UKMPG launches ‘Digital Dragons Den’ contest

Ideas from the contest, launched at the All Party Parliamentary Group for Maritime and Ports, will help inform the UK Government’s Maritime 2050 vision.

Tim Morris, chief executive of UKMPG, said that the organisation is “making an open call for ground-breaking perspectives and ideas on what are the top five ways digitisation could transform the major port of tomorrow.

“We’re running this process with the participation of Government so we’re also asking what the right role for Government is, as well as industry, in making this future vision a reality in the UK.”

The originators of the best three submissions will have the opportunity to present to the CEOs of nine of the largest port operators in the UK – operators that invest more than half a billion pounds in the UK’s ports and infrastructure each year – at UKMPG’s board meeting in November.

The deadline for initial submissions is 3 August. The review panel will consider submissions over the summer, potentially with interactions with ideas originators during September, before shortlisting submissions on 5 October.