Collaborate BUSINESS to Innovate NEWS
2020
Collaborate to innovate 2020
awards is open for entries
The annual search for the UK’s most exciting and innovative engineering
collaborations is underway
We are excited to announce
27 April 2020 / www.theengineer.co.uk
the launch of the 2020
Collaborate to Innovate
Awards, The Engineer’s
annual search for the
UK’s most innovative,
collaborative engineering
projects.
Now in its fi fth year, Collaborate
to Innovate was launched to uncover
and celebrate great examples of
engineering collaboration – a dynamic
considered critical to solving many of
the challenges and problems faced by
society.
The competition is open to any
project that is truly innovative,
represents a collaboration between two
or more separate organisations and has
had, or is likely to have, a demonstrable
impact in its area of application.
For this year’s awards, entries
are invited from projects addressing
fundamental engineering challenges
across eight categories, including
automotive; aerospace, defence
and security; information, data
and connectivity; healthcare and
medical; energy and environment; and
manufacturing technology.
Other catergories include the
coveted ‘young innovator’ award - which
celebrates great examples of school
student engineering projects; The
Engineer Grand Prix award - which is
chosen by the editorial team of The
Engineer; and a new trophy, The Future
Thinking Award, which is sponsored
by our headline partner Frazer-Nash
Consultancy (fi nd out more below).
As in previous years, entries will be
judged by leading fi gures from the UK
engineering community, including
Alan Newby, director of aerospace
technology and future programmes at
Rolls-Royce; Neil McDougall, managing
director of Frazer-Nash Consultancy;
Airbus spacecraft structures engineer
Abbie Hu y; Samantha Francis - EPSRC
Deputy Director- Research Base; John
Halton, director for business and
industry at EngineeringUK; Professor
Andy Wright, director of strategic
technology at BAE Systems; and Rosa
Wilkinson, communications director at
HVM Catapult.
This year’s competition is supported
by EPSRC and EngineeringUK, and
sponsored by Frazer-Nash Consultancy,
Babcock, Mazak and HVM Catapult. For
sponsorship enquiries contact Justyn.
gidley@markallengroup.com
The closing date for entries is Friday
3rd July. Winners will be announced at
a party in London on Wednesday 4th
November. For awards information,
including the criteria for the categories
and how to enter, visit
h p://awards.theengineer.co.uk
Headline sponsor comment
Seeing the light: using future thinking and
new technologies to change our world. Neil
McDougall, managing director Frazer-
Nash Consultancy
People often think that the inventions and
technology that have changed the world
were the result of some kind of ‘lightbulb
moment’. The metaphor implies that
we can throw a switch and shed light on
the solution to a problem. As engineers,
scientists and technologists however, we
know it’s not that simple. Innovation is
hard work, and it’s usually a team eff ort. If
we could chat to Thomas Edison or Joseph
Swan over dinner this evening (that would
be interesting!) I’m sure they would describe
the hard work, highs and lows of the
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