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This event will be of interest to all members of the Science, Engineering and Photonics communities - particularly investors, innovators, businesses and research & technology organisations.
The Technology Investment Forum, with its associated Innovation Area and Seminars presents an occasion to network with experts from finance, academia and other business professionals from the photonics industry together with the opportunity to meet one-to-one with people of complementary expertise.
One-day programme of seminars
To be held within the Exhibition Hall, Meeting Area 2 - please allow enough
time to register (free) on arrival at the exhibition.
THIS IS A FREE MEETING
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Title and Speaker |
| 10.00am |
Exhibition doors open, visit to the Innovation exhibits from UK and Ireland universities. |
| 10:25am |
Welcome & Introduction
Alex Clarke - Photonics Cluster (UK) |
| 10:30am |
Show me the Money
Alastair Wilson, Director - Photonics KTN |
| 10.50am |
The Challenge of Turning Photons into Money
Henry Hyde Thomson - Anglo Scientific - speaker profile
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| 11:10am |
The Funding Gap: Investing in Early Stage Technology Companies
Ron Peterson - Longbow - speaker profile |
| 11:30am |
The Catch 22 of Funding your Business for Growth.
Richard Atkinson - Second Mile - speaker profile |
| 11:50am |
Intellectual Property: Profits, Perils and Pitfalls
Mark Yeadon - Harrison Goddard Foote - speaker profile |
| 12.10pm |
Point Source Case Study - speaker profiles
Simon Davies - Grant Thornton |
| 12.30pm |
RDA Funding Opportunities
Richard Hanson - Advantage West Midlands |
| 12:50pm |
- lunch break, networking and exhibition - |
| 2.00pm |
Open Innovation, the most powerful business tool of the 21st Century
John Danvers - PERA |
| 2.20pm |
Business Support for West Midlands Manufacturing Companies.
Michael Knight - Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) - speaker profile |
| 2.40pm |
Close of meeting |
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| 4.30pm |
Executive Discussion Forum – ‘Industry Perspectives: Market direction and opportunities for the UK ’ |
More details from:
Alex Clarke
Photonics Cluster (UK)
tel: +44 (0) 121 260 6020 fax: +44 (0) 121 260 6450
email: Alexc(at)astonsciencepark.co.uk |
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With thanks to sponsors:
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