 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for enterprise
Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:00 – 11:30am
Do you want to understand more about how AI and ML can improve your business performance and productivity? Then join us on Tuesday 27 April where leading academics from the SOLVD digital enterprise project at the University of Wolverhampton will help you to understand more.
Why attend this webinar?
• Learn more about cutting-edge advances in AI & ML use cases
• Gain confidence and find solutions to your own barriers to adoption
• Get access to University expertise and access to funding to diagnose and develop your company’s approach to AI/ML.
Who is this event aimed at? Business Leaders, CEOs, Senior Managers and Chief Technology Officers from Small and Medium businesses in Telford, Shropshire and across the Marches.
 Transform your Business through 5G and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
Wed, 12 May 2021 10:00 – 11:30am
As the COVID 19 crisis has unfolded, products and services have been digitising at a rapid pace. A recent report commissioned by Vodafone highlights key areas where 5G can support economic growth across the UK:
- UK’s mobile infrastructure to 5G could be worth as much as £158billion to the economy over the next ten years.
- 5G private networks will enable manufacturers to dramatically increase efficiency, helping to revive manufacturing across the UK
- 5G could provide a much-needed financial boost to the UK economy as it recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.
SMEs in Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire can take advantage of the latest emerging digital technologies and access fully funded support available through the SOLVD project to enhance business productivity.
Join us in our third Digital Technology event, to learn more about how 5G will transform Industrial IoT and how this can help your business to move into the fast lane.
Part of a series of Tech Briefings organised by the University of Wolverhampton in partnership with Telford & Wrekin Council.
 The DING #4 Digital Networking Group returns April 21st.
April 21st 9am
Organised by Digital Solutions @UCS (University of Chester –Shrewsbury) the popular networking group is back virtually. Have the opportunity to meet with entrepreneurs, academics and funding organisations. This event's spotlight talk will be provided by the experts of the Digital Solutions team followed by 60 second pitches from other projects, plus networking on the REMO platform. More information and free tickets are available from: https://lnkd.in/erQW-fU
Also from Digital Solutions April 28th, book a place onto "The Digital Life Book -Bringing a Life-Changing Solution to Changing Lives". Meet Elly Furber of Treasured Times and hear about her story launching a life-changing product into the digital healthcare market.
 Advance has been designed to help first-time scaling tech leaders develop the skills they need to manage and grow high performing teams, whilst avoiding the pitfalls. The 12 week course is delivered by leading names in the tech industry and applications are open now ADVANCE: Scaling Leaders
There is also a live Q&A session to answer any queries on 20th April at 10am
 Telford’s Ghost Dog Films launch their new global interactive movie
Ghost Dog Films took up the challenge of creating an interactive film, where the player chooses different paths for the characters, which was launched today.
The cast includes Nicole O’Neill, who stared in Red Sparrow alongside Jennifer Lawrence.
The game has now been translated into 11 languages and launched on Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo for users to explore.
‘I Saw Black Clouds’ is the company’s third project since it launched in 2014. It is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Amanda Murray, producer at Ghost Dog Films, said the whole team had worked hard on the project and were excited the film was finally launching through publishers, Wales Interactive.
She spoke of the Shropshire locations used in filming: “When we are filming its good to have unusual places that haven’t really been seen on film before. Shropshire boasts some incredible places that look amazing on screen.
"We filmed at Clive Church, Lord Hill Column, the Alb, Lord Hill Hotel, Shelton Hospital – which still had some parts in it’s original state – and a number of private and historic homes in the county. It was about 20 locations in total.”
The writer and director of I Saw Black Clouds, Iain Ross-McNamee, was keen to move into games, Amanda said, so they brought their skills to a new level.
“Wales Interactive have been able to get us on Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo – which is very hard to do. It has just elevated what we do really,” she said.
Read more here
 SOLVD takes CKL Office Solutions design service to a new level using digital technology
When CKL reached out to Enterprise Telford for assistance to improve their design service to clients, the SOLVD digital enterprise project was on hand to offer expert support to help them achieve their objectives.
SOLVD, managed by the University of Wolverhampton in partnership with Telford & Wrekin Council provides SME’s and start-ups with 12 hours of fully funded consultancy with academics and specialists, to help with the development of emerging technology.
CKL had identified a need to upgrade their current paper based design process in order to increase their commercial competitiveness. They needed help to implement a digital design package which was straightforward to use, product specific and without any interruption to their ‘business as usual’ practice.
SOLVD team members, Iain Wheeler and Dr Adam Worrallo firstly carried out a review of current, cost effective and user friendly 2D “drag and drop” design packages providing more photo realistic visualisations of client environments, before building a bespoke library of objects conducive to CKLs design service.
By providing 1-2-1 tuition and support to facilitate CKL’s adoption of two new software applications, CKL were able to quickly undertake an improved design service in-house. This support also included the creation of a bespoke video tutorial, allowing CKL to learn at their own pace.
And the work continues – by engaging in the longer term SOLVD R&D support, businesses are able to progress further with a technology project.
Iain and Adam are investigating the possibility of taking CKL into a fully-immersive 3D environment using a Mattaport 3D room scanner, which will help them to further increase sales and reduce design/iteration timescales.
Company Director, Connie Kempton-Lindsay commented:
"CKL were really grateful to have received this support. Both Iain and Adam completely understood our needs and have been very informative throughout. The overall support and assistance has been consistently structured which allowed CKL to not only utilise the new package but to learn at our own pace to fit in around business."
  
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New free guidance on Cyber Security from THE Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published new figures showing that two in five businesses (39 per cent) and a quarter of charities (26 per cent) report having cyber security breaches or attacks in the last 12 months.
The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021 report also shows the cyber risk to organisations is heightened because of the coronavirus outbreak, which has made securing digital environments more challenging as organisational resources are diverted to facilitating home working for staff.
DCMS is now encouraging businesses, charities and educational institutions to follow the free help and guidance from the UK cyber security experts at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
Full announcement here
Full report here
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