Business with Birmingham 2015

Collaborate. Innovate. Grow. 

Date: Friday 20 November 2015

Time: 10:00 - 16:00

Venue: Great Hall, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT

Information:

A not to be missed opportunity to meet business leaders who have successfully transformed their company through research collaborations and hear how they did it.  The University of Birmingham is delighted to invite you to spend a day on campus to hear about the leading research being undertaken here, meet the academics leading this research, see our fantastic facilities and understand how it can be applied directly to benefit your business.

• Learn about opportunities for collaboration and how easy it is;
• Understand the benefits of R&D collaborations;
• Hear from businesses who have formed successful collaborations and the impact it has had; 
• Network and share best practice with like-minded business leaders, researchers and policy officers.  

The University of Birmingham business engagement team and researchers will be on hand to discuss how, by working together, universities and industry can boost innovation and productivity to stimulate business growth.

Programme

09:30 – 10:00	Registration, coffee and exhibition
10:00 – 10:30	Why should industry engage with academia?
10:30 – 11:30	Panel session: Corporate experiences of collaborating to innovate
11:30 – 11:45	Networking break and exhibition
11:45 – 12:45	Panel session: The SME perspective on collaborative R&D funding
12:45 – 13:30	Networking lunch and exhibition
13:30 – 15:00	Tours & workshops
15:00 – 15:30	Networking break and exhibition
15:30 – 16:00	Sources of funding
16:00 – 16:30	Awards
16:30 – 17:00	Plenary
17:00 – 18:00	Networking reception and exhibition

You can register for the event here or on the link below 

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/business-with-birmingham-2015-tickets-18647529262