- 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: 26 May 2010
Time: 09:00 -17:00
Location: Hall 3, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), Glasgow
Scottish Technology Showcase is Scotland’s only national cross-sectoral technology showcase. This is a free to attend event. This event has widen its remit to incorporate a broader range of technologies applicable to a wider audience across Scotland’s Key Sectors.
The showcase will focus on Innovation, Collaboration and Commercialisation based on the four themes: Digital Industries, Low Carbon Economy, Health Innovation and High Value Manufacturing.
This event is an ideal way to identify new business opportunities through collaboration in technology as well as to discover new solutions to your business problem.
Date: 19 - 20 March 2010
Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (Fri) and 10:00 - 16:00 (Sat)
Location: Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), Glasgow
If you want to get your new business idea up and running or you want to protect and grow your existing business in this difficult climate, New Start Scotland Exhiition offers face to face advice from more than 150 exhbitors. All of them under one roof. New Start Scotland Exhibition also offers an extensive range of free seminars, workshops and live features.
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 March 2010
Time: 9:00 - 19:00
Location: University of the West of Scotland (UWS), Paisley Campus, High Street, Paisley PA1 2BE
This Festival is a full day event focusing on Creative and Cultural Industries. Various events such as conference, workshops, talk and many others will take place all over UWS Paisley Campus. The main streams of events are
- Creative Economy Scottish Policy Conference (9am – 4pm)
- Creative Industries Festival and Careers Fair (10am – 6pm)
- Creative Industries Inspiring People Event (6-7pm)
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.