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Programme Overview

As part of the governments plan to make the UK a science and technology superpower, the National Space Strategy sets the ambition to use space to deliver for UK citizens and the world. Unlocking Space for Business will play a key role in enabling this ambition, through the delivery of a range of government initiatives to support the realisation of business, operational and environmental benefits from innovative uses of satellite data and services. Initiatives will include:

Information hub

Access to insights on how businesses in the financial services, and transport and logistics sectors can unlock value from satellites, with examples of activity from across the world.

Exploration workshops

Dedicated advisory support and expertise through a series of focused workshops to help businesses identify and develop satellite data and service opportunities. Sign up and register your interest in attending an Exploration Workshop.

Learning and development

The programme is now accepting registrations for our learning and development programme, which will be held throughout the first half of 2024. The initial sessions are for those in the financial services or transport and logistics sectors in alignment with the programmes strategic objectives. If you are in either of these sectors and want to find out how to implement innovative solutions using space-derived data in a series of tailored sessions, register to secure your spot.

The programme is also planning a dedicated series of sessions later in the year, tailored specifically for suppliers and integrators of space data. Once confirmed, these sessions will be promoted in the Unlocking Space for Business newsletter and on this page. An overview of all sessions will be available once they have concluded.

Funding call

Our grant funding call has now opened. There is a total of up to 3.5 million available to de-risk pilot projects financial services and transport and logistics companies to pilot solutions that use satellite data and services delivering benefits to their organisation. Projects to be funded would be expected to run up for 9 months from July 2024 to March 2025?.

The call is open to end-users with a supplier of space data or services as a partner and there is a requirement for all applicants to be able to match the grant funding with their own sourced funding (not through other grants).?Find out more.

Register to attend our Unlocking Space for Business grant call webinar.

Insights and networking events

Join us at our upcoming networking events:

• unlocking satellite-driven insights for financial services: managing risk and driving sustainable finance at PwC More London, SE1 2RT, on Monday 15 April 2024. Find out more and register your attendance
• unlocking satellite-driven insights for transport and logistics: establishing connected and intelligent operations at PwC 1
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