‘Sinnobator‘ is a technology incubation & acceleration platform specialising in the IoT & advanced sensor industry. Since establishment in July 2014, it has incubated over 200 projects to date, accumulated around £2 billion+ of finance for incubated enterprises & is one of the seven ‘Shanghai high quality Incubators’.
(Sinnobator is part of InnoSpring, a global brand for innovation & entrepreneurship services that is headquartered in Shanghai, China. With offices in China, the United States & Germany. InnoSpring has been certified as a professional incubator by the central government of China).
We (PLATFORM | UK Startup Week) were delighted to host the ‘Sinnobator UK Launch Event‘ in Newcastle upon Tyne on Tuesday 26 November (see agenda & LinkedIn post below):
- 8.45am-9.30am – Meet & network with the Sinnobator team, partners, technologists & entrepreneurs
- 9.30am-9.40am – Introduction from Paul Lancaster (PLATFORM | UK Startup Week)
- 9.40am-10.30am – Hear Jia Ren (CEO & Chairman, Sinnobator) & Sen (‘Michael’) Yang (Project Lead, Sinnobator) explain how they will help UK businesses develop the skills they need to do business with & expand into China
- 10.30am-11am – Hear from Sarah Nolan (Global Programme Manager, UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing), Claire Robinson (Relationships Manager, UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing / Internet of Caring Things) & Apoorva Jain (Human Experience Designer, UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing).
- 11am-11.45am – Hear presentations from innovative tech, digital & IoT businesses in Newcastle / North East of England who are already doing business in China or plan to do so. These include:
- Eric Guo (Founder & CEO, SPARK EPOS)
- Neil Herron (Founder & CEO, GRID Smarter Cities)
- Tallie Bush (COO, Circadacare)
- Geoff Trotter (CEO, ESG Excel)
- 11.45am-12pm – Hear Claire Rutherford (Director & Patent Attorney, Definition IP Limited) & Dan Mercer (Director & Patent Attorney, Definition IP Limited) share some tips & advice on how UK businesses can successfully do business in China, from clients who are already doing this
- 12pm-12.30pm – Closing remarks & networking
