NW Business Pitch Event
Advanced Engineering & Instrumentation
Thursday 30 September
One Central Park, Manchester
msp
The North West Innovation Network and Manchester Science Parks (msp), with support from Business Link and Northwest Automotive Alliance, are holding the ideal pitching and networking opportunity for companies operating in the Advanced Engineering and Instrumentation sectors.
It will give you a chance to hear first hand about the technologies and innovations available from some of the leading companies in the North West. It will help you identify potential business opportunities with companies on your doorstep.
The event will be of benefit to the following companies:
Previous collaborating organisations have seen the value of rapid pitching and networking activities to help support the growth of businesses. In particular it helps to quickly identify business development opportunities, sourcing of business-critical expertise, or development of collaborative routes to market. The aim of the event is to very efficiently integrate our networks to create new opportunities for all. Past experience has shown that this event can help you to identify as many as 4-5 very relevant business contacts that you didn’t know existed.
The main content of the event will be for companies who are supplying products and expertise to give a 90 second elevator pitch covering the following points:
Details of companies pitching will be circulated to help you identify potential companies of interest. Following the elevator pitches there will be time for informal networking to further explore opportunities with companies of interest. Details will also be provided in case you don’t have the opportunity to meet with the companies that you wish.
If you don’t want to pitch, then just come and be part of the audience, with the chance to identify new companies of importance to your business.
Agenda
10:30 Registration, refreshments and informal networking
11:00 Welcome and introduction to the NW Business Pitch Event
11:10 Elevator pitches
12:30 Informal networking time
12:45 Lunch and more networking
13:30 End of the event/continue networking
registration.doc
If there are other sector businesses or key individuals who would benefit from this event, please do let us know and we will make sure we extend an invitation.
If you would like to pitch at the event, please complete the attached registration form and return it to [email protected] by 16 September 2010. It may not be possible for everybody who applies to pitch, but we will confirm if you have been selected shortly after the deadline. If you do not want to pitch on this occasion but would like to attend please state this in the appropriate section on the enclosed registration form.
Jan Hilton
Innovation Services Manager
Manchester Science Parks Ltd
