Silicon photonics & UK industry strategy Dr John Lincoln Chief Executive, Photonics Leadership Group Industrial Liaison, The Future Photonics Hub
Industry Strategy - Why Care? Steer/direct/influence government investment to 2021+ All funding agencies Innovate, EPSRC, UK Research and Innovation UKRI, LEPs Covers Prioritise Rules of engagement Framework for support/ cash Specifics interventions New funding National productivity infrastructure fund Extra 425million 2017, 2billion in 2020, Innovate, UKRI Industrial strategy challenge fund New WHY? Industry deliver growth Whilst gov delivers BREXIT 2
Status Living document and process First released 120 page green paper in Jan 2017 Consultation > 600 inputs April 2017 Final white paper Dec/Jan 2017 Narrow focused Plenty intermediate actions Pre-election 6 industry strategy funding streams Sector deal drafts Down selected priorities Watch evolution closely. 3
Key components 10 pillars Science & innovation Infrastructure Procurements Energy Skills Regions Industry defined challenges Academic industry colab Industry strategy challenge fund Sector deals Industrial digitization Nuclear Creative industries Life-sciences Low emission vehicles 4
Key elements 10 Pillars 5 Silicon Photonics impact Leading world research Enable UK manufacture / value add DC s 5G, Access High productivity jobs outside S.E. Investing in Science, Research & Innovation Upgrading infrastructure Improving Procurement Delivering affordable energy & clean growth Driving growth across whole country Developing skills Supporting business to start and grow Encouraging trade & inward investment Cultivating world-leading sectors Creating the right institutions to bring together sectors & places Apprenticeships inc degree Generating demand Graduate + More mid size Access to capital, Spin outs Vocal CEOs
Not all pillars have equal weight Impact Attention Key elements 10 Pillars Investing in Science, Research & Innovation Upgrading infrastructure Improving Procurement Delivering affordable energy & clean growth Driving growth across whole country Developing skills Supporting business to start and grow Encouraging trade & inward investment Cultivating world-leading sectors Creating the right institutions to bring together sectors & places Emerging top priorities Productivity Place People
Industry Strategy Challenge Fund 9 >4 bn new money Focused on industry Academic collaboration 5 year plus impact, substantial Invested/ announced in waves Wave 1 Lots add to previously submitted projects Wave 2 consultation with industry Jan 2017 Predefined challenges Announcement expected in November Wave 3 How to get Si photonics relevant challenges on agenda? Where are challenges of DC energy consumption Latency Optical backbone bandwidth Fibre to the home ISCF Wave 1 246m Batteries Faraday challange 197m Accelerating innovative medicines 93 Robotics and AI for harsh environments 38m Driverless cars R&D 26m Composites for aerospace automotive 99 Satellite test facility ISCF Wave 2? Bioscience & biotech for food energy, material production. Manufacturing and Materials - manuf of next gen products Quantum tech sub-surface imaging, GPS free Transformative digital tech - data, AI, security, HPC, 5G, modelling
Broader ISCF impact Headline projects Batteries, autonomous vehicles Long gestation predating ISCF The big announcements Additional pot Extension of successful existing programs Manufacturing future theme in EPSRC Materials and manufacturing competitions in Innovate Early ISCFs strong EPSRC Innovate collaboration Genuinely new Areas and interventions Innovate loans cf patient capital review Bridges Innovate EPSRC - UKRI 11
ISCF and Silicon photonics 12 Everyone is after a slice of the pie Some / many will be disappointed. As an enabler the side door maybe more efficient Integrated photonics will be essential to many challenges Autonomous vehicle sensors Industrial digitisation / industrial internet of things / sensors# High throughput (productive) drug development / medical screening Light weight satellite comms Harsh environment sensor for robotics Datacentres and HPC for AI Remember the priorities Productivity, People, Place with the best of UK technology
Sector deals 13 Government will work with sectors that organise themselves behind strong leadership to help deliver upgrades in productivity Can cover regulation, competition, commercialisation, institutions, policy... Separate process to ISCF Focus on unlocking near-term growth Now new money But may guide how existing funds can be better allocate Substantial industry support ( and voice) 5-6 preordained in green paper Consulting over Summer 2017 Model aerospace technology institute Many more proposals from industry Guidance due to be issued Need show what industry has already tried No new deal can t replicate previous one Evidence of future impact Industrial digitization Nuclear Creative industries Life-sciences Low emission vehicles adoption Need passionate CEOs + brands
Sector deals and silicon photonics 14 Proposals put forward for photonics & laser based manufacturing Invited collaborative grants National knowledge centres Engineering fund Best short term prospect in industrial digitisation deal - UK take on industry 4.0, championed by Siemens http://industrialdigitalisation.org.uk/ Leadership: Digital technology institute & digital networks coordinating Catapults & Unis Rapid adoption : Effective business support thru regions Innovation: Actions on key technologies additive, AI, autonomous. Plus skills standards Hardware not explicitly mentioned yet Silicon photonics enables industrial digitisation but does the end user know? Participate to create new markets
Common sector deal themes If many ask for the same will cross cutting initiatives resolve? Everyone is short-of-skills Emphasis on productivity How to grow without more specialist people Best practice for making more most of human capital. Hours using unique skills vs total hours worked. Everyone is short of capital especially for scale-up Recent patient capital review Immediate impact expected in 2017 Loans with innovation/ productivity impact as criteria alongside ROI? 15 How could Si photonics delivery or leverage crosscutting initiatives?
And Finally- Catapults Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult Focused on having early impact for industry Demonstrators with cross application impact. Silicon photonics containing CS elements is fully in remit https://csa.catapult.org.uk/ Andy Sellars Stephen Doran, CEO No mention of new Catapults in industry strategy Make the most of the ones we have High Value Manufacturing Catapult. 17
Photonics Leadership Group Bring together industry, academia, support agencies and government Making UK Photonics bigger, faster, stronger www.photonicsuk.org www.photonicshub.org @johnrlincoln UK has world leading photonics industry Stand tall be Proud Prepared with the support of the Future Photonics Hub and over 60 regular PLG participants from across industry and academia 19