NCC Connect Start-Up Workshop

NCC Connect are holding a one-day Start-Up Workshop to bring together stakeholders to raise awareness of NCC offers to start-ups and how this fits with what other organisations are doing. 

The event aims to generate dialogue between stakeholders how our organisations can work together to assist start-ups. 

Start-Ups in the composites area are also invited to “pitch” themselves and present their challenges. 

Agenda

10:00 - Welcome and introduction

• Ben Farmer, Future Business Consultant, NCC
• Katy Riddington, Director of NCC Connect, NCC

10:25 - Start-up ecosystem

• Alison Evans, Director of Research Contracts, Governance &
  Innovation, University of Bristol
• Carolyn Jenkins, Research Commercialisation Manager, University of Bristol
• Geraint Jones, Knowledge Transfer Associate, KTN
• Paul O’Collins, Head of Innovation Business West,
• Charlotte White, SME Relationship Manager, Composites UK
• Ashley Brewer, Centre Director, UnitDX
• Colin Stakem, Sector Manager – Advanced Engineering & Manufacturing, SETsquared
• Pete Stirling, CEO, STL Tech 

11:45 - Break

11:50 - Start-ups

• Evangelos Zympeloudis, CEO, iCOMAT
• Will Battrick, CTO, Carbon ThreeSixty
• Bob Bradley, CTO, Scal3D
• Alastair Barnett, Senior Engineer Product Development, Composite Braiding
• Romesh Aluwihare, CEO, The Composite Scaffolding Company
• Olivia Stodieck, CEO, Daptablade
• John Cloughley, CEO, E4 Structures

13:00  - Networking lunch

14:00  - Workshop tour