2007
Making Innovative Places
London - 12 December AnnaLee Saxenian, Dean of the School of Information at UC Berkeley, leading thinker on innovation and author...
Big Green Challenge regional events
UK wide - 2 November - early December NESTA held a number of regional events throughout November and December to meet...
Demos Atlas of Ideas II
London - 3 December Wherever in the world you look, 'new entrants' are reshaping the landscape for science and technology-based innovation. But...
Silicon Connect - How innovation happens in Silicon Valley
London - 20 November George Osborne MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered a keynote address. Reid Hoffman, Megan Smith and James...
Silicon Connect - University/ Industry Collaboration forum
London - 20 November niversity technology transfer and licensing experts discussed best practice in the US and UK approaches. Experts included Dr...
Silicon Connect - Web 2.0 CEO forum
London - 19 November Leading CEOs of Web 2.0 companies and Silicon Valley discussed how to manage real-life strategic challenges facing young...
Get Connected
London - 15 November As part of Enterprise Week, Future Innovators hosted a speed-networking event.
Driving Innovation in Scotland
Perth, Scotland - 13 November his event focused on innovation across Scotland and the specific drivers of innovation including business, education and...
Low Carbon Innovators
London - 14 November Low Carbon Innovators showcased case studies and examples of new technologies, products and business models. The workshop provided...
Public Innovation Conference
London - 1 November his conference aimed to generate an awareness of public service innovations and to discuss the role of...
Corporate Open Innovation Challenge
London - 18 September t this event, NESTA launched its Corporate Open Innovation Challenge - a joint initiative with Procter &...
In and out of Sync
London - 12 September In and Out of Sync: The Challenge of Growing Social Innovations' by Geoff Mulgan with Rushanara Ali,...
Mass Collaboration
London - 11 September What sparks innovation? A clash of ideas; a fresh perspective; a fusion of expertise? NESTA Connect seeks...
Rural innovation
London - 5 September On 5 September, researchers and practitioners met to discuss rural policy agendas for a number of UK...
Explore the future of the creative industries in Scotland
Scottish Parliament - 3 September NESTA and Scotland's Futures Forum held a debate on the value and importance of the creative...
Provocation launch- Beginning at the Beginning
London - 13 July In the fourth of NESTA's Provocation series, Anthony Sargent and Katherine Zeserson examine and challenge the traditional place...
Environment Challenge launch
London - 12 July We launched our latest Challenge, led by our Innovation Challenges programme[innovations-challenges/], which will focus on climate change. The...
Destination Innovation
London - 10 July Guests joined us for an entertaining evening with Paul Sloane, an expert on innovation, lateral thinking and leadership,...
Ready for the future
Cardiff - 9 July This event looked at the skills and attitudes needed by young people in the future. DEMOS presented...
Crucible reception
London - 2 July This event, for Crucible participants and anyone with an interest in interdisciplinary research, was hosted by NESTA CEO,...
Hidden Innovation
London - 19 June NESTA hosted a panel discussion and launch event for two new reports on innovation - NESTA's Hidden...
Connect
London - 14 June NESTA Connect is a new programme, focused on creating new, unexpected or extreme collaborations. Our focus is...
Ready for the future- Edinburgh
Edinburgh - 7 June This event looked at the skills and attitudes needed by young people in the future. DEMOS presented...
Creating Entrepreneurship - A Launch Report on the Creative Industries
London - 21 May Following previous reports on the Creative Industries - Creating Value and Creating Growth - NESTA hosted the launch...
Bio-tech Exhibition
London - 10 May, 6-9pm NESTA Investments showcased some of its portfolio bio-tech companies, as well as other companies in this...
Education for Innovation
London - 8 May We hosted an interactive panel discussion to debate the role of the education system in helping to...
Intellectual Property - IP in practice
London - 27 - March NESTA hosted an interactive discussion on the next phase of IP in the UK - and...
Launch of NESTA Ventures and NESTA Capital
London - 15 - March Our investment funds - NESTA Ventures and NESTA Capital - were launched at an informal networking...
Open Innovation at the BBC
Policy Breakfast with Matt Locke, Head of Innovation for BBC New Media & Technology London - 14 - March Over the past...
Innovations Challenges
London - 8 - March On 8 March 2007 we launched our Innovation Challenges programme, which is designed to test new...
Has Britain lost its innovative edge?
London - 7 - March Podcast: Has Britain lost its innovative edge? Editorial Intelligence, NESTA, Friends Provident and Reuters invited a select...
Creative Industries showcase
London - 6 - March On 6 March 2007, Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, accompanied by Shaun Woodward MP, visited NESTA...
Uploading Innovation
London - 27 - February Attendees explored the impact of the emerging participatory culture enabled by the web on the future...
Provocation launch - Lead markets
Provocation Breakfast with Luke Georghiou, Professor of Science and Technology Policy and Management and a Director of PREST, University of Manchester London...
Collaborate to Innovate - The rise of social networks
London - 15 - January On 15 January 2007 we hosted an event to explore the sociological perspective on collaborative innovation,...