Tech South West is teaming up with the Engine Shed in Bristol and Tech Nation to bring techies together from across the region.

The free event will provide opportunities to learn, connect and discuss the tech scene across the South West and look at what is happening in Bristol, including a welcome from Google and tour of the Bristol VR Lab.

There are 70 places available for the VR Lab tour (the lab is at Anchor Square, close to Bristol Aquarium) before we ‘hot-foot’ across the city to the Engine Shed, where we have capacity for 90 people.

You can book for the VR Lab tour (15:00-16:00) and Tech South West at the Engine Shed (16.00-18.00), or just the Tech South West at the Engine Shed event.

Later in the evening, the Tech Nation on Tour event takes place at the Engine Shed, giving people the chance to attend both. Tech Nation on Tour needs to be booked separately https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tech-nation-on-tour-bristol-tickets-45410675553

15:00 Bristol VR Lab Tour

16:00 Engine Shed: Arrival and refreshments

16:15 Welcome from Nick Sturge, Engine Shed, and Toby Parkins, Tech South West

• What is Tech South West & What is Engine Shed?

16.30 Lightning Talks (4 minutes)

• What's going on in Bristol & Bath ecosystem - Briony Philips

• SS Bristol - Rick Chapman

• SETsquared Bath & University of Bath Innovation Centre - Rosie Bennett

• Tech Spark - Ben Shorrock

• RocketMakers - Richard Godfrey

• Invest Bristol & Bath - Tatjana Humphries

• FutureSpace - Elaine McKechnie

• BIO - Julie Snell

• Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator - Laurie Hines

• Womens Tech Hub - Constance Fleuriot

17.20 Software Cornwall

17.25 Digital Plymouth

17.30 Digital Exeter and Tech Exeter

17.35 Introducing Digital Northern Devon

17:40 Open discussion on shared challenges and opportunities

18:00 Close / break & networking