Innovate UK’s Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP), delivered by the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) has recruited leading marine robotics companies from the United Kingdom to participate in a programme aiming to build innovation partnerships and foster future international growth in marine robotic technology.
The cohort, represented by 15 ambitious surface and underwater robotic technologies and systems providers with plans to expand globally, will meet with key players and attend multiple exclusive networking opportunities with like-minded Canadian businesses in the UK and in Atlantic Canada. HydroSurv, which has been focusing on developing a presence in Canada since late 2019, recently signed its first supply arrangement with the Canadian Government, and the company is now actively exploring a deeper level of partnership with Canadian marine technologists focused on complementary technologies.
Canada has become one of the world leaders in ocean technology. More than half of Canada’s $30 billion ocean economy is centred in Atlantic Canada – including the key province of Nova Scotia, which has become a vibrant ecosystem of ventures developing engineering products and services including marine remote sensing technologies and ocean observing systems.
The GBIP will provide opportunities for companies to identify areas for synergistic innovation and technology development, enabling both the UK and Canadian companies to benefit from collaboration. Both regions have a broad range of marine robotics systems, technologies and expertise suited to both surface and underwater applications.
Subject to unfolding constraints in the wake of the pandemic, the GBIP will include events at the H2O: Home to Overseas Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia as well as Ocean Business and Oceanology International alongside other workshops delivered remotely.