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Felix was the invited discussant at the 13 October session of the Space Economics seminar series run by The Ownership Project at Harvard Business School.

Felix was invited to speak in the Frontier Technologies track of FinTech Scotland and Barclays’ event at the Barclays Campus in Glasgow.

Carolin joins DTIC to research how alternative finance can help impact-driven deep tech move from the lab to the market.

Ayda joins DTIC to research how national security and industrial policy shape countries’ quantum technology strategies.

Aylin joins DTIC to research green hydrogen and the skills needed for a just transition in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Gemma Milne will lead a new ESRC Connect project bringing historians, legal scholars, deep tech practitioners and policymakers together to rethink intellectual property.

Gemma Milne is co-lead on a new ESRC Connect project using futures thinking to tackle the health inequalities facing future generations.

Gemma Milne is co-lead on a new EPSRC Network+ linking materials scientists with the electronics industry.

Gemma Milne co-organised the inaugural Quantum × Society Research Sandpit at the University of Glasgow. Here is a summary of the day and the research themes it surfaced.

Funding from Innovate UK’s TechLocal programme will embed student teams in Scottish deep tech SMEs to deliver mentored AI productivity sprints.

Gemma hosted the main stage at the 2026 Hello Tomorrow Global Summit in Amsterdam, one of Europe’s largest gatherings for deep tech.