Did you know that over 50% of new, innovative products and services launched onto the market fail?

Innovation plays a fundamental role in a company’s growth nationally and internationally. Innovation doesn’t have to be a scientific breakthrough. Incremental innovation is key to many traditional and innovative SMEs to reduce costs, become more competitive and bring new solutions to new markets and sectors. Innovation and commercialisation activities are indeed interconnected so they both need to be part of the overall business strategy.

The Innovate2Succeed (I2S) programme has been designed to help innovative SMEs in the North West overcome barriers to growth, develop an innovation culture, implement relevant processes to transform ideas into innovative solutions and successfully take them to the international market.

Taster event

This breakfast taster session is delivered by an industry specialist, who will share cutting-edge insights into the interconnected world of innovation and commercialisation and guide the participants through the different blocks of the I2S programme using their own innovative projects - innovation culture, internationalisation strategy, product development. This will ensure participants can assess the suitability of this programme and the positive impact it may have on their business.

Key sectors

• Artificial Intelligence – Robotics;
• Immersive Tech - IoT - Audience of the Future;
• Urban living - Smart cities;
• Manufacturing;
• Circular Economy;
• Agritech
• Smart Energy - Renewable energy;
• Others

I2S Programme in more details

The 2nd cohort starting in May 2020 will consist of 3 practical workshops (28th May, 30th June and 24th September) aiming at:

• Creating customer-centric innovation and commercialisation strategies and culture;
• Devising and implementing action plan to develop new solutions, secure potential investment, exploit potential Intellectual Property, find and recruit the right skills;
• Developing a compelling value proposition and sustainable business model,
• Defining the right target audience, sales and marketing plan to secure potential sales and technology and commercial partners;

Each participant in the programme will be supported by a dedicated Innovation Specialist for up to 9 days and supported by experts across different areas from public and private organisations to ensure they achieve their set objectives. Companies may also be eligible for a heavily subsidised IP audit and take part in mentoring, innovation and commercial visits to specific markets.

The workshops and up to 9 days of advisory support from the Innovation specialist are fully funded by Innovate UK and the European Commission. Workshops are compulsory to attend to get the full benefit of the programme.

Interested?

If you are interested in attending this taster session and see how this programme could help your business innovate to grow, please register below.

Selected companies to attend this workshop will be informed on 6th April 2020

Contact

Rodolphe Soulard - Email: rodolphe.soulard@eenw.org