Thames Valley iFestival 2008

Nearly 4000 delegates attended 49 events across the inaugural Thames Valley iFestival

For 2008, TVEP launched the first ever Thames Valley Innovation Festival, the ‘iFestival’.
We aimed to create one of Europe’s largest innovation festivals, appealing to businesses, students and school-children, promoting the importance of being innovative, inspiring future and current innovators and connecting innovators with those who can help them with their ideas and plans.  

Taking place from the 10th to the 28th November 2008, TVEP developed a programme aiming to run at least 25 events, engage with 25 private and public sector partners, attract 1,000 businesses, 200 school children and 200 undergraduates.

We worked with partners to develop a festival programme to involve:

- A major Business Innovation Conference on the 11th  November set to attract 600+ participants.

- An early “taster” event – The Innovation Leaders Summit. 

- Social and networking gatherings. Thought pieces and key addresses by leading innovators.

- Thames Valley Business Awards

- Sessions on idea generation, creativity and raising funding for businesses, innovation leadership, breakthrough innovation and open innovation. 

- Sessions and visits on science and engineering careers run by key Thames Valley companies.

- Events on green business and innovating in low carbon environments such as that sponsored by Kyocera.

- “TeenTech” – a day of activity-based and fun events involving ‘hands-on’ innovation for school-children.

- Leading businesses ‘opening their doors’ to host visits.

Meetings and dinners with leading innovators, primarily drawn from the business world..........more

 
Festival Highlights
  Thames Valley Innovation Conference
  Innovation is crucial for business success and a bedrock for sustaining competitive advantages. Gain insights into how different market leading companies are innovating their businesses, to create winning cultures, enthusing their people, delivering open innovation, market-winning products, services and profitable sales.

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  TeenTech Science & Technology Activity day
  A unique experience for students to undertake Interactive Screen Experiments as part of a huge School Science Event entitled TeenTech 08 - the brain child of Maggie Philbin - which aims to engage younsters with science at the point where it is known they become disillusioned - ages 12 - 14.
Run by the Central Berkshire Business Education Partnerships

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  Kyocera Green Card event
 


 


The event which was held at Reading Town Hall and saw an accomplished array of speakers from the nuclear and renewable energy industries present on effective ways to reduce environmental impact within the workplace.


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  Economic Outlook: Facing tough time
                     This event is designed to discuss the economic future on a national and regional scale. Speakers include John Whitely, South East Economist, Bank of England presenting on "The Latest UK Economic Indicators for the United Kingdom” and Willie Walsh, Chief Executive, British Airways presenting on  "What strategies do British Airways employ to counter the impact of the credit crunch"                                                    

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