What a fantastic two-day UK Innovation Districts Group study visit bringing members together covering two of our member innovation districts: Knowledge Quarter & SHIFT London.
Day 1 kicked off at The Mills Fabrica based in the Knowledge Quarter
Some highlights include…
? Seeing the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion scorecard we have developed with Variety Pack for members to use & implement in their own districts
? Hearing more about the exciting plans of the Inclusive Innovation Network & the Inclusive Innovation children’s book
? Building our relationship with Innovate UK in order to strengthen place-based #InclusiveInnovation
? Discussing the development of our metrics & measures framework by The Business Of Cities
?️ Going on a unique hard-hat behind the scenes tour of the Google building in Kings Cross
Day 2 of the study visit took us to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park the site of SHIFT; London’s Living Testbed.
Some highlights include…
? A tour of the Olympic Park showcasing some of the #innovation trials that have taken place in the last 12 months focused on #Mobility, #Climate and #Health solutions
? Visiting the UCL Robotics Centre in action and seeing first hand how important interdisciplinary working at scale really is
? Exploring the vast innovation skills agenda
? And of course our member meeting discussing all our exciting future plans – watch this space!
Bringing people together to share knowledge & accelerate place-based inclusive innovation is what the UK IDG is all about and we know that so many conversations & actions will come from this study visit.