Innovate NI is pleased to invite you to a free innovation workshop on 16 June, 09:30 to 15:00 at Belfast Metropolitan College, Springvale Campus. This workshop is open to all Northern Ireland businesses.

This interactive, in-person workshop will guide you through the complete innovation process from ideation to commercialisation. Through practical exercises and templates, you will learn how to turn your ideas into business opportunities. The workshop is designed to equip Micro and SME businesses with the skills and tools necessary to achieve innovation success.

The session will cover key stages of the Innovate NI Framework:

1. Ideation (understanding current challenges, having ideas)
2. Selection (Prioritising and testing ideas)
3. Development (Conceptualisation & Prototyping)
4. Commercialisation (Scaling strategies and scalable business model)

Agenda

09.30 - 10.00 Registrations, Tea / Coffee and Networking

10.00 - 10.20 Welcome, Introduction and Overview of Innovation

10.20 - 10.35 Energiser: Newspaper Headline - Future Back Visioning

10:35 - 11:05 Ideation Part 1: Explore & Define your Innovation Challenge

11.05 - 11.20 Networking Break

11.20 - 11.50 Ideation

11.50 – 12.15 Ideation – Generating Ideas

12.15 – 12.30 Selection & Prioritisation

12.30 - 1:15 Lunch Break

1.15 – 1.40 Development/ Prototyping - Future-State Journey Map

1.40 – 1.55 Validation Testing

1.55 - 2:10 Break

2.10 – 2.45 Commercialisation: Building a Scalable Business Model

2.45 - 3.00 Wrap-Up and Next Steps

Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.