November 2017
IoTMK:3
The IoTMK Meetup is a place to connect things. What gets connected? Maybe it's the next few objects of the billions that will supposedly be connected to the internet in the next few years. Maybe it's you, to suppliers or customers, to knowledge and to the opportunities that go along with this expansion. Maybe it's your thinking. We're all working this out as we go along and hearing how other people are making sense, or not, of all this might…
Find out more »December 2017
Urban Business Lab – Round 1 Day 1
The first delivery of the 2 day UBL will take place at the Open University in Milton Keynes on the 5th Dec 2017 and 17th Jan 2018. Over two days you will learn how to shape your business using Lean business thinking and how to plan with the focus on your customer. To be part of the UBL you have to be signed up to the CityLabs Programme. To find out more or for support, email enquiries@citylabs.org.uk 9.00 Registration and…
Find out more »Driverless/Autonomous Vehicles in MK
UK Autodrive is a project in which The Open University are a partner. One of the things we are doing is supporting the work stream understanding public attitudes towards driverless/autonomous vehicles, in advance of the deployment of the MK Pods in 2018. A key activity in the work stream is the running of workshops that explore attitudes and perceptions towards driverless/autonomous vehicles. The Open University are hosting the MK workshop on the 13th December and would like to invite you…
Find out more »January 2018
Urban Business Lab – Round 1 Day 2
The first delivery of the 2 day UBL will take place at the Open University in Milton Keynes on the 5th Dec 2017 and 17th Jan 2018. Over two days you will learn how to shape your business using Lean business thinking and how to plan with the focus on your customer. To be part of the UBL Day 2 you have to be signed up to the CityLabs Programme and have attended UBL Day 1. To find out more…
Find out more »Developing IoT solutions with the SigFox Network – a CityLabs Workshop
CityLabs is proud to host a 2 day workshop on SigFox network technologies lead by WND with the support of The Open University. The workshop is open to any SME and has the objective of introducing SigFox, a low-powered network that enables efficient data acquisition from geographically distributed IoT devices. The activities will be spread over two days, the first day will focus on the business opportunities enabled by SigFox and a set of use cases currently under development will be illustrated.…
Find out more »“OU Innovation: how can OU help business innovate?” Focus on: emerging and enabling technologies Featuring KTN/KTP and Innovate UK
Target Audience/ Level of experience Academics, Research Staff, Research Students, Research Support staff And external guests from industry Pre-requisites/ What you need to know General knowledge on academic/business collaboration is highly recommended (though you are still welcome if you are just curious!) Overview The event aims to foster existing and new relationships between academics and industry. There will be focus round tables on: digital technologies, smart materials, wearable technologies, space and sensors, energy. We will receive external guest from industry;…
Find out more »February 2018
IoTMK:4
The IoTMK Meetup is a place to connect things. What gets connected? Maybe it’s the next few objects of the billions that will supposedly be connected to the internet in the next few years. Maybe it’s you, to suppliers or customers, to knowledge and to the opportunities that go along with this expansion. Maybe it’s your thinking. We’re all working this out as we go along and hearing how other people are making sense, or not, of all this might…
Find out more »May 2018
Urban Business Lab – Round 2 Day 1
The second delivery of the 2-day UBL will take place at the Open University in Milton Keynes on the 15th May 2018 and 21st June 2018. Over two days you will learn how to shape your business using Lean business thinking and how to plan with the focus on your customer. To be part of the UBL you have to be signed up to the CityLabs Programme. To find out more or for support, email enquiries@citylabs.org.uk 9.00 Registration and Coffee Introduction…
Find out more »June 2018
Understanding your data: from collection to effective analytics
CityLABS is proud to present the first Data Workshop, which will be led by The Open University team. The workshop is targeted at SMEs and will showcase solutions for business data analytics. The workshop is open to any SME that has an interest in developing a better understanding of data-driven applications and services. A full day set of activities will be organised around different aspects of the development process (design, visualisation, data processing and privacy issues) and will include both…
Find out more »Urban Business Lab – Round 2 Day 2
The second delivery of the 2-day UBL will take place at the Open University in Milton Keynes on the 15th May 2018 and 21st June 2018. Over two days you will learn how to shape your business using Lean business thinking and how to plan with the focus on your customer. To be part of the UBL Day 2 you have to be signed up to the CityLabs Programme and have attended UBL Day 1. To find out more or…
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Another fantastic meeting with academics at the @OpenUniversity this morning as part of the @CityLabsProject. Some fantastic work going on behind the scenes on our latest innovation project. An honour to work with such talented individuals. #innovation #thinkingoutsidethebox 💡
4SME in the IT industry? @IoCoding is running a second workshop to work with Industry and communities to help in understanding the employability gap and skills needed to support current and future businesses and communities. Learn how here >> https://t.co/HwoYXdpjjc
The @CityLabsProject Innovation award for Milton Keynes went to @LivingWell_UK - more about the #BrightSparc Awards here: https://t.co/XqOvO6oMwt #BiztechEvents
We are delighted and honoured to have won TWO awards at the @MKBiztech #BrightSparc2018! ‘Best startup technology business’ and ‘Best technology collaboration’ working with @uniofbeds and @OpenUniversity. Utilising innovative #opendata tech to revolutionise education recruitment!
4We are delighted to have won the #BrightSparc #CityLabsProject Innovation Award shows how important #LivingWell, at #Home, in #LaterLife @LivingWell_UK is and how technology can help make this a reality for us all. #HomeCheck
#BrightSparc2018 awards are go! Check out #biztech for full list of winners