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Deep Tech Connect is the Royal Academy of Engineering's flagship innovation event, bringing together entrepreneurs, researchers, industry leaders, policymakers and partners from across the UK's deep tech ecosystem.
The event showcases the breadth of innovation emerging from the Academy's programmes, highlighting how engineering and research excellence can be translated into commercial success, societal benefit and economic growth. Through a combination of keynote addresses, panel discussions, networking opportunities and a live exhibition of pioneering technologies, delegates will gain insight into the opportunities and challenges facing deep tech innovators today.
A particular focus will be placed on the role of engineering-led innovation in addressing major national and global challenges, including climate resilience, national security, advanced manufacturing, health technologies and emerging digital technologies. The event will also provide an opportunity to explore findings from the Academy's State of UK Deep Tech 2026 work, considering what is needed to strengthen the UK's position as a global leader in deep tech innovation.
Alongside thought-provoking discussions, attendees will have the opportunity to meet founders, researchers and engineers developing breakthrough technologies and connect with the funders and partners supporting them on their journey from invention to impact.
Deep Tech Connect seeks to strengthen connections across the innovation ecosystem and celebrate the innovators building tomorrow's technologies today.
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Venue and accessibility
It is very important to the Royal Academy of Engineering that our events are accessible to all. If you have any accessibility requirements, please contact the Events team more than one week in advance of this event so that necessary arrangements can be made. Contact details: [email protected].
Further information about accessibility at Prince Philip House can be found at: https://raeng.org.uk/about-us/accessibility.
Diversity monitoring form
The Academy is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and one of our goals is to develop an engineering community fit for the future. To help us achieve this, we would like to collect some basic anonymous data about the event attendees. If you would like to help, please complete the diversity monitoring form by logging into your user account on our website and completing ‘Update my D&I data’.
The Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS FMedSci
Julia’s engineering experience began at a young age, through learning to fix her home electrical appliances. She moved from an academic career at Cambridge to a job in industry with Rolls- Royce, developing critical aeroengine materials.
Over her career, Julia developed a growing interest in climate change. She led the King Review on low-emissions transport for the government, which led to more official advisory positions and becoming a leading voice in the drive to combat climate change.
Professor Douglas Paul OBE FREng FRSE
Prof Douglas Paul OBE FRSE FREng is a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies at the University of Glasgow. He is the Principal Investigator for the UK Hub for Quantum Enabled Position, Navigation and Timing and is a founder of the company Quantrologee commercialising quantum technology sensors and supply chain components.
He was the recipient of the Institute of Physics President's Medal in 2014 and was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2025 New Years Honours for services to quantum technology research. His research uses micro-fabrication and nano-fabrication approaches to produce practical quantum technology systems for applications including position, navigation, timing, LiDAR, quantum imaging, memories, gravity imaging, sensing and secure communications. He is also an advisor to multiple UK Government Departments including being on the BIST College of Experts.
Dr Caroline Hargrove CBE FREng
Dr Caroline Hargrove CBE FREng is Chief Technology Officer (“CTO”) at Ceres, a leading developer of high efficiency fuel cell and green hydrogen technology. Caroline started her career as a lecturer in Engineering at Cambridge and then moved to McLaren Racing, where she pioneered the simulation of human-machine interaction leading the development of the first F1 simulator. Later she was a founding member of McLaren Applied Technologies, set up to exploit McLaren F1 expertise to new markets and became its CTO. She was also CTO of Babylon Health and a Non-Executive Director of Ceres for three years before joining as its CTO in 2021. Caroline is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and holds a PhD in Applied Mechanics from Cambridge. She received a CBE for services to Engineering in 2020.