“If you can dream it, you can do it”
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Welcome
Scotland has an ambition of building a world-leading entrepreneurial and innovative nation, a place where inclusive growth delivers benefits to all of society.
VentureFest Scotland is a festival of discovery and innovation that will create more visionary, global businesses that embrace the possibilities of tomorrow.
Co-created by leading organisations across Scotland’s innovation ecosystem, VentureFest will connect SMEs to the game-changing innovators, academics, entrepreneurs and investors, in Scotland and around the world, to help them grow, scale and succeed.
VentureFest Scotland is a focal point for driving Scotland’s ambition to be a world-leading entrepreneurial and innovative society.
Headline Events
The core VentureFest programme constitutes a series of headline events each year with a series of connected feeder events throughout the year.
03/02/2021
A focal point for business innovation in Scotland – the national CAN DO Innovation Summit in February 2021 will explore how businesses can build sustainable growth and resilience after the global impact of COVID-19.
SMEs will meet the innovators, entrepreneurs, academics and investors that can help them adopt new technologies, build progressive working cultures and access the right support to enable innovation-led recovery and growth.
800+ delegates | 40+ speakers | 20+ sessions | Virtual Support Village | Innovation Centre Showcase
03/02/2021
28 October 2020 - 29 October 2020
Recognised over the last eight years as one of the UK’s leading entrepreneurship events, Startup Summit provides a true immersion into the world of business and beyond. In the centre of one of the world’s most innovative cities, we invite the next generation of entrepreneurs to engage with experts, build a network and gain valuable tools for long-term success.
28 October 2020 - 29 October 2020
Feeder Events
Explore and connect with our ongoing programme of VentureFest Feeders: an exciting national programme of innovation and entrepreneurship events aligned to the VentureFest ambition and delivered by a range of national agencies.
Productivity Matters Conference
05/02/21 - 17/02/21
Productivity Matters will be a month long expo dedicated to discussion, insights and training for businesses in Scotland to increase their productivity. Our conference provides an opportunity for Club members…
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[post_content] => This November marks one year until COP26, the UN climate change conference that will take place in Glasgow in 2021. At the recent Countdown to COP26 event collaboration was a recurrent theme amongst the panel sessions as a key approach to address and tackle climate change challenges. Collaboration was also mentioned as the ‘Rosetta Stone’ in the contribution to the circular economy opportunity to open the door to new products and services to impact climate change.
Interface will be joined by:
- Michael Forbes, Refurbishment Manager at Renewable Parts
- Paul Cantwell from the Scottish Institute of Remanufacture (SIR) at the University of Strathclyde.
- Lorraine Thomson, Business Engagement Manager, Interface (host)
Event Archive
20/01/2021
This event will feature a case studies on how businesses are increasing productivity with the opportunity for networking and discussion with other attendees. Kat Brogan from Mercat Tours to update…
13/01/2021
This event will feature a case studies on how businesses are increasing productivity with the opportunity for networking and discussion with other attendees. Stephen Currie from R&W Scott on the…
iKEN - Leading a Digital Recovery
24/11/20
Featuring European City experts from Espoo, Valencia and Cluj, explore how data is being utilised across Europe in response to COVID-19 and how the acceleration of investment in data-driven technology will have a…
Interface - Collaborations, circular economy and climate change
24/11/20
This November marks one year until COP26, the UN climate change conference that will take place in Glasgow in 2021. At the recent Countdown to COP26 event collaboration was a…
09/12/2020
Productivity Club Scotland is a forum for networking and peer-to-peer learning for businesses. We provide signposting to resources, and support our members to focus on continuous improvement and organisational capacity.
11/11/2020
Productivity Club Scotland is a forum for networking and peer-to-peer learning for businesses. We provide signposting to resources, and support our members to focus on continuous improvement and organisational capacity.
Host a VentureFest Event
If you’d like your company, network or organisation to be part of the VentureFest festival you can attend one of our events or nominate yourself as feeder or headline event host by contacting the VentureFest team here!
