1. Future Innovations Seminar
Adastral Park, 7 February 2013

2. Research and Innovation in BT
Dr Tim Whitley
Managing Director, Research & Innovation and Adastral Park, BT

3. BT Research and Innovation
Tim Whitley, MD Research & Innovation and Adastral Park

4. BT has a long history of innovation…

5. Adastral Park – ‘a key UK engineering centre’
BT’s Global engineering HQ
3700 BT people
670 partner people
45 high tech companies
Focal point of BT R&D
BT is #1 UK technology investor in R&D
Source of key IPR
Hosted >250 VIP customers, civil servants and policy makers in last year
Largest test & integration facility in Europe
UK operations centre
Over 4000 students engaged over /12, involving 70 schools and universities
C £700M last year 9n R&D
£5Bn over past 5 years
Pioneered single mode fibre – we made it practical
We invented blown fibre
We made DSL practical and pioneered VDSL in particular
PM & UK Cabinet visit - Adastral
5th December 2011

6. BT’s global research & innovation scouting
£560m invested in R&D in 2011/12.
£4.4 billion+ spent on R&D over the last five years.
17,000 scientists and technologists employed worldwide.
5000+ patents in our portfolio
6 sector showcases
Innovation
Hot Houses
12 visiting
professors/
fellows
Global
Scouting
60+ patents
per year
22 PhDs funded
30+ student
interns
65 PhDs
16 MBA
projects

7. Advanced Test & Diagnostics Sustainability & Inclusion
BT research themes
Advanced Test & Diagnostics
Core Networks
Big Data
Network
Virtualisation
Cloud Services
Strategic
Social Media
Sustainability & Inclusion
Optimising
Operations
Smart
Communities
TV &
Connected Home
Wireless Futures
Proactive
Service
Extending SFBB
Security Futures