Overview
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the world's first mechanics' institute and the UK’s foundational role in the first industrial revolution, UMi, CPI and GCV will host a one-day forum focused on how technology and innovation capital springing from the North of England and Scotland can transform society again. Taking place on 9 November, the forum will gather the regional innovation ecosystem to celebrate the launch of the top entrepreneurs in the region. Together with leading investors, the forum will convene and connect an audience of angels, entrepreneurs, policymakers and corporate innovation teams to share insights, connect and network.
Register your interest in attending the Go Further Forum on 9th November. This virtual event is a valuable opportunity for companies to meet with leading investors, angels and corporate innovation teams.
Benefits of attending
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Launch the Go Further Index and the accompanying digital publication
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Provide a framework for the ecosystem to meet, collaborate and network
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Create tangible opportunities to help share and shape the very latest thinking in sustainable investment
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Showcase and raise the profile of the innovation hot spots and most progressive businesses within the North of England and Scotland
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Provide deal flow and connection opportunities for investors and businesses alike
Confirmed Speakers:
Kate
Forbes MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy
Scottish Government
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Stuart McKnight
Managing Director
Ascendant
Aileen
Mathieson
Global Head of Insurance
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Sarah
Hardy
Director, Head of New Investments
Archangels
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Caroline
Gorski
Group Director
R2 Data Labs, Rolls-Royce
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Mark
Beaumont
Partner, EOS Advisory & Long-distance cyclist, broadcaster and author
EOS Advisory
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Richard
Faulkner
Director
Silicon Valley Bank
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Richard
Riggs
Investment Director
Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures
Claudia
Duffy
European Patent Attorney
Innovare-IP
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Michael
Eakins
Chief Investment Officer
Phoenix Group
Dr Clare
Wareing
Founder & CEO
Cumulus Oncology
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Stuart
Hendry
Senior Partner
MBM
Nicki Clark
CEO
UMi
Thierry
Heles
Editor
Global University Venturing
Olga
Kozlova
Director of Innovation & Industry Engagement
University of Strathclyde
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Will
Clark
Managing Director
Mercia Regional Venture Funds
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Dr Poonam
Malik
Board Member, Scottish Enterprise
Head of Investments, University of Strathclyde
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George
Weir
Director
Factortech
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George
Nianias
Director
Factortech
James
Anderson
Partner and Investment
Manager
Baillie Gifford
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Simon
Bond
Innovation Director
SETsquared
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Agenda
08:30
09:00
Online Access Open
Welcome to the Go Further Forum
Panel: Innovation capital
Richard Riggs, Investment Director, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures
George Nianias, Director, Factortech
Will Clark, Managing Director – Mercia Regional Venture Funds, Mercia Asset Management
Moderated by Richard Faulkner, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
What makes a good venture funding initiative?
Stuart McKnight, Managing Director, Ascendant
Making an impact in venture capital
Michael Eakins, Group Chief Investment Officer, Phoenix Group
Keynote and conversation: Impact investing – What does it really mean?
Mark Beaumont, Partner - EOS Advisory & Long-distance cyclist, broadcaster and author
Special Address
Kate Forbes MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, Scottish Government
Fireside Chat: The fund manager’s perspective: why isn’t Britain breeding more unicorns?
James Anderson, Joint Manager, Baillie Gifford
Lunch
Welcome and Go Further Index
Nicki Clark, CEO, UMi
Innovation showcase: Showcasing unique and high-growth success stories, the following three talks dive deep into what makes innovation successful and the values and strategies you need to have in place
• Corporate start up: Accelerating data innovation
Caroline Gorski, Group Director - R 2 Data Labs, Rolls-Royce
• Healthcare and oncology
Clare Wareing, Founder and CEO, Cumulus Oncology
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University and research powerhouse sessions
The following session, made up of separate individual talks, will showcase some of the latest thinking and insights around venture initiatives born out of university and research powerhouses in Scotland and the North of England.
Panel: Delivering Impact - To put your own skin in the game or not
Dr Poonam Malik, Board Member, Scottish Enterprise and Head of Investments, University of Strathclyde
Simon Bond, Innovation Director, SETsquared
University research & development powers technological innovation and forms the basis for entrepreneurial activities of academic research. With the main focus of delivering societal impact alongside knowledge generation the question that arises is – for commercialisation should Universities put their own skin in the game and dip their hand in the pocket? What does the data, evidence, experience and expertise tell us regarding putting their own money alongside private risk capital in their spinouts/start-ups to generate confidence for investor syndicates in their ventures?
Are university IP policies fit for technology transfer
Dr. Claudia M. Duffy, European Patent Attorney & Founder, Innovare IP
Panel: Venture spinouts
Stuart Hendry, Senior Partner, MBM
Olga Kozlova, Director of Innovation and Industry Engagement, University of Strathclyde
Sarah Hardy, Director, Head of New Investments, Archangels
Moderated by Paul Devlin, Head of Commercialisation, Heriot-Watt University
Final Remarks
Close of Forum
10:40 - 11:10
11:20 - 11:50
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12:20
13:00
13:45 - 14:00
14:25 - 15:05
09:10 - 09:50
10:00 - 10:30
15:10 - 15:25
12:30
13:20
15:35 -
16:15
14:00 - 14:15
16:15
17:00