Location, location and…co-location. Can “where” and “who with” you locate boost innovation?

August 26, 2020
Location, location and…co-location. Can “where” and “who with” you locate boost innovation?

Scale Space and Upstream present: Location, location and…co-location – as part of London Tech Week we will be exploring why where you are based and who you share the space with matters to unlock innovation

• Co-location by building and by postcode: what are the benefits of locating your scaleup in a building and a District designed to fuel growth, and where you are actively co-located with like-minded peers at a similar stage of growth?

• University connections fueling innovation: what are the competitive advantages of being ‘university connected’ and why spin-outs from Imperial College London are laying down roots in White City.

• Innovation Districts as growth drivers: Spotlight on White City as an exemplar case for why investment in London and across the UK is needed to create more Innovation Districts to boost the UK’s post-covid recovery.

  • Panel Host: Prema Gurunathan, Managing Director, Upstream
  • Dr Michelle Rogan, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Imperial College Business School
  • Dr Samin Saeed, UK Chief Scientific Officer, Novartis
  • Henrik Hagemann, CEO, Puraffinity
  • Michael Holmes, Chief Commercial Officer, Scale Space

Tuesday 21st September 11.30am – 12.30pm ( This event will take place at Scale Space White City and it will also be streamed live as part of London Tech Week)

 

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