Driving productivity and prosperity through place based innovation

We are a peer network of UK Innovation Districts
and Knowledge Quarters.

Our Members Include:

Better together, we enable the delivery of, and maximise the benefits from, innovation districts and knowledge quarters sharing best practice and knowledge to collectively solve challenges.

UK IDG Members

ENGLAND:

Birmingham Digital Futures

Bristol Temple Quarter

Knowledge Quarter Liverpool

Knowledge Quarter London

Leeds Nexus

London West Innovation Network

Newcastle Helix

SHIFT, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

South Yorkshire Innovation District

NORTHERN IRELAND:

Belfast Innovation District

SCOTLAND:

Glasgow City Innovation District

Glasgow Riverside Innovation District

Placemaking in practice

Together, the UK IDG represents leading innovative places in the UK where businesses, universities, the public sector, and local communities are working together to develop new technology and practices and tackle some of society’s biggest challenges — ranging from identifying net zero interventions to combatting the spread of infectious diseases to developing new applications for artificial intelligence. We link academic research, think tanks and government policy with practitioners, investors, businesses and innovators across every scale and sector.

Ultimately, our aim is to ensure place-based innovation drives inclusive urban growth in the UK.

The UK IDG:

Connects

a network of practitioners, researchers, academics, policy makers, investors and businesses

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Researches

trends, opportunities, challenges and their solutions 

Leads

a national, evidence-based discussion on innovation in places

Builds

practical tools and experiments for places to learn through doing