Engaging with Resilient World – market opportunities for SMEs
When:
09/10/2025
Time:
09:00 - 15:00
Where:
Isle of Wight
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Join Innovate UK Business Connect and some other key regional stakeholders to explore defence & security innovation, funding, and SME opportunities in a fast-evolving landscape.
The programme framework:
09:00 Registration with a view to kicking off at around 09:30
09:30 Island Welcome from the IOW Business/Economic Growth team.
09:30 – Scene/Context Setting
Key messages from DASA and DSTL
Key messages from Innovate UK/Business Connect on Resilient World programme
Prime Defence Contractors and their gateway to collaborate with innovators
SME’s Perspective (An innovation journey in defence markets).
11:00 Break
11:30 Innovate UK’s core support infrastructure
Bridge AI (Funding stream)
Sat Apps opportunities and Catapult overview
Regional Business Support through Business Growth & Unlocking international opportunities
Beyond Grant Funding (Innovation Loans and Investor Partnerships)
Unlocking Direct Contract thought Innovate UK
13:00 Lunch
14:00 The regions Network and innovation capability drivers
Uni of Portsmouth and Uni of Southampton gateways for industrial collaboration
S&E Regional Defence and Security Cluster
15:00 Key messages from the Chair – Networking.
