Upcoming Events
Despite not being able to conduct in-person events at the moment there is a whole host of events happening online. Check them out below!
OxLEP Events
As the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP), it is our role to champion Oxfordshire’s economic potential, acting as a catalyst and convener to drive a dynamic, sustainable and growing economy.
- OxLEP’s Start Up Club – Business Planning for Growth | 4pm, Thursday 21 January
This webinar is the next in the series for OxLEP’s Start Up Club. Business Growth takes planning – this Webinar will cover all the things you need to consider either from start up or as an established business to ensure your business grows and grows safely.
- Oxfordshire Skills for Business and Catalyst Consulting: Leadership and Management Workshop | 12pm, Tuesday 26 January
This interactive, expert-led online workshop will focus on key leadership and management approaches to support SMEs in establishing and achieving their goals.The workshop is for SMEs looking to grow their business, upskill and develop sound and sustainable approaches.
Low Carbon Hub Webinars
We are delighted to announce the launch of our next Low Carbon Hub webinar series so you can find out more about the work we do here at the Hub and what work we plan to do with the investment from the Community Energy Fund 2021. Below you will find the details for our upcoming webinars, as well as how you can catch up with webinars, which have already taken place.
- Powering up & powering down: A panel of Low Carbon Hub programmes | 6pm, Tuesday 26 January
Join us for a panel event discussing the wide-reaching work of the Low Carbon Hub as we take a look at two of the three strands of our work.
Powering up means shifting to renewable energy generation and away from reliance on fossil fuels. In Oxfordshire, Low Carbon Hub is a central part of that shift, generating clean electricity through solar and hydro projects. Powering down means increasing the energy efficiency of our buildings to reduce energy demand and usage. In the UK our buildings are largely poorly insulated and energy inefficient, and there is little incentive to improve this due to the commercial operators who continue to sell more energy. At the Low Carbon Hub we want to create those incentives, making it easy and cost-effective to improve energy efficiency.
- Innovation at the Low Carbon Hub | 6pm, Tuesday 9 February
In the third webinar of the series, we will be taking a look at the third strand of the Low Carbon Hub’s work: innovation. We have a strong emphasis on innovation at the Low Carbon Hub, working with a variety of project partners to catalyse system change and move community energy forward.
- Ground mount solar in Oxfordshire | 6pm, Tuesday 2 March
In our final webinar, Low Carbon Hub’s Business Development Director, Tom Heel will be discussing the rise of ground mount solar and more specifically our new ground mount solar project: Ray Valley Solar Park.
Oxfordshire Greentech Events
Oxfordshire Greentech is hosting a range of events geared towards helping our members hear from some of the best speakers in their sector, network with likeminded innovators and investors, and have a platform to showcase their own work among their peers. Our events give our members the opportunity to find out more about innovations and developments in their sector and form collaborative, forward-thinking partnerships across sectors – our events help our members to create an impact and make a difference.
- Access to Pre-seed/Seed Funding for Innovators | 28 January 2021 | 10:00 – 11:30 BST
Access to Finance for innovators: Learn about what pre-seed/seed funding is available and what investors are looking for.
In this first of three on-line events forming the Access to Finance Conference we will focus on how to fund the first stage of the innovation journey. Join us to gain a clear understanding of the process for obtaining pre-seed and seed funding and speak with the investors and experts who can help your business grow.
- Access to Finance for Innovators – Grant Funding | 4 February 2021 | 10:00 – 11:30 BST
Access to Finance for Innovators: learn about what grant funding is available and what investors are looking for. This second of three on-line events forming the Access to Finance Conference. Join us to gain a clear understanding of the process for obtaining grant funding and speak with the investors and experts who can help your business grow.
- Access to Finance for Innovators – Series A Start-Up Funding | 11 February 2021 | 10:00 – 11:30 BST
Access to Finance for Innovators: learn what ‘Series A’ start-up funding is available and what investors are looking for.
This is the final of three on-line events forming the Access to Finance Conference. Join us to gain a clear understanding of the process for obtaining Series A start-up funding and speak with the investors and experts who can help your business grow.
- How can satellite technology help support business sustainability? | 24 February 2021 | 10:00 GMT
Join us to find out how satellite technology and geospatial intelligence can be used by businesses to help them progress on their sustainability goals. Also hear about ways space-tech and green-tech could be integrated to provide new solutions for sustainable businesses.
This event is part of a broader initiative to explore the use of ‘Satellites for Corporate Sustainability’. This event is meant to be the beginning of an exciting journey, introducing our first topic on how satellite technology can support sustainable businesses. It will be followed by a more tailored approach, doing deep-dive workshops with particular corporate companies to explore their specific challenge areas and see how an integrated approach to satellite-tech can emerge to solve these challenges on a global scale.