The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee

Technology Strategy Board

The Technology Strategy Board is an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB), established by the Government through the BERR. Its task, operating across all important sectors of the UK economy, is to stimulate innovation in those areas which offer the greatest scope for boosting UK growth and productivity.

The objectives for the Strategy over the next five to ten years are to encourage and enable:

• The continued restructuring of the UK economy in favour of high value, knowledge-based design, manufacturing and services;
• Significant activity relative to international competitors in chosen 'Key Technology Areas';
• High levels of domestic and inward investment relative to competitors in the Key Technology Areas;
• Strategic procurement by Government which stimulates innovation in business and improves the quality and cost effectiveness of public services by encouraging pull-through of innovative products and services.

The Technology Strategy Board has identified six Key Technology Areas, priorities identified through consultation with business, which help set the priorities for Collaborative R&D and develop a longer lead-time for future competitions.

The Key Technology Areas are:

• Advanced Manufacturing
• Advanced Materials
• Bioscience
• Electronics, Photonics & Electrical Technologies
• Information and Communication Technologies

The key areas on which the Technology Board currently work are:

• Collaborative Research and Development
• Innovation Platforms
• Knowledge Transfer Networks
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• Emerging Technologies

Contact Details

Website:	www.dti.gov.uk/innovation/technologystrategyboard
Address:	The Technology Strategy Board, Block B, Floor 1, North Star House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1JF
Telephone:	01793 442700
Email:	enquiries@tsb.gov.uk