BEIS Energy System Digital Twin Demonstrator
Digital twins have long been spoken about as one of the key solutions benefiting from the increased digitalisation of systems, empowering their users with the…
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The Digital Twin Fan Club podcasts are on SoundCloud and right here!
We’re delighted to introduce you to the Digital Twin Fan Club – a think tank for all things digital twin, a community that blends the…
Be part of the next phase to scale up CReDo
Deliver data engineering and core functionality for scale-up – invitation to tender For the Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo), the connected digital twin of critical infrastructure…
DT Hub Strategic Board members announced at the Gemini Call
Anglian Water, Arup, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Bentley Systems, Esri, Frazer-Nash, Infrastructure Client Group, L&Q, National Highways, Network Rail, Mott MacDonald, Ofcom, Palantir, Sunderland City…
Dr Alison Vincent to chair the Digital Twin Hub
The Digital Twin (DT) Hub is delighted to announce today that IT industry leader Dr Alison Vincent PhD, FREng, FBCS, FIET has been appointed as the…
DT Hub Working Groups – choose our priority topics
We are delighted to announce our new Strategic Board which will be led by new Chair Alison Vincent and Vice Chair Mark Enzer. Part of…
Roundtable addresses barriers to digital twins
The government’s cyber-physical infrastructure consultation agenda is to pool industry sector ideas to address common challenges. A joint activity with BEIS and Innovate UK, the roundtable formed…
Shape the Future of Digital Twins as part of the DT Hub Strategic Board
The Digital Twin Hub is at the heart of the UK’s digital twin community, shaping and promoting the development and use of this technology motivated by complex challenges that…
CReDo moves to Connected Places Catapult and wraps up its first phase
PRESS RELEASE With the announcement that the Digital Twin Hub will transition to an Industry/Catapult partnership housed at the Connected Places Catapult (CPC), we are…
CDBB publishes the Gemini Papers: a blueprint for the future
“As CDBB celebrates the successful completion of its mission to advance the digital transformation of the built environment, I am excited to be able to…
The Centre for Digital Built Britain announces a new phase for the Digital Twin Hub at the Connected Places Catapult
PRESS RELEASE We are pleased to announce that from 1 April 2022, the DT Hub will transition from its current home at the Centre for…
DT Hub publishes Annual Benchmark report
‘The growth of the Digital Twin Hub (DT Hub) over the last two years has exceeded all our expectations as numbers have leapt from an…
CReDo show-and-tell webinar, Q&A and technical reports
Collaboration and resilience through connected digital twins: CReDo show-and-tell webinarThe CReDo team launched its Climate Resilience Demonstrator project at the start of November 2021, during…
Launching the Digital Twin Hub Community Council
“The point of digital twins is to enable us to make better decisions that lead to better outcomes for people and nature. It is therefore…
Global BIM Network: connecting the international public sector and multi-lateral organizations to advance the digitalisation of the global built environment
Ahead of the inaugural General Assembly of the Global BIM Network, Adam Mathews, Head of International, Centre for Digital Built Britain and Chair of the…
Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) webinar – showing the art of the possible
‘CReDo is a small step to something potentially huge. It is something tangible that people can see and interact with, taking away the mystique of…
Smart Infrastructure Index 2021: an opportunity to benchmark your digital maturity
Last chance to complete our 2021 Smart Infrastructure Index© with a special focus on digital twins. Twelve months on from the release of our first version of…
Digital Twins for Resilience
In the interview with Eleanor Voss, policy advisor to the NIC, we have begun to explore the recommendations from the NIC regarding the incorporation of…
Digital twins are an extension of the internet
We have embarked on several industrial ages and long before the arrival of the digital age there were the spinning jenny, coalmines, steam engines and…
Digital Twin Talks: Concepts & Definitions Summary
To explore how digital twins are defined and the overarching concepts around them, the DT Hub hosted a five-part talk series (available here). These talks were…
Beyond buzzwords: digital twin maturity spectrum
In my first article, I explored the basic concept of digital twins. Fundamentally, they are a digital replica of a physical thing – a ‘twin’.…
Introduction to theme: pathway to value
Why This Theme? DT Hub activities focus on a set of thematic areas (themes) that are based on shared opportunities and challenges for members. These…
Beyond buzzwords: the true meaning and value of “digital twins”
Digital technologies are no longer considered tools to satisfy a need for efficiency, they are active agents in value creation and new value propositions [1]. The…
Introduction to theme: digital twin competencies
Why this theme? DT Hub activities focus on a set of thematic areas (themes) that are based on shared opportunities and challenges for members. These…
