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EVENT INFORMATION
Name: Expo Sunderland Innovation Skills Accelerator Bootcamp
Date: 20 November 2024
Venue: City Hall, Plater Way, Sunderland, SR1 3AA
Time: 9:30am registration - 10.00am start - 4.30pm finish (includes a networking lunch)
We're excited to invite Sunderland businesses and voluntary sector organisations to join us at this free event, in collaboration with Innovation SuperNetwork, which offers an interactive platform for your team to enhance their innovation skills and problem-solving capabilities.
Innovation isn’t just about new technologies; it’s about understanding root causes and engaging diverse perspectives. During this session, attendees will:
- Understand Innovation: Grasp key concepts and the importance of innovation in business.
- Identify Opportunities: Define problems and recognise areas for change.
- Engage Stakeholders: Learn to map and understand stakeholder needs.
- Prototype Solutions: Apply rapid prototyping techniques to test ideas.
Full Agenda
9:30 - 10:00am: Registration & Networking
10:00 - 10:30am: What is innovation and why is it important?
10:30 - 11:00am: Enablers of and Barriers to Innovation
11:00 - 11:30am: Defining the Problem to be Solved
11:30 - 11:45am: Break
11:45 - 12:30pm: Engaging the Right Stakeholders and Stakeholder Mapping
12:30 - 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30 - 2:15pm: Understanding User Needs
2:15 - 2:45pm: Brainstorming Ideas and Considering Future Trends
2:45 - 3:00pm: Break
3:00 - 4:00pm: Prototyping Innovative Solutions – How to Test Early-Stage Ideas
4:00 - 4:20pm: Feedback on Your Developed Solutions
4:20 - 4:30pm: Wrap Up and Close
If you are a Sunderland based business, start-up or voluntary sector organisation working in the following areas, we would love to see you at the Bootcamp:
Future Homes including solutions that contribute to delivering greener, affordable homes for all Sunderland residents. This may cover retrofit, new build, modern methods of construction, new materials, and innovative solutions used within the home to ensure homes that are greener, energy efficient and better to live in.
Future Living including solutions that support happier, healthier, more connected lives for all Sunderland residents, with community engagement and community-led initiatives central to solutions developed.
Future City including solutions that help to realise the potential of Sunderland, utilising assets such as its position as a connected, smart-city as well as its existing industrial base, infrastructure and environment, and build pride and engagement across the city and surrounding neighbourhoods.
This event will provides a great opportunity to bring together those who want to see the potential of Sunderland as an amazing city in which to live, work, learn and do business, and to ensure that the innovators of Sunderland can access growth opportunities that will deliver social as well as economic benefit.
Don’t miss this chance to empower your team! Spaces are limited, so be sure to book your spot today. If you book a place and are unable to attend, please email hello@exposunderland.com to cancel your spot.
We look forward to seeing you there
This project is funded by UK Government through UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
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