{"id":81616,"date":"2017-06-16T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T08:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=20d8934ccb61429297eedbe606acd3f0"},"modified":"2017-06-16T08:30:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T08:30:32","slug":"news-story-venturefest-west-midlands-connect-with-businesses-and-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=81616","title":{"rendered":"News story: Venturefest West Midlands: connect with businesses and investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Venturefest West Midlands gives you the chance to meet, collaborate and exchange business ideas with other businesses and investors. The event &#8211; supported by Innovate UK &#8211; will be held at the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenec.co.uk\/\">Birmingham National Exhibition Centre<\/a> (NEC) on Tuesday 27 June 2017. Entry is free.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"science-and-emerging-technologies\">Science and emerging technologies<\/h2>\n<p>The event theme is science and emerging technologies. You will be able to meet with high-growth entrepreneurs and service providers offering products, services, advice and support.<\/p>\n<p>Venturefest will include keynote speakers and interactive workshop sessions. Innovate UK board member and managing director of Thomas Swan &amp; Co. Ltd, Harry Swan, will speak about supply chain innovation. Representatives from Innovate UK, the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktn-uk.co.uk\/\">Knowledge Transfer Network<\/a>, the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.enterprise-europe.co.uk\/\">Enterprise Europe Network<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/catapult.org.uk\/\">Catapults<\/a> will be there to meet attendees and answer questions.<\/p>\n<p>The programme will also include Pitchfest, featuring the region\u2019s most innovative companies pitching for support in front of a panel of experts.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"about-the-venturefest-network\">About the Venturefest Network<\/h2>\n<p>Innovate UK and the Knowledge Transfer Network launched the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/venturefestnetwork.com\/\">Venturefest Network<\/a> in 2014. Its aim is to strengthen connectivity between innovators, investors and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.venturefestwm.co.uk\/\">Book your place at Venturefest West Midlands.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneurs, innovators and investors are invited to a free one-day networking event to promote UK business innovation and 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\/81616"}],"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=81616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}