OPEN INNOVATION PROGRAMME 29TH MAY 2012

Cost: Free to qualifying SMEs

Date: 29.05.2012

Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Location: The Alan Higgs Centre, Coventry

Description:

Open Innovation Programme with Coventry University Enterprises Ltd and The Business Growth Works
PROGRAMME COST IS GRANT FUNDED AND ATTENDANCE IS BY INVITATION ONLY
Tuesday 29th May 2012 for one day, followed by one day 1:1 direct assistance in your business

JUST IMAGINE…

Imagine having all the new customers you ever need.
Imagine working with all the top suppliers in your industry.
Imagine forming JVs with the right companies, right now.
Imagine reducing your costs and increasing your profits

IMAGINE NO MORE.

Using Open Innovation strategies, all this is possible.

THE EVENT

WHEN: Tuesday 29th MAY 2012, 9am to 5pm.
WHERE: The Alan Higgs Centre, Coventry
WHAT: Open innovation seminar with lunch, for businesses in the following sectors -

• Digital Media
• Assistive Technology
• Niche Vehicles
• Suppliers to any of the above

WHY: Learn how to increase sales and profits, improve your technology, products and services by collaborating with other firms looking to do the same.

HOW: Through structured, relevant training from successful business executives, and with opportunities to meet potential partners from the 120 SMEs attending on the day.

COST: FREE OF CHARGE to qualifying SMEs invited exclusively by Coventry University Enterprises or the Business Growth Works. Follow-up 1:1 sessions also fully funded, and subject to suitability criteria being met.

WHY THIS OI PROGRAMME?
Open Innovation courses at MIT, Harvard Business School, Oxford, or even the Open University can cost you £10,000 and more.

This programme is also expensive, but grant-funded and free to you if you are the owner, CEO or a director of an SME. The follow-on programme with 1:1 direct assistance is also free if your enterprise is within a qualifying sector.

There are no catches or hidden fees, and this is an EU-funded initiative to encourage Open Innovation in UK SMEs.
It provides a great way for your business to bust out of the recession and into new markets, by collaborating with others to mutual benefit.