West Yorkshire Innovation Festival
3-7 March 2025
The West Yorkshire Innovation Network is holding the fourth Innovation Festival on 3-7 March 2025
We’re looking for hosts to take part and hold events! Applications are now open – fill out the form today and let us know how you want to take part. The deadline for event submissions is Friday 31st January 2025.
What is the Innovation Festival?
The West Yorkshire Innovation Festival brings together businesses, entrepreneurs, academics and support providers who are making amazing things happen in West Yorkshire.
We are a region of innovators and engineers. For centuries, we have been at the forefront of new technologies, products and services. The Festival celebrates the innovations that are being made here today, while inspiring the next wave of innovations for tomorrow.
We believe that innovation can come from anywhere – whether or not you already call yourself an innovator. We want to bring everyone into the innovation conversation in West Yorkshire and show you how to turn your big ideas into reality.
To do that, the 2025 Festival focuses on three core themes:
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From the garage to the globe: masterclasses to help SMEs and entrepreneurs turn their innovative ideas into commercial concepts
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You thought it here first: showcases of innovative products and services in West Yorkshire
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Who? You!: stories from innovators on their journeys and discussions on how to create an innovation mindset and culture
How do I get involved?
If your organisation can add to the innovation conversation around one of our three themes, then we would love to hear from you. Whether you’re interested in hosting your own event, clubbing together with other like-minded organisations or speaking at events, fill out the application form and let us know. The deadline for event submissions is Friday 31st January 2025.
If you are interested in attending the Festival, then you can sign up here to join our mailing list. We will send you the latest updates and events as they get announced.
Who is involved?
The Festival is presented by the West Yorkshire Innovation Network. The Network brings together innovation providers serving West Yorkshire to create a culture of innovation across the region.
It shares best practice and evidence, routes to access and engagement information to offer the best possible support to innovators. It anticipates future opportunities and challenges for innovators, advocates for innovators with local and national government and fosters a culture of innovation through peer-to-peer networking and evangelism.
The Network’s ultimate goal is an interconnected innovation ecosystem where entrepreneurs and SMEs can easily find the innovation partners, opportunities, funding and resources they need to make their ideas a reality.
Countdown to the festival
The Innovation Festival celebrates the innovations that are being made here today, while inspiring the next wave of innovations for tomorrow