London Business Conference and Exhibition | Goldsmiths UniversityGoldsmiths, University of LondonThursday, 13 September 2018 from 09:00 to 19:00 (BST) |
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Event Details
Hear from Technology, Design Thinking and Business Modelling experts and find out about funded schemes to help you drive your business forward.
As part of the ERFD funded DEK Business Growth Programme, this is a free one-day conference, exhibition and evening reception will gather together inspirational speakers and a range of funding organisations who can support you and your business in developing the capacity for growth. The event will offer a forum to map out funding opportunities and the support available to equip you with the knowledge and tools to ensure consistent growth. You will also have the opportunity to explore ways to development of new products, services and markets.
It is essential in today's climate to drive your business forward with creative thinking, innovative technology, smarter logistics, and strategic collaborations. This conference will consider how you can benefit from innovations within the emerged and emerging markets, in which the UK is a world leader. Join a range of sector experts, government agencies and gain invaluable insights in an interactive environment.
This is an ideal opportunity to network with likeminded business thought leaders; a platform for businesses to come together and develop meaningful relationships and collaborations. Meet with innovators, entrepreneurs, managing directors and other key business decision-makers to share ideas and exchange practical knowledge. There will be a multi-sector focuscovering:
- Building Social Purpose into Your Business
- Digital Health Application Innovation
- Building a Thriving Innovative Culture
- Future Gazing: VR and AI in the Creative Industries
- Empowering Decisions with Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
- Food Technology Futures
Aims and Objectives
- Draw together, meet and hear from key support agencies/organisations with a role of helping businesses in the given sector to develop and grow.
- Provide a platform for these support organisations to present their latest offer to the business community.
- Provide an insight into the latest innovations trends, challenges and opportunities for each area of focus.
- Over the duration of the one-day conference, provide opportunities for businesses to network with each other and the support organisations.
Benefits for businesses
- Explore new thinking, outstanding new tech and innovations across a range of sectors
- Discover the pathway to scaling your business and the support available
- Connect with influential innovators and potential collaborators
- Be inspired by insights from thought leaders from your sector
- Meet key support agencies/organisations with a role of helping them develop and grow your business
- Identifying and gain insights to evolving with industry trends, innovations, opportunities and challenges within your sector
- Hear about staff development initiatives
- Find out about funding and services to support innovation and development
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Timing |
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Exhibition opens |
9.00 |
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Arrival Registration |
9.00 - 9.45 |
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Intro |
9.45 - 10.00 |
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Key note |
10.00 - 10.40 |
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Session 1 - Food Technology Futures and Building a thriving Innovative Culture |
10.40 - 12.10 |
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Lunch Break |
12.10 - 13.40 |
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Session 2 - Empowering Decisions with Big Data and Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health Application Innovation |
13.40 - 15.10 |
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Break |
15.10 - 15.40 |
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Session 3 - Future Gazing: VR and AI in the Creative Industries and Building Social Purpose into Your Business |
15.40 - 17.10 |
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Evening reception and exhibition |
17.10 - 19.00 |
By registering for this conference and exhibition you are also registering for the DEK Business Growth Programme funded by the ERDF. The time spent at the conference will be counted as part of a 12 hour ‘Enterprises supported’ award in the programme.
When & Where
Professor Stuart Hall Building - LG02
Goldsmiths University
New Cross
SE14 6NW London
United Kingdom
Thursday, 13 September 2018 from 09:00 to 19:00 (BST)
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Goldsmiths, University of London
Goldsmiths, known for its excellence in creative and cultural arts, humanities and social sciences, is launching an exciting range of adult education and short training courses, giving busy people the chance to work towards new opportunities and a more fulfilling future. We are presenting a diverse, new range of evening and weekend courses, taught by the same experts that teach our ground-breaking degree programmes. This is a chance for you to get a taste of the challenging courses that has made our graduates so successful in creative, cultural and business communities.
So whether you want to learn a new career skill, enhance your job prospects or just discover a new hobby, and at the same time develop your networks, then our short courses are a great opportunity to enrich your life and join the vibrant learning community at a world-class university.
What are we offering? Short courses in Business, Innovation and Marketing, Creative Computing, English & Comparative Literature, Music, Dance and Drama, as well as Social Science subjects applied to real life such as Anthropology, Psychology, Social , Therapeutic and Community Studies.
Goldsmiths is also home to the only Confucius Institute, whereby professional arts platforms are used to promote Chinese language and culture.
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