected Digital Twins Summit_Commercial Partnerships Brochure.pdf
The DT Hub is at this year's Futurebuild exhibition at the ExCel, London - come and find us on the Digital Stage! 13:30-14:15, Thursday 9 March 2023
Closing the gap between design and reality
Our exciting panel topic Digital twins... fake news for net zero features DT Hub Strategic Board members Melissa Zanocco, Mark Enzer and Simon Evans in lively discussion with Henry Fenby-Taylor about the practicalities of turning design ideas into reality, and the future impact of digital twins in the race to net zero.
The DT Hub is proud to present the best of the best when it comes to digital twins. This panel of industry experts will cover what we all want to know - whether digital twins are the answer and the significance of connected digital twins, community focused systems solutions, the circular economy and more.
We're also delighted to announce that 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘁'𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗵 will be the host of the 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 on the day.
Find out more about our speakers and attend the session.
Look out too for Digital Twin Hub representatives at Futurebuild
Bola Abisogun, DT Hub Advisory Group, speaking on 7/3 at 10:30-11:15
Emilia Cardamone, DT Hub Advisory Group, speaking on 7/3 at 16:30-17:15
Dan Rossiter, DT Hub Community Council, speaking on 8/3 at 16:30-17:15
Sarah Hayes, CReDo speaking on 8/3 at 14:30
About Futurebuild
Better future for the built environment. As the industry’s premier event, Futurebuild provides the stage for inspiring ideas, innovative solutions and knowledge sharing to drive sustainable construction and help us reach our goal of net zero. The exhibition brings together the entire supply chain to showcase, debate and understand the advancements in sustainable construction and the emerging technologies that will make net zero possible. Futurebuild is about driving positive change. Click here to learn more about Futurebuild.
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The DT Hub is a Futurebuild partner for 2023.
Showcasing the Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo)
The Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) team recently welcomed the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy report Readiness for storms ahead? Critical national infrastructure in an age of climate change where the project was noted for its work looking at the impact of flooding on energy, water and telecoms networks. CReDo is combining datasets from Anglian Water, BT and UK Power Networks into one ‘system model’ to develop a cross-sector picture of extreme weather events on the infrastructure system. In bringing together data and insights across sectorial and organisational boundaries, the project shows how we can collaborate on a national network of connected digital twins to create resilient infrastructure. After a successful first phase, the CReDo team can't wait to take you through the latest activities and achievements.
Don't miss the CReDo Phase 2 webinar!
We would be delighted if you could join us online for the CReDo webinar Showcasing the Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) – Increasing climate resilience through cross-sector data sharing in a connected digital twin on Tuesday 7 March 2023 from 10:00-12:00.
This event runs in place of the usual Digital Twin Hub Gemini Call.
Digital twins and data sharing initiatives can face many challenges. We will be looking at:
How to break down data siloes for cross-sector data sharing and bring the data together in a way that is scalable and extensible to other organisations, sectors and regions
How to unlock the strategic use case for planning and investment in climate resilient infrastructure.
We'll also be running a live demo of the latest version of CReDo and showing clips of the new film. The CReDo team will be ready to answer your questions.
NEW Event programme
𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀, Arup and DT Hub Strategic Board
𝘊𝘙𝘦𝘋𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝟤 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺: 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘀 and 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻, CReDo (Connected Places Catapult)
𝘊𝘙𝘦𝘋𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴: 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗦𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻, Frontier Economics; 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘂, CReDo (Connected Places Catapult)
𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝗝𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝗸𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗱, CMCL Innovations
𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘘&𝘈: moderated by 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀, with 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, Milestone Infrastructure; 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗹 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻, Northumbrian Water; 𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹, National Infrastructure Commission; 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘆𝗻𝗲, Anglian Water; 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗯, UK Power Networks; 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗞𝗿𝘂𝗴, BT/Openreach; 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗸𝗶 𝗩𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗷𝗸, Mott MacDonald
𝘊𝘙𝘦𝘋𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴: 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀, Connected Places Catapult
𝘊𝘙𝘦𝘋𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘘&𝘈: moderated by 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀, with 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘂 and 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻, CReDo (Connected Places Catapult); plus 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗦𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻, Frontier Economics; 𝗝𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝗸𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗱, CMCL Innovations; 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀, Connected Places Catapult
𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴: 𝗬𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻, Connected Places Catapult
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Everything you need to know about the DT Hub and its community in an easy download.
New for the DT Hub in 2023 is our overview brochure, highlighting our work as a community to date, our priorities and objectives, key projects and initiatives, and the impact we make collaboratively.
We hope you will use the brochure to share our vision with colleagues and industry contacts.
“Digital twins and connected digital twins will equip us against global systemic challenges including pandemics, climate change and resilience. They make investment sense for societies, industries and governments as we move towards the vision of a cyber physical future, and their impact on our economies will be huge. The need for connected digital twins to meet the challenges of this changing world has never been greater and the Digital Twin Hub is leading the way."
Dr Alison Vincent, Chair, Digital Twin Hub
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A new knowledge transfer partnership will see Hadean access specialist support from the Catapult via a dedicated knowledge transfer associate.
Award winning metaverse startup Hadean, and Connected Places Catapult, the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership, have been awarded a UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) grant to create a new offering in the transportation sector.
The two-year long project will aim to develop a traffic simulation digital twin that can scale to a large number of entities (cars, standard HGVs, eHGVs, charging points, electric overhead cables), replicate motorways and highways in the UK and study the optimal locations for e-Highways.
Using historical data and Hadean’s cloud computing platform, the 3D environment will also help assess how e-Highways affect the flow of traffic and how infrastructure needs to be built to support them.
This will enable a greater alignment between Hadean’s computing technology and the modelling capability and permit extensive and complex road networks to be modelled, stress-tested, and subjected to "what-if?" analyses. Challenges around scale of simulation, spatial computation, complexity and extent of exploration will be addressed using technologies Hadean has developed for connecting and scaling virtual worlds for metaverse, gaming, and defence.
Connected Places Catapult will provide technical support and guidance to Hadean via a specialist knowledge transfer associate, who will act as a liaison between the Catapult’s experts and the product team at Hadean. Specifically, the Catapult will advise on transport modelling and digital twin applications, supporting Hadean to develop mathematical and agent-based simulation models for road transportation. The Catapult team will also help Hadean overcome challenges around the acquisition and use of relevant data in the development of digital twins.
The grant demonstrates a growing interest in the public and private transportation sectors for scalable, agent-based models that can boost the development of modern, eco-friendly transportation.
“We are excited to be collaborating with Hadean to bring Connected Places Catapult’s knowledge base to bear to support their digital twin challenge. The Catapult’s unique expertise, boosted by the transfer of the Centre for Digital Twin Hub (previously hosted by University of Cambridge) to the Catapult in April 2021, is uniquely positioned to support Hadean in creating create a new offering in the transportation sector, a wholly owned e-Highways simulation digital twin.” Alexander Weedon, Executive Director of SME Development and Academic Engagement at Connected Places Catapult
“Although e-Highways are being tested in California, Germany and the UK, domain-specific expertise of how, where and under what conditions these can be deployed is currently limited. We are excited to take our first step in the transportation industry, alongside our Knowledge Transfer Partners at the Catapult, to leverage the near-unlimited computational capacity of the cloud and develop a cutting-edge decision support tool to help consultancies and government agencies plan the highways of the future. We also believe that such capabilities will have important synergies with creating a category of metaverse worlds which may require the simulating and understanding of real-world and simulated scenario-based traffic patterns and behaviours, as well as exploring hypotheticals and “what-if?” questions around infrastructure design.” Chris Arthurs, VP of Innovation, Hadean
"Connected Places Catapult is delighted to be working with Hadean Supercomputing on this exciting project. Real world testing is extraordinarily expensive and the opportunity to work with Hadean to develop digital twins which can model e-highways in a virtual world at a fraction of the cost is both valuable and a real learning opportunity for both organisations." Alisdair Ritchie, Head of the SME Development Team, Connected Places Catapult
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Friday 27 January, 15:30-16:00 GMT
The Digital Twin Hub and Connected Places Catapult is presenting a 30-minute virtual panel discussion into the intricacies and the financial challenges and opportunities that accompany digital twins creation and implementation. The panel will be hosted by digital twin enthusiast Henry Fenby-Taylor, joined by DT Hub Strategic Board members Mark Coates, of Bentley Systems, and Paul Lam, of TuSimple.
Speakers:
Host – Henry Fenby-Taylor, Creator of Digital Twin Fan Club podcast
Mark Coates, International Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at Bentley Systems
Paul Lam, Director, Corporate Development & Strategy at Tu Simple
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Five-minute survey
Connected Places Catapult is conducting a survey to better understand the priorities of different organisations in relation to the creation of ecosystems of connected digital twins across the transport sector. Focusing on the current receptiveness towards capacity to federate, we are seeking to understand the areas to be addressed and the actions required to enable federation.
We are looking for individuals from the transport sector (or working with systems influenced by this sector, for example, energy) who are currently working on digital twins, shadows, models.
This survey takes 5 minutes to complete and input will be kept anonymised. Closing date: 24 January 2023.
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Background
The Transport Research and Innovation Board (https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/transport-research-and-innovation-board) has identified that there is a need for research and development funding to enable the UK to develop digital twinning capability for transport. Digital twins have potential to revolutionise the real-time monitoring of systems, simulation, optimisation and accurate forecasting and could play a key role in transitioning to net zero, improving user experience, increasing resiliency, furthering safety, and accelerating innovation.
This questionnaire looks to capture input from the community to understand the priorities for different organisations regarding ecosystems of connected digital twins (for example a federated network of digital twins). The questions have been informed by stakeholder interviews conducted in December 2022.
The survey will help inform the future vision and roadmap for ecosystems of connected digital twins in transport.
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Funding opportunity to develop use cases to solve the UK’s transport challenges using digital twins. Use cases should be for the benefit of users/passengers - the environment, or the economy to revolutionise the UK's transport system.
🔔 Applications close on Friday 30 December at 23:59pm 🔔
We are looking for innovative SMEs to identify transport system challenges and propose solutions using ‘digital shadows’ and/or ‘digital twins’ for enhanced decision making. These use cases will feed into and support the development of a vision and roadmap for digital twins.
Use cases should aim to improve transport for the user, reduce environmental impacts of transport, or support levelling up of the UK economy.
Up to ten SMEs will each be granted up to £6,000 to develop digital twin use cases that help to solve UK transport decarbonisation challenges.
Responses should describe the potential impact of proposed use case ideas.
Definitions of digital shadows and digital twins (figure 5) alongside further Information about digital Innovation can be found in the BEIS document: Enabling a national Cyber-Physical Infrastructure to catalyse innovation: consultation.
Who is it for?
SMEs with a UK registered office, interested in exploring the use of digital twins to address UK transport decarbonisation challenges and to contribute to shaping the future of connected digital twins in the UK transport system.
What are the challenge areas?
Use cases should be focused around at least one of the following three themes:
Improving transport for the user
Reducing the environmental impact of transport and moving towards decarbonisation
Levelling up the UK economy
Use cases should also apply to one or more of the following transport modes:
Aviation
Maritime
Rail
Road
Why Apply?
Receive funding to further develop a transport digital twin use case
Engage with the UK’s Transport Research and Innovation Board (TRIB) to refine the transport use cases
Contribute to and inform the vision and roadmap for connected digital twins in the transport sector
Opportunities to raise awareness of proposed solutions
How will the competition work?
Applications will be received by Friday 30 December at 23:59pm.
Successful applications at the first stage will be interviewed on either the 18, 19 or 20 January 2023.
Successful projects will then be issued an offer letter before the end of January for projects to begin in February 2023.
SMEs will be funded up to £6000 during February 2023 to develop their transport digital twin use case with input from challenge owners, who will support the writeup of the use cases.
Challenge owners will be brought into the project once the scope of the responses have been confirmed.
Eligibility
Open to Small to Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) with a UK registered office. An SME is any organisation that has fewer than 250 employees and a turnover of less than €50 million or a balance sheet total less than €43 million.
Key Dates
Competition opens – 9 December
Competition deadline – 30 December (23:59)
Final funding decisions – 24 January
Interviews – 18, 19, and 20 January 2023
Offer letters issued – End of January 2023
Projects start – Beginning of February 2023
Project complete – End of March 2023
Get in contact
For any queries please get in touch by emailing at: innovation_funding@cp.catapult.org.uk
How to apply?
Complete the application form to apply for this opportunity. You can also download the Application Guidance and FAQ document to help with your application.
To apply via the Connected Places Catapult website, click here.
The climate emergency is here now, and collaboration through connected digital twins is key to tackling climate change.
The recently published JCNSS report points to work underway on digital twins to model climate-related infrastructure interdependencies. As an example it gives the government funded Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) project which is looking at the impact of flooding on energy, water and telecoms networks.
CReDo is combining datasets from Anglian Water, BT and UK Power Networks into one “system model” to develop a “cross-sector picture of impact of extreme weather events on the infrastructure system”. Using data and insights across sectoral and organisational boundaries, we can collaborate on a national network of connected digital twins to create a resilient infrastructure.
Chair of the Joint Committee, Dame Margaret Beckett MP, said:
“Storm Arwen showed how quickly the effects of a power shutdown can impact on other sectors. People were left without any access to their landline phones after the storms, and unable even to call emergency services in areas with a poor mobile signal. These cascading crises are a major danger to the functioning of the UK economy, and to society – that is why this is a serious risk to national security."
The UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) is vulnerable to extreme weather and other effects of climate change, such as sea level rises. Major power outages, landslides onto roads, buckling train lines and flooding of infrastructure sites: these are all realistic scenarios, and can lead to ‘cascading’ risks affecting other CNI sectors. Different infrastructure sectors are highly interdependent, so the shutdown of one CNI operator may cause knock-on effects on multiple other sectors.
We need to ready ourselves and adapt to the climate emergency, and although we can’t stop it as we would want to, we can use technology and specifically connected digital twins to mitigate the impact of such natural disasters.
Read the JCNSS report and find out why the CreDo project is so important.
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The Gemini Papers set the vision for the future, showing the vital role that connected digital twins play in improving social, economic, and environmental outcomes.
The Gemini Papers: Summary Paper contains insight from Dame Wendy Hall, Professor Andy Neely, Alexandra Bolton and Mark Enzer and tells you everything you need to know and what must happen next, in three parts:
• What are connected digital twins? • Why connected digital twins? • How to enable an ecosystem of connected digital twins?
The Summary Paper highlights the team responsible for the Gemini Papers and lists the key documents that helped in informing their creation.
Read all the Gemini Papers here.
The Global BIM Network primary event, the General Assembly, takes place online on 1 December 2022.
The Global BIM Network will bring together members of the global public sector at its Annual General Assembly, to foster a more productive and collaborative global digital construction sector that delivers benefits for people and places.
During the event we will be providing attendees with a preview of the Network’s forthcoming Digital Transformation Playbook for Public Sector Construction. The session will answer the following questions:
◼️ Who is the Digital Transformation Playbook for? ◼️ What states of digital transformation does it address? ◼️ What questions about digital transformation does it answer? ◼️ How can it be used to improve public sector capacity for digital transformation?
You will also hear about the Network’s progress to date, as well as hearing presentations from the Network who will be providing case studies on the digital transformation in their home countries.
Public sector The Annual General Assembly is for public sector representatives interested in the digital transformation of public sector construction, including from national and sub-national levels, policy, change program staff and infrastructure owners and procurers.
Register for the General Assembly here
About us
The Global BIM Network brings together members of the global public sector, non-governmental organisations and multi-lateral institutions, to foster a more productive and collaborative global digital construction sector that delivers benefits for people and places. The network is free to join and will provide access to knowledge and the opportunity to exchange information with peers from across globe.
Global BIM Network General Assembly 2022 Flyer.pdf
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ISO/IEC 30173 is open for public comment. https://lnkd.in/eeRbjWFv
Digital Twin is not a new idea. Twinning has been used in aerospace for over 50 years, but widespread advances in digitalization have enabled the concept to spread and now many more sectors are new and potential adopters.
The purpose of this standard is to provide: a common basis for understanding the concept and composition of a digital twin; an overview of its life cycle in relation to the entity it represents; and a basis for the development of other standards on digital twin.
Click here to review and comment by - deadline extended to 18 November 2022. https://lnkd.in/eeRbjWFv
We are pleased to announce that Computational Modelling Cambridge Ltd (CMCL) will be the development partner for the team of collaborators developing the Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) – a connected digital twin demonstrator across the critical infrastructure network to build climate resilience. CMCL will use semantic knowledge graph technology to help build core functionality to support cross-sector data sharing, system-wide impact modelling and decision support.
Dr Amit Bhave, CEO at CMCL, said:
“Given the growing interest and attention towards data sharing and connected digital twins, we are thrilled to be selected for this highly competitive opportunity to contribute to the next phase of CReDo. The programme is strongly aligned with CMCL’s strategic priority of enabling cross-sector interoperability.”
The CReDo team is also pleased to continue its work with the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), through the Hartree Centre and the Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI), who will provide the project with crucial data and cyber security expertise and provide secure hosting for the system. We hope to confirm the complete team soon.
The contracts signify the start of a new six-month work programme for CReDo and infrastructure collaborators Anglian Water, UK Power Networks and BT, in combining data and insights across sectoral and organisational boundaries – to improve coordination of operational and investment decisions, mitigate the effect of flooding on network performance, and ensure reliable service delivery to customers.
CReDo looks specifically at the impact of flooding caused by climate change on energy, water and telecoms networks, but its longer-term aim is to capture new sectors to realise an integrated infrastructure innovation ecosystem that delivers an even greater level of resilience.
Professor Kate Royse, Director, STFC Hartree Centre said:
“Trying to predict and mitigate the effects of climate change when you can only see a small part of the bigger picture is almost impossible therefore connected data is the key to building climate resilience. We’re excited to be continuing our collaboration with the network of CReDo partners by providing our data science expertise to explore how to work across sectors and systems to address climate change challenges.”
STFC Scientific Computing’s Dr Brian Matthews, who leads DAFNI, said:
“I am delighted to continue to work with the innovative CReDo partnership. Using the secure collaboration space that DAFNI provides, the CReDo partners can work together and share data safely, and so explore the impact of floods on our vital utility networks. This digital twin will help partners to provide rapid responses to emergencies and inform planning decisions, and so it will enhance the resilience of our society as we face the challenges of extreme weather as a result of climate change.”
The first phase of CReDo was funded by a collaboration between UKRI, Connected Places Catapult and the Centre for Digital Built Britain. Connected Places Catapult has taken over as lead organisation for this next stage of development.
Learn more about CReDo
UPDATE FROM THE LIVE LAUNCH
Watch the recording of the event at the IET
To establish the Apollo Protocol Forum, a series of themed live sessions or hacks will take place across the UK.
Value Hack, 17 November, Sheffield
Performance Hack, 12 December, Coventry
Circularity Hack, 19 January, Birmingham
Human Capital Hack, 9 February, London
More details to follow - join the Apollo Protocol Network to stay in touch.
The team behind the Apollo Protocol white paper, which calls for a common language across digital twins, will reveal details of how it will begin to set up the Apollo Forum at a live streamed launch on 25 October 2022.
Since its launch last month, the Apollo Protocol has attracted critical acclaim and enthusiasm from the digital twin community in manufacturing, construction and the built environment, and the technology sector. Downloads of the white paper proposing the cross-sector approach to digital twins have exceeded expectations, and a Network for participants has been set up on the Digital Twin Hub.
At the live launch, the team behind the initiative will give details of how the Apollo Forum will begin its work. Currently, the manufacturing and built environment sectors are developing digital twins separately using different language and business models, yet many of our challenges, such as net zero and economic sustainability, require sectors to work together.
The white paper, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and supported by a wide range of leading organisations, sets out a proposal to unlock the benefits of digital twins between the built environment and manufacturing sectors. It argues for the establishment of the Apollo Forum to explore four key themes:
1. A single value chain for information and data services and requirements
2. Circular supply chains between the sectors
3. Optimised performance through technology enabled information sharing, and
4. Managed human capital and resources between the sectors.
The Forum will be established by practical cross-sector events where manufacturers and asset owners can articulate their data needs or technology offerings to map out the beginnings of a unified value chain, exploring solutions and unblocking practical barriers. The work will be supported through Innovate UK to develop the UK’s capability in Cyber Physical Infrastructure.
Neil Thompson, Digital Manufacturing and Performance Lead at the Construction Leadership Council and IET Built Environment Panel Chair explained, “The data needs of manufacturers and asset owners across our sectors are hampered by a lack of collaboration and language barriers. The Apollo Forum events will enable us to map out those needs, identify technical and other support and ultimately develop valuable cross-sector solutions for the participants. Along the way we will begin to identify how to write the Apollo Protocol, but we will achieve it by taking practical steps to solving real life problems.”
Asset owners, manufacturers and others interested in overcoming barriers to cross-sector collaboration are invited to learn more about how they can take part in a series of Apollo Forum events by joining the live stream at 3.30pm on Tuesday 25 October 2022. Watch the recording of this event
Download the white paper.
The Apollo Protocol represents the combined efforts of the IET, The Construction Leadership Council (CLC), The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), The High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult, the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), The Construction Innovation Hub, the Digital Twin Hub, techUK and The Alan Turing Institute. The project has the support of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and Innovate UK.
Leading institutions working with digital twins in the manufacturing, tech and built environment sectors have published a paper arguing for a common strategic language and direction and setting out how this could be achieved.
Download the paper here
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The manufacturing and built environment sectors are developing digital twins separately using different language and business models, yet many of our challenges, such as net zero, are common and require us to work together. The Apollo Protocol will create a common framework for developing digital twins so that each sector can unlock their potential and deliver on strategic goals and wider government initiatives.
One of the principal initiatives being developed across industry and supported by government is digital twins1. In simple terms, a digital twin is a virtual representation that serves as the real-time digital counterpart of a physical object or process. Digital twins offer benefits in a wide range of applications, and as a result, many industries are developing standards and definitions.
The paper argues for the creation of the Apollo Forum to explore four key themes which the manufacturing and built environment sectors share, developing solutions and encouraging cross-sector learning. The forum will then produce the Apollo Protocol, a framework to enable communication across sectors for people working on digital twins.
The forum will operate under collaborative principles, working with other initiatives under vendor-neutral governance and openness. Learnings from the forum will be available for use in any cross-sector initiative.
The focus of the paper is:
connecting the manufacturing and built environment sectors, although is applicable between any two sectors (rather than generally promoting digital twins)
on practical application not theory – creating a space where practical learning can be done between digital twin users and enthusiasts of different sectors, and practical solutions can be developed
open collaborative working and publishing
the paper describes how DTs are developing and suggestions to work together to fulfil wider policy objectives eg decarbonisation requires upstream value chain.
It argues for the creation of the Apollo Forum to explore four key themes which the manufacturing and built environment sectors share, developing solutions and encouraging cross-sector learning.
A unified cross sector approach to digital twins will enable the manufacturing and built environment sectors to learn from each other’s experience and work towards:
A single value chain for information and data services and requirements, enabling a new paradigm for policy makers responsible across the lifecycle of product life cycles
Circular supply chains through the alignment of standards and processes, turning the built environment sector's waste and latent material into a resource for the manufacturing sector through effective, integrated digitisation
Optimised performance throughout the product lifecycle, enabled through robust and interoperable data with technology enabled information sharing
Managed human capital between the sectors to ensure resources are optimally utilised and have the right learning and reskilling environments for achieving the above themes.
The paper, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, is a collaboration between and was authored by representatives from:
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Built Environment Panel
Construction Leadership Council (CLC)
University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)
Digital Twin Hub (supported by the Connected Places Catapult)
Cambridge Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB)
High Value Manufacturing Catapult
techUK, the digital technology trade association
The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence
IBM Consulting
Atkins Global (facilitation)
Just Practising Limited (project management)
In addition, the paper has been endorsed by:
· Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
[1] Recent documents outlining the progression in each of the three sectors: The Gemini Principles, Cambridge Centre for Digital Built Britain, 2018 https://www.cdbb.cam.ac.uk/news/2018GeminiPrinciples
Digital twins for the built environment, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2019 https://www.theiet.org/impact-society/sectors/built-environment/built-environment-news/2019-news/digital-twins-for-the-built-environment/
Our vision for the built environment, Construction Innovation Hub, 2021 https://constructioninnovationhub.org.uk/news/vision-for-the-built-environment/
Untangling the requirements of a digital twin, HVMC/AMRC, 2021 https://www.amrc.co.uk/pages/digital-twin-report
Unlocking value across the UK’s digital twin ecosystem, techUK, 2021 https://www.techuk.org/resource/techuk-launches-landmark-report-on-the-future-of-the-uk-s-digital-twin-ecosystem.html
Download the paper here
The Apollo Protocol was one of the topics at the Gemini Call on Tuesday 20 September 2022. Become a member of the DT Hub and join the Gemini Call Network to access the slide deck.
Digital twins have long been spoken about as one of the key solutions benefiting from the increased digitalisation of systems, empowering their users with the information and insights they need to make more informed decisions.
The Energy System Digital Twin Demonstrator Project led by the Energy Systems Catapult explored the feasibility of creating a digital twin of the energy system, which would be able to provide in-depth analytical information on the system, while also being easy to interact with for both technical and non-technical users.
To decarbonise the energy system by the year 2050, it is crucial that decision-makers are equipped with the insights they need to ensure their decisions are effective and influential.
The challenge of providing relevant and timely information is compounded by the increasing decentralisation of the energy system, with more assets interacting with it now than ever before. These assets are increasingly under the control and monitoring of digital systems, making available valuable streams of data on the real-time status of the system. This enables decision making relating to the longer-term strategic decarbonisation policy environment.
Key points
The Energy System Digital Twin Demonstrator Project produced two demonstrators to begin to paint a picture of how digital twins could be used to support decision-making within the energy sector. An analytical version for technical users, and the visual element of twinning for non-technical decision-makers, to give the assurance needed that the modelling makes sense.
These two aspects have been addressed by creating two proof-of-concept digital models, one focused on visual presentation and one on technical functionality. The visual presentation vividly shows the impact that policy decisions are likely to have on the decarbonisation of domestic properties. The demonstrators show illustrative values for metrics related to the UK’s decarbonisation activities, representing the effects of policies as changes to uptake and usage of energy-related technology types, at both a household and a national level, while also giving the user the ability to ‘travel’ backwards and forwards in time, to see changes in the energy system play out in front of their eyes.
1. The Visual Demonstrator was developed in a collaboration between Energy Systems Catapult, The Alan Turing Institute and CityScape Digital, and provides compelling and accessible visualisations of outputs from the BEIS National Buildings Model using a visual interface written in the Unreal Engine 3D graphics system. This demonstrator provides users with the ability to explore how policy decisions will impact the UK at a national, regional and local level in a much more intuitive way than the current suite of models allow.
2. The Technical Demonstrator developed by Energy Systems Catapult and CityScape Digital explores how some of the current suite of spatially and temporally disaggregated models can be interconnected to visualise modelling results under a variety of user-selected scenarios.
Further work is needed to ensure that the outputs meet user needs and augment the portfolio of pre-existing modelling tools. This project highlights that questions remain around the technical and privacy challenges associated with granular data ingestion and how these should be appropriately mitigated within digital twin solutions, in order to provide full benefit to users.
Watch the Visual Demonstrator Walkthrough.
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Deliver data engineering and core functionality for scale-up – invitation to tender
For the Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo), the connected digital twin of critical infrastructure for climate change resilience and adaptation
Connected Places Catapult is seeking a supplier to help deliver the data engineering and core functionality, including descriptive data visualisation, required to scale up the connected digital twin.
This involves collaborative working as part of an interdisciplinary project team, dealing with uncertainty, providing thought leadership on practical data standards and sharing, and creating innovative solutions to data problems.
The budget for this work is £350,000 plus VAT, to start in September 2022 and finish by 31 March 2023. Connected Places Catapult intends to fund CReDo for the following two years.
The output of the work and all IP arising from it will be owned by Connected Places Catapult, with an intention to make it publicly available. Any background IP brought into the project by the supplier will remain with the supplier. Connected Places Catapult welcomes indications of how suppliers intend to leverage the outputs of this work to support exploitation of their own IP.
Background
Connected Places Catapult is working with Anglian Water, UK Power Networks and BT to develop the Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo). CReDo aims to be a connected digital twin of critical infrastructure that helps the cross-sectoral infrastructure network adapt to climate change and improve climate resilience.
CReDo showcases the advantages of combining data and insights across sectoral and organisational boundaries. The resulting improved coordination of operational and investment decisions, including inter- and intra-sector collaboration, will increase resilience against extreme weather events. At present this covers infrastructure across the water, energy and telecoms sectors, but long-term ambition is to capture additional sectors, at national scale.
The first phase of CReDo was funded by a collaboration between Connected Places Catapult and the Centre for Digital Built Britain. Connected Places Catapult has taken over as lead organisation for the next stage of development. In addition, Connected Places Catapult is the new home of the Digital Twin Hub, a multi-sector industry and Catapult Network partnership.
Watch the video summary of the CReDo project
Read the tender document
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Anglian Water, Arup, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Bentley Systems, Esri, Frazer-Nash, Infrastructure Client Group, L&Q, National Highways, Network Rail, Mott MacDonald, Ofcom, Palantir, Sunderland City Council and The Alan Turing Institute join the Board to drive the creation of connected digital twins
19.07.22 London, Connected Places Catapult, the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport and place leadership announced today the inaugural members of the new DT Hub Strategic Board.
Dr Alison Vincent, new chair of the Board, announced the 15 board members, selected from over 100 applicants, who will steer the DT Hub and help build its community, at the Hub’s weekly stand-up Gemini call with the digital twin community. She also outlined her vision for the DT Hub.
Dr Vincent said:
“The board’s strength and value will grow with the connections we make and the collaborations we facilitate to move the community forward. Our aim is to deliver a purposeful, mission-driven voice for industry, engaging with new sectors, accelerating standards and enabling interoperability. The need for connected digital twins to meet the challenges of this changing world has never been greater and we want to make sure we lead the way.”
Together with Alison and vice chair Mark Enzer, the Board comprises: Benjamin Ford (Technology and Innovation Manager - Operations at Network Rail), Charles Kennelly (Chief Technology Officer at Esri UK), Cristina Data (Director of Policy and Analysis at Ofcom), Davin Crowley-Sweet (Chief Data Officer at National Highways), Harkirat Singh (Technical Director, Public Sector at Palantir Technologies UK), Johnny Furlong (BIM Strategy Lead at L&Q), Liz St Louis (Assistant Director, Smart Cities at Sunderland City Council), Mark Coates (International Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at Bentley Systems), Mark Girolami (Chief Scientist at The Alan Turing Institute), Matt Edwards (Chief Data Officer at Anglian Water Services), Melissa Zanocco (Head of Programmes at the Infrastructure Client Group), Paul Lam (Strategy and Policy Officer for Digital and Technology at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank), Peter van Manen (Principal Consultant at Frazer-Nash Consultancy) and Simon Evans (Global Digital Energy Leader and Global Digital Twin Leader at Arup).
The Digital Twin Hub sits at the heart of the UK’s digital twin community, shaping and promoting the development and use of this technology motivated by complex challenges that require a connected collaborative approach.
Visit the Strategic Board page and read the biographies.
Footnote: Connected Places Catapult and the DT Hub would like to thank all those that applied for a position on the board. We had an amazing response and some very difficult decisions to make. We welcome this exceptional support and look forward to seeing everyone on the DT Hub soon.
The Digital Twin (DT) Hub is delighted to announce today that IT industry leader Dr Alison Vincent PhD, FREng, FBCS, FIET has been appointed as the Chair of its new board. She will be joined by Mark Enzer OBE, FREng, who takes up the role of Vice Chair.
The DT Hub recently transferred from the University of Cambridge to its new home at Connected Places Catapult in a move designed to deliver stronger engagement with multi-sector industries and improve access to expertise across Innovate UK’s Catapult Network. The Hub is a place for learning and sharing experiences; for driving innovation, developing expertise and advancing the state of the art for digital twins. It identifies good practice, develops guidance and shapes standards on data sharing as well as showcasing the benefits of collaborative, connected digital twins.
Dr Alison Vincent sits as a non-exec director and technical advisor to multiple private and public companies. She previously held senior technical positions at organisations including Cisco, HSBC and IBM. Her roles have spanned cyber security, research and development, strategy execution, product management and business development. She has particular expertise in digital strategy, innovation and mergers and acquisitions. She is an ambassador for women in science and engineering, and a passionate supporter of the STEM agenda in schools. She has a PhD in cryptography from London University and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the British Computing Society and the Institution of Engineering and Technology. She is also a non-exec director on the Board of Connected Places Catapult.
Mark Enzer is the former Head of the National Digital Twin programme. He served as Mott MacDonald’s Chief Technical Officer for five years and now acts as Strategic Advisor to Mott MacDonald’s digital advisory business. He is a keen champion of innovation through collaboration and is particularly interested in the transformation of the built environment and the infrastructure industry.
Dr Vincent, newly appointed Chair of the Board at the Digital Twin Hub, said:
“I am thrilled to be joining the Digital Twin Hub at such an important time in the development of digital twin technology in the UK and around the world. Digital twins are already helping to find the best solar panel locations in Singapore, manage people flow at train stations in London, and simulate the impact of natural disasters in Seoul. Ultimately, digital twins and connected digital twins will give us a clear advantage in fighting global, systemic challenges like pandemics, climate change and inequality. The Digital Twin Hub is a key player in the world of digitisation and a vehicle to help the UK digitise at speed”
Prof Greg Clark CBE, Chair of the Board at Connected Places Catapult, said:
“I’m really delighted to congratulate Dr Alison Vincent and Mark Enzer OBE on their appointments to head up the board of the Digital Twin Hub. Connected Places Catapult recognises the immense opportunities presented by digital twins in better understanding our built environment, mobility systems, and decarbonisation pathways; enabling the creation of digital twin ecosystems for public good. With Alison and Mark at the helm, I am confident that the Digital Twin Hub will accelerate forwards in providing the community with a network to learn from, resources to draw from, and opportunities to work collaboratively to take these technologies to the next level.”
Footnote: We would like to thank all those that applied for a position on the board. We had an amazing response with over 100 applicants and some very difficult decisions to make. We welcome this exceptional support and look forward to seeing everyone on the DT Hub soon.
We are delighted to announce our new Strategic Board which will be led by new Chair Alison Vincent and Vice Chair Mark Enzer. Part of the board's remit is to convene 3-4 working groups focused on areas of development to meet the needs of the community. We have set out some choices in a poll in Discussions - please do have your say...
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