{"id":73959,"date":"2016-09-08T12:13:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T12:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8e8410e4c03845f1ca54469763f88d7e"},"modified":"2016-09-08T12:13:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T12:13:19","slug":"news-story-venturefest-manchester-business-and-investors-meet-for-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=73959","title":{"rendered":"News story: Venturefest Manchester: business and investors meet for growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Business leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators and investors will join this month for the North West\u2019s leading networking event for innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Key speakers at Venturefest Manchester on September 21 include  the chief executive of Siemens, Juergen Maier; chief executive of Manchester City Council, Sir Howard Bernstein; president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester, Dame Nancy Rothwell, and  deputy director of innovation at Innovate UK, Mike Biddle.<\/p>\n<p>Venturefest Manchester takes place at Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St, Manchester, and is organised by the Greater Manchester <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessgrowthhub.com\">Business Growth Hub<\/a> and Innovate UK.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates will have the opportunity to hear inspirational speakers, take part in workshops, tap into expertise and chat informally and develop partnerships.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/venturefestmanchester.com\/agenda\">View the programme for Venturefest Manchester.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"three-tribes-panel-will-discuss-innovation\">Three Tribes panel will discuss innovation<\/h2>\n<p>Venturefest sessions include a Three Tribes panel featuring prominent investors, innovators and entrepreneurs sharing their stories on challenges in innovation, securing funding and trends in innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The panel includes Jonathan Keeling, of Crowdcube; Claire Braithwaite, of Manchester Growth Company; David Grimes, of MyParcelDelivery; Gary Partington, of RealityMine; Andrew McKerney, of ParkingEye; and David Hodges, of Nexlore and eco-i.<\/p>\n<p>The keynote speech will be delivered by Juergen Maier and closing remarks by Sir Howard Bernstein.<\/p>\n<p>The event also features an innovation showcase final when 10 shortlisted businesses will pitch live for the opportunity to receive \u00a330,000 in business support services.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates will have the opportunity to set up one-to-one meetings with experts from a range of organisations including Innovate UK, the Department for International Trade, the Business Growth Hub, Appleyard Lees and a number of the region\u2019s universities.<\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen funders and investors will also be available for multiple 10-minute speed meetings with delegates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessgrowthhub.com\/events\/innovation-growth\/venturefest-manchester-2016\">Book your place at Venturefest Manchester.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Venturefest Manchester is one of a series of Venturefest events across the UK supported by Innovate UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovation event will see leading innovators, entrepreneurs and investors from across the North West of England gather to discuss growth.<\/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\/73959"}],"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=73959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}