The initiative created and supports an innovation network across the City Region - six data-driven innovation ‘hubs’, housing expertise and facilities to help key regional industrial sectors.
Services provided by the Communications and Events team include:
- Delivering joint Communications and Events that highlight examples of impactful DDI activities across the whole programme
- Ensuring these examples are shared with key stakeholders in the DDI programme such as the City Region Deal partners, including the Scottish and UK governments
- Helping sector leads and business development executives reach objectives with support from targeted industry marketing campaigns
- Communications and Engagement activities in support of cross-hub collaborations
- Publishing the DDI annual report, and feeding into annual reports from the City Region Deal and UoE
- Pitching ideas for press stories to the Corporate News and Research News teams
- Engaging with target audiences via the DDI’s website, monthly newsletter and social media
- Planning and delivering event management, giving internal stakeholders the opportunity to network with key external audiences
- Arranging visits by national and local government to DDI facilities
- Planning UoE’s presence at major international events and conferences related to data, tech and innovation
- Providing up to date induction information to newly appointed staff at the DDI hubs
- Ensuring DDI achievements are appropriately represented in wider communications for the City Region Deal