# COLLABORATION AGREEMENT
Date: 1 February 2029
Parties: Northmere Analytics Ltd and Calder University
## 1. Parties and purpose
Northmere Analytics Ltd (Company No. 14567231) of 33 Canal Wharf, Manchester M4 7AD and Calder University of Calder House, York YO1 8QT will collaborate on the six-month FloodLens pilot, without creating a partnership, agency or employment relationship.
## 2. Money and rights
Northmere will provide its river-sensor platform, two engineers and £42,000 of cash funding. The University will provide hydrology researchers, access to its validated rainfall dataset, and a test site at the Ouse research station. Each party pays its own ordinary overheads.
## 3. Duties and operation
Pre-existing software, datasets, inventions and know-how remain owned by the contributing party. Project outputs created jointly are jointly owned in equal undivided shares; a party may use them for non-commercial research, while commercial licensing requires a signed exploitation plan.
## 4. Consent and management
The parties will document lawful bases, controller/processor roles and security measures before any personal data is shared. Sensor data will be minimised, access-controlled and retained for three years after the pilot unless a longer period is required by law.
## 5. Ending and remedies
Each party must meet its milestones, keep confidential information secret for five years and promptly report a security incident. The University controls academic integrity and may publish after giving Northmere 30 days to identify genuine confidential information or patentable subject matter.
## 6. Legal reservations
Either party may terminate for an uncured material breach after 20 Business Days or for convenience on 30 days' notice. Termination does not undo completed research; accrued costs, confidentiality, data return and IP licences survive. Liability is capped at fees and funding paid, excluding fraud, death or personal injury caused by negligence, and liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
## 7. Signatures
English law applies and the courts of England and Wales have non-exclusive jurisdiction. Directors of research and Northmere's managing director sign for their organisations on 1 February 2029.