b'20 Member News March 2023Solving societal challengesThe Apollo Protocol: unifying digital twins across sectorsSince its launch in September 2022, The Apollo Protocol has attracted critical acclaim and enthusiasm from the digital twin community in manufacturing, construction, the built environment, and the technology sector. The white paper, published byThe Apollo Forum has been established with practical cross-the Built Environment Panelsector one-day hack events where manufacturers and asset of the IET and supportedowners can articulate their data needs or technology offerings by a wide range of leadingto map out the beginnings of a unified value chain, exploring organisations, sets out asolutions and unblocking practical barriers. proposal to unlock the benefitsNeil Thompson FIET, Digital Manufacturing and Performance of digital twins betweenLead at the Construction Leadership Council and IET Built the built environment andEnvironment Panel Chair explains, manufacturing sectors. View the white paper at http://bit.ly/3UTPx8A the data needs of manufacturers and asset owners across Currently, the manufacturingour sectors are hampered by a lack of collaboration and and built environment sectorslanguage barriers. The Apollo Forum events we have are developing digital twinsplanned will enable us to map out those needs, identify separately using differenttechnical and other support and ultimately developlanguage and business models,valuable cross-sector solutions for the participants.yet many of our challenges, such as net zero and economic sustainability, requireLearn more about the Apollo Forum Hack at http://bit.ly/3HvicxMsectors to work together. The forum also has a network on the Digital Twin Hub athttp://bit.ly/ApolloProtocolDTHub'