The new London Node will help to foster excellence in education, research and innovation across the UK’s digital ecosystem by providing access to European funding and facilitating links between academic researchers and businesses. Alongside Imperial the founding partners of the London Node are BT, IBM, Institute for Sustainability, Intel, University College London, the University of Edinburgh, and Vodafone.
The centre joins six others in the EIT ICT Labs network, with Nodes located in Berlin, Eindhoven, Helsinki, Paris, Stockholm and Trento, bringing together global ICT companies and research centres as well as leading European universities.
Paul Jenkins, Head of Strategic Programmes at British Telecom, is the Director of the London Node. He said:
“This new Node will allow us to establish a focus for ICT innovation in the UK with a European scope. I look forward to working alongside the Node partners, EIT ICT Labs and our European partners, as well as the existing innovation ecosystem, as part of this important project” .
The project sits within Imperial’s Digital Economy Lab – the College’s portal for research, teaching and engagement relating to digital technologies.
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