Slides from Monthly Open Forum event Q&A with Neil Crockett CEO of the Connected Digital Economy Catapult. Video of Neill here http://scpro.streamuk.com/uk/player/?g=b2e0ffb

1. Connected Digital Economy Catapult
March update
Neil Crockett
CEO Connected Digital Economy Catapult
@ncrockettcdec
@CDECatapult
Catapult is a Technology Strategy Board programme

2. TSB seed funds – CDEC builds out
Not for profit
…Private Co - Limited by guarantee
…focused on the demand side
35
30
25
20
Other
15 TSB
10
5
0
Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5

3. Building not Giving 3
Commissioning widely accessible platforms and
capabilities that accelerate the UK’s best digital ideas
to market.
Creating new markets and business models within and
across sectors
Showing business and public sector leaders the
relevance of the Connected Digital Economy to their
business or national goals

4. Building not Giving 4
Commissioning widely accessible platforms and
capabilities that accelerate the UK’s best digital ideas
to market.
Creating new markets and business models within and
across sectors
Showing business and public sector leaders the
relevance the Connected Digital Economy to their
business or national goals

5. CDEC – Initial targeted Value Chain
Data Deluge Knowledge Application
to to

6. Security Trust
to to
User Centricity

7. Some things since the last Webinar 7
• Mobile World Congress
• Creative KTN
• Ed Vaizey
• Innovate 13
• Meeting the innovation community
• Belfast community
• Bristol community
• South Wales community
• Nottingham community
• Open Data Community e.g.OKF , ODUG
• University Alliance
• Qualifying projects
……..and of course ….Recruit, Recruit, Recruit

8. Connected Digital Economy Catapult timeline
Activity Q1 Q2 Q3+Q4
Executive CEO Chair & NXDs in
appointed place
recruitment
CDEC Mgt team CTO, PDD, CBO, HR, Project secondees
Comms, Project Mgt team and Center Mgt
recruitment
Interim location Long term
Location location
Scope and deliver
Quick Start Projects Projects
R&D&I activities
Consultants now engaged
• Emer Coleman – Strategic Marketing & Communications
• David Downe – Strategic Business plan Project Manager
• David Evans – Success Metrics

9. CDEC working with SMEs - initial thoughts 9
Insight and guidance on what we do Many
Feedback on how we do and its impact Many
Help us build our platforms and capabilities Targeted
Engage as a participant in the pilots for what we build Targeted
Use and leverage value from what we build Many
Included in the Digital Showcase we will build Targeted
Use the Digital Showcase we will build Many

10. #thisisforeverybody

11. Questions and comments?
Many thanks ...
Neil.Crockett@CDE.Catapult.org.uk
@ncrockettcdec
@CDECatapult
https://catapult.innovateuk.org/connected-digital-economy