The increased demand to attract new companies for new services and applications in the UK requires a broader outreach and a regional presence of Ambassador Platforms in all areas of the UK. The efforts of those Ambassadors shall be coordinated to maximise impact and reach.
Therefore, the UK Ambassador Platform (AP) is looking for a UK AP Business Developer (UK AP BD) to support and coordinate access to the ESA Business Applications funding opportunities, in order to create long-term sustainability of new space-enabled businesses, services and applications.
ESA Business Applications Regional Ambassador Platform for the UK
October, 4 / 2017
The current global economic demand for resources and the shrinkage of the ice coverage measured recently is starting to bring international attention to the Arctic. The Arctic is considered to host vast natural resources, including oil, gas, minerals, fresh water, fish and forest resources.
The Arctic region is an area where, given the harsh environment and isolation status, space assets are among the important tools that support, and will support more, the development of the activities in the area, and in particular the sustainability and security and safety of those activities.
The UK Ambassador Platform Network (UK APN) is looking for 5 Regional Ambassador Platforms (RAPs) to act as brokers between ESA and individuals, companies, agencies and organisations in the UK who can be supported by ESA Business Applications.
ESA work with FD to apply Kx Technology for the development of commercial space applications
This week ESA has signed a letter of intent with First Derivatives (FD) - a global technology provider working with some of the world’s largest finance, technology, manufacturing and energy institutions. Our aim is to foster the development of disruptive applications in the commercial space market by assisting innovative start-ups that are seeking to use Kx Technology as a platform for big data analytics. Kx is a leader in high-performance, in-memory computing, streaming analytics and operational intelligence and this non-exclusive arrangement is intended to facilitate access to those capabilities.
ESA Business Applications is dedicated to the development and implementation of space-enabled applications leading to innovative, sustainable services, so all activities will be undertaken within this framework.
Being at the forefront of efforts to use satellite data to benefit the European and global population, we have identified how to support key enabling technologies, such as analytics, as a priority to achieve our goals.
With its abilities to analyse large volumes of historical and streaming data in real-time, Kx Technology is well suited for this, providing a platform for use in areas such as:
- Machine Learning
- CyberSecurity
- Robotics
- Life Sciences
- Utilities
- AgriTech
Following detailed discussions around opportunities to address specific data challenges, ESA Business Applications and FD will foster the development of innovative applications based on Kx and work to raise awareness of this technology within the commercial space market.
Elia Montanari from ESA Business Applications: “Developing a business by extracting meaningful information from space derived data rests in the hand of clever people and machines. ESA and Kx technology offer novel resources and tools to reduce complexity and distil precious information. SME and large companies alike are set to benefit from this alliance.”
Brian Conlon, Chief Executive Officer of FD: “The commercial space market is flourishing, leading to increasing demand for advanced technologies such as Kx to analyse the data generated by the rapid growth in the number of satellites in orbit. Kx’s ultra-high performance capabilities are ideally suited to meet these challenges and we look forward to working with ESA to support the development of commercial space applications.”
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PEOPLE MOBILITY
The common challenge for European cities is how to enhance people mobility while at the same time reducing congestion, accidents and pollution. In fact, urban mobility accounts for 40% of all CO2 emissions of road transport and up to 70% of other pollutants from transport.
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