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When? | Wednesday 26 March 2025 |
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Where? | Ordnance Survey, Explorer House, Adanac Park, Southampton, SO16 0AS |
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What time? | 09:55 - 16:00 |
The OS Innovation Festival
26 March 2025 at Explorer House, Southampton
Registrations are now closed
The OS Innovation Festival tackles the challenges that impact everyone. Join us at Explorer House as we create solutions in the market from property to transport and biodiversity loss to data sharing. Collaboration is key, so we're bringing together innovators from our ecosystem of start-ups, partners and government stakeholders to build solutions to improve quality of life for everyone.
Who is this event for?
This free event is for anyone who builds solutions. We’ll have data boffins, business gurus and geospatial geeks. Policy leads and founders. CDOs, CTOs, and CIOs.
What will be taking place?
It'll be serious and fun all at the same time. We’ll be problem solving in our market hack workshops. We’ll have entrepreneurs, academics and our partners showing off their innovations. And our very own experts in data visualisation, 3D mapping, and data science will present their nifty initiatives.
Who’s coming?
We’ve got a fantastic line-up for you. Snowflake will be showing how to eliminate data siloes and simplify architecture. Microsoft will be talking AI and quantum computing. Some of our partners will update on their latest technologies. And we’ll have an exciting keynote speaker, Lewis Dartnell, to inspire all of us.
What's on
Agenda
| Time | Session |
| 09:15 | Registration and breakfast networking |
| 09:55 | Welcome – Nick Bolton, CEO, Ordnance Survey |
| 10:00 | Keynote – Lewis Dartnell |
| 10:30 |
Morning session
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| 12:30 |
Lunch and networking |
| 13:30 |
Afternoon session
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| 15:30 |
Wrap-up |
| 16:00 |
Close |
Agenda
| Time | Session |
| 09:15 | Registration and breakfast networking |
| 09:55 | Welcome – Nick Bolton, CEO, Ordnance Survey |
| 10:00 | Keynote – Lewis Dartnell |
| 10:30 |
Morning session
|
| 12:30 |
Lunch and networking |
| 13:30 |
Afternoon session
|
| 15:30 |
Wrap-up |
| 16:00 |
Close |
Workshops
You can join a workshop where we address a specific market challenge. Which one are you interested in?
Planning the built environment
How do we ensure there is robust water infrastructure in place to support a growing Britain? Co-hosted with Northumbrian Water, we’ll delve into how data can play a bigger part in shaping the water infrastructure needs of the future.
Integrated transport
What types of transport and data can be integrated and made interoperable using tools and standards to enhance business operations and provide smoother customer journeys?
Local energy solutions
What can we do to accelerate the energy transition and facilitate local energy action plans.
Biodiversity
How do we measure biodiversity in a consistent, trusted, objective way and enable metrics on improvements or degradation?
Property
How do we create more efficient solutions for property retrofitting? We’ll look at insulation, change of use, solar installation and more.
Innovation showcase
Network with innovators and experts in our Table Talks and exhibition space, where we’ll explore topics ranging from data science, AI, open data, security and resilience and more.
Also meet our Geovation founders and friends.