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Festival event schedule

3-7 March 2025

Join the innovation conversation

From the 3-7 March 2025 there are a number of events planned. Listed below you’ll find information on each event and how to register your place. Event information is regularly updated so keep checking back for all the exciting news!

Monday

03

March

Big Futures in Small Businesses: Innovation

08:30 - 12:00. Jacobs.

Presented by: TBC

Monday

03

March

Developing a Playful Approach to Climate Action

10:30 - 12:30. Posynergi (c/o FileDoc offices).

Presented by: Helen Hill

Monday

03

March

Financial Landscape - Sources of Capital and how they fit together

14:00 - 15:30. Online.

Presented by: Chris Jones

Tuesday

04

March

10 Things You Need to Know When Commercialising Innovation

08:30 - 11:00. Platform, Bruntwood Sci-Tec.

Presented by: Richard Hall, Jane Slimming

Tuesday

04

March

Preparing for Equity

09:00 - 11:00. Online.

Presented by: Ruth Denwood, Alice Ingram

Tuesday

04

March

Operationalising Innovation

09:30 - 11:30. Leeds Santander Work Café.

Presented by: Danielle Heward, Optimo Founder. More TBA.

Tuesday

04

March

So, you want to be great?

10:00 - 11:00. Online.

Presented by: David Martin

Tuesday

04

March

Cap on Head, Not in Hand: Innovation for Good

10:30 - 12:00. Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre.

Presented by: Alison Haskins

Tuesday

04

March

Live Biscuit Printing as part of the Festival of Ideas

11:00 - 14:00. The Biskery.

Presented by: Lisa Shepherd, Saskia Roskam, Holly Wild

Tuesday

04

March

West Yorkshire-Nashville: The Health Innovation Bridge for US Market Entry

11:00 - 13:00. Nexus: University of Leeds.

Presented by: Lori Odom, John Scannapieco, Eric Thrailkill, Chase Spurlock, Alexandra Sheldrake

Tuesday

04

March

Innovation Pop Up & Scarborough Group Innovation EXPO

15:00 - 18:00. The Old Medical School.

Presented by: Prof Phil Wood, Tracy Brabin, Deb Hetherington, Esther Wakeman

Tuesday

04

March

Living Lab: Managing Innovation and Change

16:00 - 18:00. The Knowledge Exchange.

Presented by: TBC

Tuesday

04

March

Celebrating UKSPF Success in West Yorkshire - Showcasing Kirklees

Huddersfield. Presented by: Richard Stubbs, Chris Duffill, Prof Liz Towns-Andrews, Sue Cooke, Sarah Hall, Kate Parr

Wednesday

05

March

Open day at 3M BIC

09:30 - 14:00. 3M Buckley Innovation Centre (3M BIC).

Presented by: Sue Cooke

Wednesday

05

March

Marketing & Investor Readiness with Sustainable Ventures

09:30 - 16:00. West Village (Bruntwood SciTech).

Presented by: Deepesh Thobhani, Stuart Ferguson

Wednesday

05

March

Leeds Networking with FSB and Santander Work Cafe

10:00 - 12:00. Santander Work Café.

Wednesday

05

March

DISCOVER MOCAP: High-End Motion Capture in Leeds

12:00 - 14:00. Tell Studio.

Presented by: Owen Seabrook, Alex Neish

Wednesday

05

March

Innovation Fair

12:30 - 18:00. Nexus Leeds.

Presented by: Tracy Brabin, Mandy Ridyard

Wednesday

05

March

Innovation for Not-for-Profit Organisations

14:00 - 16:00. Leeds Trinity University.

Presented by: Ann Storey, Ian Maude, Dot Smith

Wednesday

05

March

WoWY: Women in Innovation

18:00 - 20:30. Nexus Leeds.

Presented by: Tracy Brabin, Mandy Ridyard, Jordan Dague, Helen Oldham, Fatima Khan-Shah

Thursday

06

March

Leeds Digital Health Innovation Hackathon

09:00 - 17:00. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Innovation Pop Up.

Presented by: Sarah Livesey

Thursday

06

March

Innovate Local: West Yorkshire

09:15 - 15:45. Production Park.

Presented by: TBA

Thursday

06

March

Develop your Innovation Strategy using Lego Serious Play

13:00 - 16:00. Leeds Beckett Business School.

Presented by: Terry McStea

Friday

07

March

Rise and Design: Growth Through Innovation

09:30 - 12:30. Chapter Hall.

Presented by: TBC

Friday

07

March

Who Cares

10:00 - 13:00. Platform.

Presented by: Katherine Megson, Tracy Brabin, Fran Parkinson, Sophie Cliff, Vicky Murray, Aqila Choudhry, Mark Sailes

Friday

07

March

Content Strategy and Branding

10:00 - 13:00. Santander Work Café.

Presented by: Janet Bebb, Sophie Seddon

Friday

07

March

Fireside Chat with an Investor: Preparing for Equity

11:00 - 12:00. Online.

Presented by: Iain Edwards, Katharine Paterson

Friday

07

March

The Value of Business Mentoring

13:00 - 13:45. Online.

Presented by: Brenda Etchells

Friday

07

March

I Wrote The Book On That…

14:00 - 15:00. Online.

Presented by: Martin Higgins

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