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Talk Title: DECC Innovation Programme – The story so far… by Ian Ellerington
· Outline of DECC support to innovation
o Why we need innovation in energy.
o The government landscape - Why is government support needed.
o What we’re doing so support innovation.
· The Entrepreneurs Programme
o How it works.
o What makes a successful application.
o What sort of companies and technologies are in the scheme to date.
o What we’ve learned for the upcoming next phase.
o What we’re learned from incubation.
Speaker Biography - Ian Ellerington
Ian Ellerington is the head of Innovation Delivery at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). In this role he is responsible for the department’s £160million Energy Innovation budget. He joined DECC from KBC Advanced Technologies, a leading energy and process consultancy in the oil and petrochemicals industry where he worked internationally for clients on organisational improvement projects. Ian is an Engineer who graduated from Cambridge University with an M.Eng. in Manufacturing Engineering in 1993. His early career was spent working on Gas Turbine engines with the Ministry of Defence before moving to project management at QinetiQ where he was responsible for the commercial arrangements and delivery of the large test programmes. He left QinetiQ to join Meggitt Defence Systems as UK General Manager where he set up and ran a new manufacturing plant for Aerospace products. Ian brings an enthusiasm for technology, an understanding of manufacturing together with the drive and experience to get things done.
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