Date: Tuesday 10th March Times: 08:30am - 4:30pm Venue: Charnwood Campus Science Innovation and Technology Park Agenda 08:30 – 09:15 | Arrival, Registration & Networking    09:15 – 09:30 | Welcome & Opening Remarks   “The East Midlands gateway from innovation to commercialisation and manufacturing; Part 2: finance and investment.”  Gosia Khrais BSc (Hons), PGDip, CQI, Director, Charnwood Campus   Raghul Senthilnathan, […]

      Date: Tuesday 10th March Times: 09:00am - 5:00pm Venue: Billy Wright Stand, Molineux Stadium, Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton WV1 4QR The leading innovation and entrepreneurship conference in the region Venturefest West Midlands provides investors, innovators and entrepreneurs the chance to meet, engage and exchange ideas for co-operation and collaboration, particularly in the fields of science and emerging technologies. Being […]

Date: Wednesday 18th March Time: 08:30am - 5:00pm Venue: Victoria House, 37-63 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4DR Details MediWales will be holding their annual BioWales in London conference, in collaboration with the BioIndustry Association, on the 18th March 2026. BioWales in London is supported by Browne Jacobson and kindly hosted by Pioneer Group at Victora […]

IC26 Online Workshop 1 - From Idea to Initiation Date: Wednesday 18th March Time 1:00pm – 4:00pm Overview: The first IC26 workshop, sponsored by Dains, guides participants through ideation, early validation, understanding customer problems, cost and competitor analysis, and shaping a real solution. Full workshop info: Kick off your innovation journey with a deep dive into the essentials […]

Date: Thursday 19th March 2026 Venue: Charnwood Campus, Bakewell Road, Loughborough, LE11 5RB A partnership between Medilink Midlands, The Institute for Precision Health – University of Leicester and Charnwood Campus Science Innovation and Technology Park offers expertise support to individuals or companies already in, or transitioning into, the life sciences, medtech, health tech sector within the locality of […]

      Date: Thursday 19th March Times: 5:30pm - 8:30pm Venue:  Mills & Reeve, 98-100 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PH The ultimate entrepreneurial experience and global pitch competition returns to Cambridge Women in Tech Edition. Founders Live returns to Cambridge hosted in Mills & Reeve's fantastic offices within the heart of Cambridge. Founders Live is […]

The 2026 Innovation Challenge is powered by TBAT Innovation & The Dains Group, in partnership with Headline Sponsor Shakespeare Martineau and Platinum Sponsor Barclays Eagle Labs. This online workshop, is sponsored by Forresters IP.  Now that your idea has legs, the second IC26 workshop focuses on turning it into reality. Explore routes for early product […]

Date: Wednesday 29th April Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm Venue: Medical Technologies Innovation Facility (MTIF), Clifton Lane, Clifton, NG11 8NS Calling All UK Innovators & Healthcare Game‑Changers Are you a scaling healthtech or digital health business and on the hunt for investment? This is your moment. We’re opening the doors for ambitious founders to pitch directly […]

Date: Wednesday 6th May Time: 08:30am - 11:00am Venue: Medical Technologies Innovation Facility (MTIF), Clifton Lane, Clifton, NG11 8NS 🎂 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) recently celebrated their 50th anniversary, that's 50 years of funded collaborations between academia and industry. To help spread the word on these valuable partnerships and the funding opportunities that help them […]

Date: Wednesday 13th May  Times: 09:00am - 5:00pm Venue:  East Midlands Conference Centre (EMCC),  Beeston Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2RJ The Scientific Laboratory Show & Conference 2026 Returns to Nottingham The Scientific Laboratory Show & Conference 2026 is a trade show like no other, brought to you by Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS),  the UK’s largest independent […]