Lancashire Innovation Festival 2022

The Lancashire Innovation Festival is an opportunity to learn and connect businesses with the newest innovators, finding vital support to drive innovation forward in Lancashire.

Festival Agenda

1st Session – Funding – 8.30am to 10.15am

Starting with breakfast we will have a roundtable, hosted by Mark Gibbons from Access 2 Finance Lancashire, with successful Innovate UK winners of funds, British Business Bank, R&D Accountants, talking about the best funds, how they can be sourced and how various businesses have gone about accessing funds.

Edge Hill, Lancaster and UCLan universities will discuss their projects that used Innovate UK money and chat about how they put the funding to good use.

Coffee/Comfort break

2nd Session – Innovation in Manufacturing 10.30am to 12.00pm

Pete McOnie of The University of Sheffield AMRC, a world-class centre for advanced manufacturing research, will discuss projects on which AMRC have collaborated with SMEs. He will discuss the entire process including the involvement of Made Smarter.

Alan Reid, Engineer and Boost Relationship Manager who specialises in manufacturing will host a session on SMEs who have innovated, how they went about it and what they are doing now.

Lunch 12.00pm – 1pm

Informal networking opportunities and a chance to visit the various stands

3rd Session – ECO and Energy – 1pm – 2.30pm

Becky Toal from Crowberry Consulting & Energy will host a session on who is doing what, and the various potentials for innovation that are out there. SMEs will chat about what they are doing and the funds, if any, that are available to encourage hitting eco targets re Innovate UK.

Break - 30 mins

Break for cakes and coffee, and a chance to network again/catch up with stands

4th Session – What is Happening in Lancashire? – 3pm to 4pm

A chance to catch up with the Innovation Challenge winners to find out where they are at.

Innovation Champions roundtable – Lets start talking about social innovation and get the conversation going.

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Location:

Brockholes Nature Reserve
Preston New Road
Samlesbury
Preston
PR5 0AG

Get Involved / Reserve Your Place:

Find out more about the Innovation Festival on the Innovate Lancashire website.

Book your seat via Eventbrite.