Climate-KIC and Innovation Birmingham have the pleasure of inviting you to the Supporting Green Business Exchange event.

The purpose of the event is to exchange good practice and promote co-operation between those supporting the growth of green businesses across the UK and Ireland.

Many programmes and initiatives have emerged in the last five years that help nurture climate-friendly entrepreneurial talent, start-ups and SMEs. The urgency, however, demands that this effort should be joined-up, co-operative and comprehensive.

The Supporting Green Business Exchange will be an opportunity to identify who is working in this area, learn from each other about innovations in how support is being delivered, hear about green business funding and find opportunities to enhance individual services through partnerships.

During the meeting, there will be an option to showcase your programme or initiative through a 3-minute presentation.

Agenda:

11:00 – 12.00pm Arrival, set-up and registration, tea and coffee available

12.00 – 12.30pm Welcome address and keynote presentation

12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch with networking, flash presentations

1.30 – 3.00pm Roundtables, free flow learning exchange

• Table 1: Securing early-stage and scaling investment for green start-ups/SMEs
• Table 2: Nurturing green entrepreneurs
• Table 3: Growing climate innovation clusters

3.00 – 3.30pm Refreshments and networking

3:30 – 5.00pm Plenary panel session: What barriers remain for rapid green business growth and how can we help remove them?

• Perspectives from government, business, research and ‘network agents/support services’.
• Open discussion

5.00 – 6.30pm Reception, with networking, nibbles and drinks.

Venue: iCentrum, Innovation Birmingham Campus, Holt Street, Birmingham, B7 4BP

FREE to attend

You can register to attend here