{"id":49971,"date":"2014-11-27T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=97a32609af1d95efb07455414340ec6b"},"modified":"2014-11-27T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T14:00:00","slug":"news-story-innovate-uk-2014-bigger-and-better-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=49971","title":{"rendered":"News story: Innovate UK 2014: watch the highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Some of the brightest and best innovators on the planet brought the wow factor to London at Innovate UK 2014.  <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"watch-the-highlights-from-innovate-uk-2014\">Watch the highlights from Innovate UK 2014<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2J5o12bYzJ8&amp;list=PLrMOhOrmeR6lgWIjb556J_BzytXL63JWV\">Innovate UK 2014 highlights<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ministers-a-smoothie-and-a-fashion-show\">4 ministers, a smoothie and a fashion show<\/h2>\n<p>Highlights of a diverse programme of speeches and seminars included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ringing endorsements of the importance of innovation to UK plc &#8211; from no less than 4 government ministers <\/li>\n<li>Richard Reed\u2019s story of how Innocent Smoothies went from startup to one of the UK\u2019s most recognisable brands<\/li>\n<li>the \u2018high-tech meets high fashion\u2019 show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"!!2\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/32796\/Innovate_UK_Day_2_34_-_crowd_shot.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>Attendees enjoying one of the keynote sessions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"connect-connect-connect\">Connect, connect, connect<\/h2>\n<p>For some people Innovate UK 2014 was a chance to renew friendships, for others it was an opportunity to build new relationships with potential customers, partners and investors. <\/p>\n<p>Exhibitor and co-founder of Loopwheels Gemma Pearce speaks for many: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">An incredible level of interest in our products. Some great ideas from fellow delegates about other applications for Loopwheels. Lots of good links made with people.  Our Twitter account has gone crazy!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CEO of Lontra Steve Lindsay added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We were far busier than we ever expected. Lots of interest from potential investors, partners and customers &#8211; not just from the UK but from around the world. We haven\u2019t had a moment\u2019s peace, but that\u2019s good.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CEO of Innovate UK Iain Gray said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">It\u2019s been a triumph. More attendees and exhibitors than ever and a long list of inspiring speakers. The energy and enthusiasm I\u2019ve seen for making innovation happen is truly inspiring.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/innovation-get-support-and-advice\">Find out how Innovate UK can help your business<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/interact.innovateuk.org\/\">See our current funding opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 2,000 attendees from 30 countries and a stellar line-up of speakers made Innovate UK 2014 bigger and better than ever<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50832,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49971\/revisions\/50832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}