Technology World and UK Nano & Emerging Technologies Forum have been combined to create one major 2-day event that showcases the best of UK science and technology to an international audience. Last year the two events jointly attracted over 1700 visitors from 38 countries, facilitated more than 3,000 meetings and generated an estimated £118 million of business transactions.

This year over 350 overseas delegates have already registered to attend including DoCoMo, Ericsson, KDDI, Megafon, China Unicom and delegates from the Sochi 2014 Technical Committee.

how to enter the competition for a complementary stand?

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is announcing plans to publish a broadband strategy paper in December, following the news last month that the government will invest £530 million in the improvement of the UK’s broadband infrastructure.

Earlier this year, the coalition government pledged that the UK would have “the best superfast broadband network in Europe by 2015”. BIS’s forthcoming paper will outline the government’s strategy for achieving this aim, through stimulation of public-private investment and the removal of barriers to broadband rollout in the ‘final third’ of the country and broadband ‘not spots’.

The platform that Technology World offers presents an excellent opportunity to network with like-minded companies that are following this announcement and showcase broadband technologies that potentially provide societal benefits in the UK and exploitation opportunities overseas.

UKTI is working with the DCKTN to help ensure that the UK cluster is represented and ready for the launch of the Broadband Strategy Review.

To take advantage of this great opportunity the DCKTN, BIS and UKTI are encouraging companies to book stand space in a specially designated area called the Digitally Connected zone at Technology World. BIS will have a representative available for parts of the show to discuss the latest developments and they can be accessed through the DCKTN stand.

DCKTN, BIS and UKTI have also agreed to run a competition for five complementary stands for UK SME’s to help demonstrate the UK's broadband delivery. Entry to the competition is free and the five winners will be allocated a 3 x 3 metre stand and two free delegate passes for the event. 10 runners up will each receive a free delegate pass.

Each 3 metre x 3 metre stand will include the following:

2 spot lights
2 13-amp power sockets
Velcro acceptable walls
Fascia name plate (printed by UKTI)
1 table and 2 chairs
2 complimentary 2-day delegate passes

The criteria is:

1) Must be an SME (<250 people), larger companies can apply jointly or as part of a collaboration with an SME. The SME must be conducting R&D in the UK
2) SME must be offering products and services related to Broadband Wireless and/or fixed solutions. These can be ready now or still in the R&D phase.
3) Have a demo which can be shown on the stand – entries will be judged on how compelling the technology or service capability to address NGA plans are.
4) Available to man the stand and demo for the two full days of the show. 7th and 8th Dec 2010.

Entries must be received before 24th November 2010 @ 1700, the competition entries will be judged in a closed door session and the winners and runners up will be announced on the 26th November 2010.

To enter please download the Excel form from the Digital Communications KTN document library click Here... and email the completed form by 5.00PM on the 24th November ’10 – to techworldfreestandcomp@dcktn.org.uk

For any questions related to the competition please contact Kathryn Veares at the DCKTN – kathryn.veares@dcktn.org.uk

All companies can book space directly for the event using a special promotional code to support this activity providing a 20% discount off the current advertised price saving almost £260 for an exhibitor. Two complementary delegate passes are included. The Digitally Connected zone at Technology World is the area containing the following stand numbers: 7-8, 11-13, 14-17, 18-27, 28-31 and 48-49

To book space www.technologyworld.uk.com/exhibiting/book-a-stand.aspx

Please use DCKTN promotional code isSTK0013 to benefit from this.

Contact:

Stuart Revell
Mobile +44 (0) 7836 512787
Email stuart.revell@rtacs.com