The Manchester IMAGINE IF! Programme is a local competition and pre-accelerator program tailored for health tech and life sciences early-stage ventures. The programme provides ample opportunity for scientific and tech innovators to propel their business to the next level through tailored mentorship, one-to-one workshops with professional service companies, and excellent networking opportunities across the Innovation Forum’s platform. Successful applicantsaaa

Innovation Forum presents IMAGINE IF!, the global competition for early stage science start-up ventures. Take your STEM idea to commercial reality. Do you have a great scientific idea and want to bring it to commercial reality? Do you want to benefit from expert mentoring, professional training and support, international networking opportunities, exposure to investors andaaa

Bitcoin! Ethereum! Crypto!? What is that? How is this even possible? Do you want to know the truth? Come along to our new event – “Innovating through Blockchain 2018” and learn what is BLOCKCHAIN, technology beyond crypto! Blockchain is changing the way we live, think and do business, that is why it is crucial to understandaaa

On the evening of the 19th April 2016, more than 140 STEM leaders, entrepreneurs and innovations gathered for Innovation Forum Manchester’s opening event “Empowering Innovation in the Northern Powerhouse: beyond graphene” at the Manchester Conference Centre.  The event was timely given the recurrent discussion around the Northern Powerhouse, the devolution announced by the Conservative government,aaa

Business and consumer attention is now focused on the latest technology trend – the Internet of Things (IoT).  The potential of IoT is huge, as no one wants to be left out of things, especially when so many new products and technologies are emerging on the market.    Analysts predict that the number of thingsaaa

The global IoT industry is expected to become a $14.4T market by 2022 (Cisco). The Internet of Things is a concept of connecting all things – from devices to homes, from shoes to factories, street lamps to buses, or literally anything and everything under the sun. IoT refers to a network of physical objects embeddedaaa

The Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) is a partnership between the N8 medical universities, research intensive NHS Hospital Trusts and Academic Health Science Networks, which aims to create an internationally recognised life science and healthcare ecosystem in the North through collaboration. Dr Hakim Yadi, CEO in the NHSA, will be a Keynote speaker in theaaa