- Are your ideas at an embryonic stage?
- Do you need to put some meat on the bones of your idea before trying for funding?
- Do you know what you want to do but don't know how?
- Do you have a great idea but don't know if it can be done and if so where to start?
- Do you need a proof of concept or credible research to make a case?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes then we might be able to help.
All our services are free and impartial and are supported by both the Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise.
Date: 16 March 2010
Time: 09:00 - 14:00
Location: Marcliffe Hotel, North Deeside Road, Pitfodels, Cults, Aberdeen AB15 9YA
"Innovation is not the preserve of high-technology companies or high-volume manufacturig businesses. Any business - any organisation - can benefit from injecting a culture of innovation into what it does."
Last year event was well attended by companies from a wide range of idustry sectors. Through discussion delegates were challenged to think outside the box to grow and energise their business. This event intends to help you to take a new exciting direction for 2010.
This year keynote speakers is Doug Hall - founder and CEO of Eureka! Ranch International. This event is hosted by Mike Southon a Fellow of The Professional Speakers Association and a Saturday Financial Times “My Business” columnist.
Date: 12th March 2010
Location: Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay Glasgow G51 1EA
Once again the Glasgow Science Centre will host to the best of Scotland’s innovators to showcase and celebrate their achievements.
The John Logie Baird Awards will recognise forward-looking innovative businesses and individuals who have demonstrated and outstanding level of commitment and determination to drive their business forward.
The advertising mogul John Morgan will host and preside over the event. Distinguished guests on the evening will include Iain Baird – grandson of the great inventor himself as well as our surprise keynote speaker.
Date: 9 February 2010
Location: Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh
With nearly 300,000 private sector enterprises in Scotland, employing over 2 million people and generating billions in revenue, supporting Scotland’s private sector is an integral part of ensuring economic recovery across Scotland.
Hearing directly from the Scottish Government, leading businesses and sector representatives, this conference will focus on how Government can continue to provide support for businesses and how we can develop partnerships to stimulate recovery and future growth.
This Royal Television Society Scotland event was held on the 2nd December at 9 University Avenue, Gilmorehill G12 . Hosted by Professor Christine Geraghty from the University of Glasgow and the speaker is Bob Hain, STV's Director of Broadcasting and Regulatory Affairs.
Over the last three years the Starter for 6 programme in Scotland (set up by NESTA) has invested in more than 80 creative businesses, as well as offering business advice to over 200 emerging entrepreneurs. After proving its success, the programme has received £1M backing from the Creative Innovation Scotland fund and will now be managed and delievered by the Cultural Enterprise office in Scotland.
This event was part of the Beacons for Innovation program carried out by the Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network that explores the opportunities and challenges faced by the creative industries in relations to technology focused innovation.
The workshop focus was on trying to identify challenges, opportunities and ways in which creative businesses and their associated industries can take advantage of new markets.
Over the next few months we will be running a series of FREE** workshops designed to explore a particular technology or trend with a small group of SMEs who share a common interest in the topic. By looking at how these technologies work in the 'real world' we aim to give each business in attendance real insight into how they can improve their business offerings by leveraging a particular technology.
This years Intellectual Assets 2009 Supplier Gathering was held on the 1st December at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh.
Hosted by Radio 4 presenter and Financial Times undercover Economist Tim Harford the key focus of the day was about identifying, capturing and exploiting Know-How. Other speakers included Ian Brinkley of The Work Foundation and David Gurteen of Gurteen Knowledge both of which offered their views and expertise on the subject.
On Wednesday last week, Robert and myself attended the "Maximising our digital and creative industries" event in Edinburgh. The delegate list included a wide range of individuals from a variety of organisations and educational institutions including Scottish Enterprise, Channel 4, NESTA, Scottish Development International, Skillset Scotland, The Scottish Government, SQA and TIGA.
There was an exciting collection of speakers, each of which provided an insightful contribution to the day. The speakers and their topics included: