LoToNo is a cross-regional platform in the UK that aims to help transform the Dorset, Solent, and Hampshire regions into low carbon areas. Its goals are to support emerging green industries, encourage collaboration between businesses, researchers, and designers, and serve as a blueprint for other European regions. LoToNo will host events bringing together suppliers and customers to solve packaging and other business issues through innovative solutions.

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2. What is LoToNo?
LoToNo is a groundbreaking, cross-cluster, cross-regional platform –
the only project of its kind in the UK.
Our mission:
• Help transform Dorset/Solent/Hampshire into a low carbon region
• Support emerging resource-efficiency industries
• Encourage collaboration amongst businesses/researchers/designers
• Become a blueprint for other regions across Europe
• Nurture emerging industries and new business models
• Have a demonstrable and lasting impact
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3. Image courtesy of Ellen MacArthur Foundation
For further information check out: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org www.greatrecovery.org.uk
And The Disruptive Innovation Festival: www.thinkdif.co

4. Who is involved?
A delivery partnership:
Dorset County Council
Borough of Poole
Future Solent -
Pôle Mer Méditerranée
Lead by WSX Enterprise Ltd (The Design Programme)
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Co-funding
The European Union
Businesses
Within the target region
Partner across the EU
This project is co-funded
by the European Union

5. Offshore Renewable Energy
Supply Chain & Innovation
What is it?
• An interactive conference (free to attend but limited numbers)
• Southampton Solent University, Friday 28 November 2014 10.00 – 16.00
• Innovate UK – finance your innovation
• CompeteFor – maximise visibility & access supply chains
• Poster session – share expertise
• World Café – showcase technologies & services & find collaborators
• Post-event mentoring to bring collaborations closer to market
• EventBrite link: http://bit.ly/1vTdTyi
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6. Taming the Monster 2015
What is it?
• Mix of packaging suppliers and businesses who need packaging
solutions
• joined by designers and expert design managers
• meeting in a creative environment to solve packaging issues
• potential for packaging issues to lead to innovative and novel solutions
• Ageas Bowl, Southampton
• Friday 13 March 2015
• Eventbrite link: http://bit.ly/ZdRIId
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7. Innovation Labs
What are they?
• Small focused day sessions
• Themed and ‘challenge led’
• Typically sponsored by a large business seeking supply-chain solutions
• Curated attendance to get the right mix for innovative solutions
• Specific events in development … watch this space
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8. The impact.
LoToNo will mean:
• Environment and business
sustainability is seen as an
opportunity, not a threat
• Increased profitability for low
carbon goods and services
companies
• Businesses want to locate to
the region
The model for a low carbon future.
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9. By 2016…
We want to see:
• Collaborative working across
sectors, regions and industries
• Strong European partnerships –
more cooperation and new
business opportunities
• Common regional problems
solved by new systems thinking
• A dynamic, growing region that
demonstrates the value of
collaborative working
• Awards recognising our region’s
achievements
• Other regions coming to learn
our approach and implement it
themselves
• Activity feeding into local
authority strategies
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10. The catalyst for change.
We will create exciting events that promote collaborative
working, establishing relationships that go beyond
individual projects.
Identify & launch
25 successful low
carbon-focussed projects
Engage with
250 businesses
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11. Find out how we can help you.
t 01752 776803
m 07740 611198
e hello@lotono.co.uk
tw @lotonogp #emergind
www.lotono.co.uk
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