Gemini Firebox is a new accessible programme from the Digital Twin Hub, designed to fast-track digital twin technologies and rapidly build a market for products and services.
Gemini Firebox provides a powerful space for collaboration between digital twin innovators and infrastructure owners. It allows real-world application of digital twin technologies – innovators can refine their solutions alongside infrastructure owners to ensure they meet industry needs.
What does Gemini Firebox provide?
The programme helps innovators to:
- Stand out as a suitable partner in the busy landscape of digital twin innovation companies
- Increase the value of the offer collaborating with a group of mutually beneficial innovators
- Amplify their pitch with a benefit-led transformation story and marketing toolkit for stakeholders to buy into and share.
Delivering real opportunities within a short timeframe:
- Direct access to major infrastructure owners and decision-makers
- Collaboration opportunities with other innovative companies
- A platform to showcase solutions to a wider audience
- Marketing support to articulate value propositions
- Opportunity to present at the CPC Summit on 19 March 2025.
It helps infrastructure owners to:
- Identify the right partners
- Maximise impact
- De-risk investment.
Hear what the industry has to say
The initiative addresses a critical challenge in the industry: connecting cutting-edge innovators with established infrastructure giants. As Toby Mills, CEO of Entopy, points out, “Companies like ours, doing innovative cutting-edge stuff, don’t have the platform to get in front of and be taken seriously by large organisations. This programme provides that platform.”
It offers a structured process that opens doors for innovators, allowing them to showcase their solutions directly to key decision-makers. Nick Tune, CEO and Co-founder of Optimise AI, emphasises, “The Digital Twin Hub and Connected Places Catapult open doors, allowing us to actually showcase what we do, to big asset owners.”
Collaborative problem-solving
By creating direct collaboration between innovators and infrastructure owners, Gemini Firebox accelerates the development of targeted solutions. This approach not only drives innovation but also builds valuable relationships within the industry.
Craig Lucas, Director of Energy Transformation at Mott MacDonald, highlights the broader impact: “The more dialogue and engagement you can get at this stage, the lower the barrier to entry becomes for everybody.” This collective effort is reducing risks and speeding up the adoption of digital twin technologies across the sector.
Demonstrating real-world value
Gemini Firebox stands out by focusing on practical applications and tangible benefits. Duncan Welberry, Head of IT Business Partnering, Data & Analytics at Associated British Ports, notes, “The Firebox programme highlighted the proof of value from existing solutions in the market to bring to life the so what.” The emphasis on real-world value is crucial in building a stronger case for digital twin adoption, making it easier for decision-makers to invest in these innovative solutions.
Shaping the future of UK infrastructure
With the global digital twin market projected to grow from $17.73 billion in 2024 to $259 billion by 2032[i], Gemini Firebox positions participants at the forefront of a rapidly expanding field. It allows us to shape the future of UK infrastructure collaboratively to tackle pressing national challenges such as decarbonisation and operational efficiency.
Klaus Dalgaard from Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure and Geospatial division UK adds, “It creates an opportunity to enhance and bring to the forefront innovation that is available today and coming up for the future.”
Learn more and get involved
Visit the Gemini Firebox web page to download the brochures and express an interest in joining the programme.
[i] https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/digital-twin-market-106246
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