About this event

Please note this event was originally scheduled for 19th May but has been rescheduled to 8th July.

Join us for our first virtual showcase event where you will get the chance to hear from top industry leaders, find out about local sector opportunities you can tap into, the chance to network and collaborate with local business owners and promote your business to a wide variety of audience.

Hear from;

• HS2
• Centre for Life
• Low Carbon Journey
• Stadler
• NEPO
• European Space Agency
• Northern Space and Security Ltd
• and many more...

Also included is a special talk live from America , with Dr. Andrew Aldrin from the Aldrin Family Foundation.

Delegates will also be able to find out more about business support that is available and speak to experienced business advisors.

This event is funded for attendees and eligible exhibitors and offers new businesses a chance to discover the advantages and benefits of attending similar events in the region.

On the day

• Business Speed Networking
• Industry Key Note speakers, opportunities and hear from SMEs who supply those sectors
• One to One meetings (With other local businesses, business support professionals)
• Virtual Meet ups (topics)
• Virtual Exhibition Profile – Promote your business and generate leads

There is also the opportunity to win prizes during the day!!

Before the day

Opportunity to attend workshops ahead of the event

Networking opportunities

Updates to follow

Eligibility

Businesses who are located within

• County Durham
• Sunderland
• Gateshead
• Newcastle
• South Tyneside
• North Tyneside
• Northumberland
• Tees Valley

Please note: Registration data may be shared with our event delivery partners for the sole purpose of this event. Our privacy policy can be accessed here https://www.rtcnorth.co.uk/info/privacy-notice

Supply Chain North East

Supply Chain North East brings together four key partners to work with over 800 businesses through to 2021, supporting them to identify opportunities in new and existing markets. An integral part of the North East Strategic Economic Plan, that has a vision to create 100,000 more and better jobs between 2014 and 2024. Supply Chain North East is delivered across the region by RTC North, Generator, North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA) and North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC).

Supply Chain North East is a multimillion programme aimed at revolutionising the way SMEs diversify their offering and embrace new markets. The programme has received more than £3m of funding from the England European Regional Development Fund, which is part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020.

Innovate UK EDGE

Innovate UK EDGE is a key part of the UK innovation agency’s investment in the innovative businesses that drive economic growth. It complements Innovate UK project funding with intensive, specialist-led support for such ambitious businesses.

Each high-potential, innovative business in our portfolio benefits from the objective perspective of a dedicated innovation and growth specialist local to them. Our specialist considers a business in the round and, working closely with its leadership, identifies the most productive ways to accelerate its growth.

What we offer: innovation and growth support

Innovate UK EDGE brings a range of services to help ambitious, innovative SMEs scale and grow. We help businesses:

Exploit innovation

Enter new markets

Source funding

Our specialists can draw on resources such as our programmes, events, innovation & international networks and their domain expert colleagues.

For more information click here: https://www.innovateukedge.ukri.org/