Space Week launching in Cumbria, businesses invited on board

The organisation says businesses, schools and individuals are invited to a range of space-related events throughout the last week of the month to see how they could be inspired by the UK’s space sector.

The first two days of the event are devoted to a business audience with a wide range of speakers from the space industry addressing delegates at Lakes College, Workington, on Monday and Tuesday, June 26 and 27.

Day Two will be hosted Professor Adrian Bull MBE, Chair in Nuclear Energy and Society at the Manchester University Dalton Nuclear Institute, with themes including the Lunar Economy, Satellite Instrumentation and Application of Data, and the Space Energy Initiative, among others.

There will also be discussions on how to develop R&D in the space sector and how to attract funding to work collaboratively – with universities and other organisations – to help grow a space cluster in West Cumbria.

“We have been working with partners to explore opportunities for businesses in Cumbria to diversify into other sectors.” said Miranda Kirschel, iSH Regional Representative. “The innovation, expertise and skills we see day in day out in Cumbria mean businesses are well positioned here to transfer that capability into different industries.”

“The space industry has been identified as one of a number of sectors where West Cumbria’s industry can offer transferable, and directly applicable, skills and capability. Through discussions with those in the space sector it has become clear that there are many synergies with industries and businesses here.”

To book tickets for iSH Space Week’s business events visit eventbrite.com.

iSH Cumbria

iSH is an initiative that is designed to create jobs, provide business support, and bring a range of economic and social benefits to the local community.

It is supported by Cumberland Council, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Sellafield Ltd and Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership, and aims to create “sustainable opportunities for the direct benefit of the people of Cumbria and the UK economy”.

iSH Space Week is supported by Cumberland Council, Sellafield Ltd, Jacobs, National Nuclear Laboratory, Cumbria Chamber of Commerce, Whitehaven Council, and the Beacon Museum.

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