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University of Edinburgh AI Accelerator

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, Opportunity

The AI Accelerator is back! Applications have now opened to attract the best data-driven AI scaleups looking to make transformative change. Based at the University of Edinburgh’s world-leading innovation hub – the Bayes Centre – the Accelerator will give data

ScotlandIS Policy Steering Group: Climate Tech

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Policy, Member Only, ScotlandIS News, Climate Tech

On Tuesday 29th June, the ScotlandIS Policy Steering Group were joined by special guest Ben Combes, Director of Net Zero and Climate Tech at Deloitte. The session was kicked off with some statistics on the changing landscape of climate change

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AutoRek wins ‘Best CASS Solution’ Award at Goodacre’s Systems in the City FinTech Awards 2021

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News

Leading fintech company, AutoRek, is delighted to have been recognised at the Systems in the City Financial Technology Awards 2021 in both the ‘Best CASS Solution’ and ‘Best Wealth Management Solution’ categories and are excited to have achieved the accolade ‘Best

‘Climate Tech’ a major opportunity for Scotland’s economy, says report

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandIS News, Climate Tech

Industry ‘think-and-do tank’ calls for national innovation mission behind Climate Tech. A new report has been produced by the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI), BT, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and ScotlandIS. It outlines Scotland’s potential to be

Put on your virtual cape and use your skills to help others

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News, Skills, ScotlandIS News

Read this blog from Sopra Steria’s Head of Public Sector Consulting Scotland, Jackie Smith, as she relives her part in the ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards last week, and the inspiration she found from it. It has been another strange and

Digital Xtra Fund: Schools’ lack of computing teachers is a major error

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News, Skills

Scotland’s shortage of classroom coding experts means tech clubs funded by Digital Xtra Fund may be the only way for some pupils to learn the skill. We may finally be at the point where the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic

From Digital Transformation to Clean Transformation

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News, Climate Tech

This blog from Informed Solutions UK CEO, Seth Finegan, discusses the drive for clean transformation in the tech industry. Where we once envisioned digital versions of traditional services and businesses, now we are thinking about the clean version of services

How do we address employees’ inadequate home connection

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News

Check out this blog from Converged Communication Solutions, looking at improving home broadband as people continue to work remotely and whether the employer or employee is responsible for this. For many businesses flexible working is here to stay and like

Scottish Futures Trust, with Pioneer Consulting and FarrPoint, releases new Subsea Connectivity report

By updatesPosted on 30th June 202130th June 2021Posted in Member News

Pioneer Consulting, the full-service submarine fibre optic telecommunications consulting and project management company, partnered with UK connectivity consultancy FarrPoint to release a new report: “North-Eastern Scotland: Subsea Connectivity Feasibility Study.” Pioneer Consulting and FarrPoint were contracted by infrastructure experts, the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT)

ORCA Hub Funding to Help Develop Safety Robotics Research

By updatesPosted on 29th June 202115th October 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

The funds will be used to carry out research into expanding robotic safety technologies into new sectors. Heriot-Watt based ORCA Hub will be expanding its robotics technology research after a generous grant from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI). Using robotics technology for