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KONFER

KONFER INNOVATION BROKERAGE PLATFORM

DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDY

Background

Vision360 was approached by the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) in 2018 to develop konfer further as a leading UK innovation brokerage platform. Konfer facilitates connections between UK universities, research institutions, and businesses, fostering innovation through collaboration.

Challenge

The main challenge was to evolve an existing platform, creating a user-friendly service that could effectively aggregate and categorize vast amounts of research, resources, and opportunities across various academic and industry sectors. The platform needed to be robust enough to handle complex queries while being intuitive for users from diverse backgrounds, ultimately resulting in connections and engagements across industry and academia.

Solution

Vision360 utilised its expertise in user engagement, data management, machine learning and natural language processing technologies to advance konfer as an intelligent brokerage platform for UK universities and businesses. The platform features over 72 thousand innovation firms, 142 thousand academic profiles and more than 1.6 million research projects.

Development Process

  • Analysis Phase: Vision360 with NCUB conducted extensive consultations with stakeholders from universities and businesses of all sizes to understand their needs and pain points.

  • Design and Development: Based on this analysis, the team implemented a phased development plan, adding key features and benefits based on stakeholder and user feedback.

  • Testing and Refinement: konfer has been tested and refined over the last five years, supporting c. 2,000 collaboration calls.

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