Z21 Innovation Fund Launch Event
- Time:
- 11:00 - 12:30
- Date:
- 15 November 2017
- Venue:
- Building 53/4025, University of Southampton
For more information regarding this event, please telephone Nichola Need on 02380 593255 or email n.need@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
The Web Science Institute (WSI) is delighted to invite you to the Z21 Innovation Fund Launch on Wednesday 15 November 2017 from 1100-1230 in Building 53/4025, University of Southampton. The Launch will take place during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Z21 is an initiative founded by the WSI that proposes to drive innovation into the real world. In collaboration with the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the Z21 Innovation Fund is offering University of Southampton Web startups the opportunity to apply for funding to enable them to accelerate towards investment and rapid growth and create high-tech jobs in the Solent region.
The event will provide an opportunity to find out more about this exciting new initiative and to meet potential investors and mentors.
Programme:
1100 Arrival
1110 Welcome (Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Executive Director, WSI)
1120 The Z21 Vision (Mr Tom Barnett, Chair, WSI Advisory Board and entrepreneur)
1130 WSI/LEP Partnership (Anne-Marie Mountifield, Chief Executive, Solent LEP)
1140 The role of Future Worlds (Ben Clark)
1145 Z21 Beta Projects
1155 Closing Remarks (Professor Dame Wendy Hall)
1200 Networking and Lunch
1230 End
Places are limited, so early registration is advised.