Monday, 23 March 2020 is a date that will be etched into the records of British history. The day we locked down. Since then, COVID-19 has turned the world upside down - taking millions of lives and disrupting families, societies and economies.
On behalf of the Faraday Battery Challenge team I would like to express our shock, sadness and feeling of grief at the news of the sudden passing of Richard Parry-Jones, Chair of our Advisory Group. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones at this extremely difficult time.
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In 1985, a group of leaders from 17 European countries and the European Commission gathered in Paris to agree to work together to support closer cooperation between businesses and research organisations in the field of ‘advanced technologies’. It was the Eureka moment and saw the birth of what is today the world’s biggest public network for international cooperation in R&D and innovation. The rest as they say is history!
The built environment is critical to the wellbeing of society and underpins 43% of GDP. Yet it is one of the last remaining industries to truly modernise, adopt digital approaches and become more efficient.
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