In 2012, Capital Relations helped @CXHub to connect with innovators in creative companies. We mapped their knowledge and sparked business ideas for a future in the Digital Public space - read about the method for Knowledge Exchange curation here.
Art has long been used to communicate scientific discovery. In 'The Life Scientific' Prof. Tony Ryan talks about cultural collaborations that aim to solve problems through science. He explains how combining catalysts with fashion can both clean the air and communicate an important message.
Really interesting job in knowledge exchange, innovation and digital, which links multiple HE institutions and creative businesses. Hats off to Lancaster and FutureEverything - continuing to work up some exciting and ambitious work that's highly relevant for our time. I'll continue to watch with interest. Deadline 2nd February 2012.
Capital Relations were thrilled to advise the Manchester International Festival on community engagement and learning outcomes for the worlds first retrofit urban Vertical Farm. The project was launched at MIF11 on Sunday, following an inspiring talk and Q&A with Dickson Despommier, international expert on food futures. You can watch the Alpha Farm video, produced by Creative Concern and shown at the the festival here.
Mary Anne Hobbs has inspired music lovers around the world, now she's inspiring students in Sheffield. In this week's Five on a Friday, Mary Anne tells Coral who inspires her.
Manchester positioned #3 in European Twitter influence ranks - but why? And why didn't BBC talk to the tweeters that used to meet in their social club?
Coral talks to the tireless President of Manchester University, and finds that we're both rather star struck...
I love hanging out with Alasdair Rawsthorne. It’s rare not to learn something geekily fascinating over a coffee or on a sneaky trip to chill factore. His ideas are very much in the future but he has an interesting history too. From a sabbatical in Silicon Valley, Alasdair was inspired to create Transitive, a venture-backed spin out company he launched [...]
