10/09/2024

Miranda Dixon – innovation project for resilient oxygen concentrators

Miranda Dixon, Collectives Leads from Brink, gave a presentation at the 2024 Systems Innovation Conference on an innovation project that delivered improved oxygen concentrators to low and middle income countries. https://www.unicef.org/innovation/resilient-oxygen-concentrators Over 700,000 children have died from their need for oxygen support. Countries that did have oxygen concentrators, devices that remove nitrogen from ambient air and feed out higher concentration levels of oxygen, would see […]

09/09/2024

Barbara Bulc – Reimagining Wellbeing of Communities

This talk by Barbara Bulc during the Systems Innovation conference really resonated with me. Outside of work, I have a strong connection with where I live and try to join in and contribute into making it the best place it can be. The title of her talk was – Reimagining Wellbeing of Communities. Innovating with Values of Trust and Care. She called herself a Social […]

09/09/2024

Joss Colchester, Systems Innovation Network

Joss Colchester runs the Systems Innovation network and I grabbed a short interview with him at the end of his fourth conference that was held in London in September 2024. Being new to Systems Innovation and my first time to the conference, I asked him about what it is, the different levels of stakeholders involved, and who attends these events.

09/09/2024

Chargers galore at M11 Birchanger Services

My short innovation road trip this week would see me leave home from Bournemouth for a few days in London to attend the Systems Innovation Conference. From there I would set off to Cambridge for Cambridge Tech Week before returning home via Bletchley Park.  This is a 360 mile round trip. I left home with 100% charge but didn’t take a note of the mileage […]

08/09/2024

Systems Innovation Conference, London 2024.

The Systems Innovation Conference 2024 was held over September 6 and 7 at The Foundry co-working space near the Oval cricket ground. It is run by Joss Colchester. Not used to conferences starting dead on 9am, on a Friday and Saturday too, and not being an early bird either I thought it would take me a bit of time to get going. I can honestly […]

19/08/2024

Matt Freeman from the Future Space innovation centre in Bristol

Professor Matt Freeman is the Centre Director for Future Space, an innovation centre on the Frenchay campus of the University of West England, north of Bristol. Future Space is made up of offices and labs around the themes of advanced engineering, health & life sciences, digital, green and creative technology. Located in the University Enterprise Zone means it is ideally placed to bring academia, researchers, […]