About the conference and awards

Since 1975, the UK Government has fuelled over 14,000 ground-breaking Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP), uniting top businesses, researchers, and graduates to drive innovation, boost productivity, and create real-world impact.

To mark this significant milestone KTP 2025 Conference and Awards: Celebrating 50 years of Innovation and Partnership, co-hosted by our three universities in partnership with Innovate UK, will bring together all parts of the KTP community for the first time for a unique series of learning, development and celebration events.

Join us for Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Awards 2025, a landmark celebration of innovation and excellence in KTP. Taking place on Tuesday, 28th October 2025, this spectacular opening event will feature the prestigious Golden Awards, commemorating 50 years of impactful collaboration and ground-breaking achievements.

We warmly welcome all conference delegates to be part of this momentous occasion.

You can find out more information and register to attend the awards here.

Our conference programme dovetails with the awards, starting with an informal evening welcome event on 28th October, and leading into a 2-day conference programme on the 29th and 30th October 2025.

Designed for a high-level of engagement and interaction our programme of keynotes, workshops and seminars has been created around three themes:

• Knowledge with impact.
• Driving innovation for the future.
• The art of successful collaboration.

With an abundance of networking opportunities to enhance your professional networks, and personal well-being sessions to optimise your conference experience and support work-life balance, this conference has been co-created by and for: 

• KTP and Knowledge Exchange practitioners (all career stages).
• KTP Associates (all project stages).
• KTP academics and Knowledge Exchange researchers (all career stages).
• KT Advisers.