Our next Cleantech Special Interest Group (SIG) will be held at the Northern Design Centre on the evening of October 20^th 2014.

Created especially for Cleantech companies engaged in product development in the Northeast of England, the event will focus on how frameworks such as collaborative development and design thinking can make savings, speed up the route-to-market and add commercial value to projects.

With representation from Tharsus Group, Northumbria University, The Design Council and Newcastle Science City, the evening will be an interactive mix of information and networking.

Taking place just before the region’s Venturefest Innovation Conference (21st October), it’s a forum for sharing experiences with industry peers and an opportunity to bridge the gap between proof-of-concept and manufacture.

Just a short walk from the famous Newcastle-Gateshead quayside, the start time is 5.45pm.

Building on June’s launch event in London, which attracted over 35 organisations, it will cover topics such as:

• Original Equipment Design & Manufacture as a model for ‘value added’ but outsourced route to Manufacture.
• Bringing scale quickly to opportunities.
• Design thinking.

Ending with a 30 minute Q&A followed by networking, the Special Interest Group will appeal to a broad range of companies interested in Cleantech product commercialisation activities.

Agenda:

5.00pm: Registration / Tea & Coffee’s

5.45pm: Welcome and Introduction: Bruce Watson. Northumbria University.

6.00pm: Case Study – The Journey to Collaborative Advantage at Tharsus: Mark Illman, Tharsus Group

6.30pm: World-Class Design for Supply Chains: Ellie Runcie, Design Council

6.45pm: A hub for Clean-Tech Innovation in the Northeast: Ben Fisher, Newcastle Science City

7.30pm: Networking, drinks and eats

9.00pm Close

If you’d like to know more about the event, please contact Mark Illman at Tharsus by e-mail (mark.illman@tharsus.co.uk) or by phone on 01670 368000.