Top policymakers, academics and industry leaders gathered to discuss how UK universities should prepare for future innovation.
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[London, UK, June 21, 2018] Huawei today hosted its second Academic Salon in central London. Top policymakers, academics and industry leaders gathered to discuss how UK universities should prepare for future innovation.
The UK Government Science Minister Sam Gyimah said: “Developing the relationship between businesses and our world leading researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs is at the heart of our modern Industrial Strategy. Huawei’s long-term commitment to open collaboration with UK academic institutions is a great example of how we can bring together academic minds and businesses to ensure not only the research but the development is done here in the UK, producing the products and technologies of tomorrow.”
Professor Stephen Toope, Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, added, “No single organization has all the answers. Partnerships drive progress. That is why we established a new research group with Huawei and BT last year. By working with industry we seek to improve the technologies we use on a daily basis, and ensure that the insights delivered through our research have a wide impact. Universities are a natural place for innovation, but it is through collaboration with technology partners, like Huawei, that we can best prepare our institutions for the future.”
Chen Lifang, Board Director and Senior Vice President of Huawei, said, “Huawei holds a fundamental belief in the power of education and research. It is part of our worldwide commitment to R&D, our devotion to inspiring and supporting STEM careers. We see our partnerships with universities as an important part of this effort and we are especially proud of our long-term relationships with universities in the UK.”
The Huawei Academic Salon showcased the Huawei Innovation Research Program (HIRP), the company’s flagship funding initiative which provides backing for leading universities and institutes conducting research in communications technologies, computer science, engineering, and related fields.
On 1st February, Madam Sun Yafang, former Chairwoman of Huawei, met with the UK Prime Minister Theresa May in Beijing, and reaffirmed the company’s long-term commitment to the UK. Huawei announced that the company will invest and procure a total of £3 billion in the UK over the next five years, helping UK companies to increase exports to China. This commitment builds on the pledge made by Huawei in 2012 to invest and procure £1.3 billion in the UK over the five years from 2013 to 2017. Huawei announced that this 2012 target was significantly exceeded, and Huawei invested and procured £2 billion over that period. The company now employs more than 1,500 people in the UK in 15 offices, including its head office in Green Park, Reading.
Huawei has a strong focus on Research & Development (R&D) and has three R&D sites in the UK: the Centre for Integrated Photonics in Ipswich; Neul in Cambridge; and a centre in Bristol. The company will continue to grow its investment in R&D and collaborate with UK universities over the next five years, with plans for an expanded range of topics to research and more university partnerships.
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About the Huawei Innovation Research Programme (HIRP)
The Huawei Innovation Research Programme (HIRP) was launched in 2010. It is a mechanism for open collaboration between Huawei and academic institutions, which offers project funding to academic partners. The HIRP Exploratory project creates channels for scholars to share and bounce their most cutting-edge ideas off each other, through technology summits and forums and funding projects into uncharted territory.
The HIRP Open project supports outstanding new ideas of the industry. It is announced on the Huawei website, and universities and research institutions around the world are welcome to submit applications. The HIRP Flagship project focuses on industrial applications of key technologies. Top scholars are invited to help address major technological challenges facing both the ICT industry and academics involved in research.
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