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SUMMARY:NW Business Pitch Event - Digital, Creative, ICT & New Media Sectors
DESCRIPTION:The North West Innovation Network and Liverpool Innovation Park (LIP), with support from Business Link, Liverpool Vision and LJMU's International Centre for Digital Content, are holding the ideal pitching and networking opportunity for companies operating in the Digital, Creative, ICT & New Media sectors.\n\nIt will give you a chance to hear first hand about the technologies and innovations available from some of the leading companies in the North West. It will help you identify potential business opportunities with companies on your doorstep.\n\nThe event will be of benefit to the following companies:\nThose based in the North West of EnglandDevelopers of products and expertise in the Digital, Creative, ICT & New Media sectorsSuppliers of products into the Digital, Creative, ICT & New Media sectorsUsers of products, technology and expertise from Digital, Creative, ICT & New Media companies\n\nPrevious collaborating organisations have seen the value of rapid pitching and networking activities to help support the growth of businesses. In particular it helps to quickly identify business development opportunities, sourcing of business-critical expertise, or development of collaborative routes to market.\n\nThe aim of the event is to very efficiently integrate our networks to create new opportunities for all. Past experience has shown that this event can help you to identify as many as 4-5 very relevant business contacts that you didn't know existed.\n\nThe main content of the event will be for companies who are supplying products and expertise to give a 90 second elevator pitch covering the following points:\n\nWho you are?What is your business?What you have to offer other Digital, Creative, ICT & New Media companies?What do you need from other Digital, Creative, ICT & New Media companies?\n\nDetails of companies pitching will be circulated to help you identify potential companies of interest. Following the elevator pitches there will be time for informal networking to further explore opportunities with companies of interest. Details will also be provided in case you don't have the opportunity to meet with the companies that you wish.\n\nIf you don't want to pitch, then just come and be part of the audience, with the chance to identify new companies of importance to your business\n\nAgenda\n\n10:30Registration, refreshments and informal networking11:00 Welcome and introduction to the NW Business Pitch Event11:10 Elevator pitches12:30 Informal networking time12:45 Lunch and more networking13:30 End of the event/continue networking\n\nIf there are other sector businesses or key individuals who would benefit from this event, please do let us know and we will make sure we extend an invitation.\n\nIf you would like to pitch at the event, please complete the attached registration form by 12 November 2010.\n\nIf you do not want to pitch on this occasion but would like to attend please state this in the appropriate section on the form.
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LOCATION:Liverpool Innovation Park
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