BE Connected: Scotland’s Innovation Centres & Education Exchange

23 September 2025

9:30-

2:30

The Innovation Centres have been travelling across Scotland to engage with colleges and collaborative business partners, exploring opportunities for innovation and partnership that can strengthen the local economy and shape the future workforce. During this Innovation Week, the Centres aim to bring college educators and industry professionals together for a day of interactive workshops and idea-sharing, focused on enhancing collaboration welcoming sectors from Digital health, built environment, Industrial Biotechnology and Data and AI.

Join us on 23rd September at BE-ST for a dynamic day of innovation and networking as we explore ways to build stronger connections across Scotland’s innovation landscape.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

09.30 – Arrival and teas/coffees

10.00 – Welcome

10.15 – Presentation from the four Innovation centres

11.00 – comfort break

11.15 – Innovation panel – Industry leaders who have harnessed innovation to grow their business

Kirsty Mitchell, Skillsminer

Other speakers TBC

12.15 – Lunch and networking

13.00 – CLIC Workshop – Empowering workforce development through targeted training programmes that build skills in cutting-edge practices and emerging technologies.

14.00/14.30 – Finish

Details

Event date

23 September 2025

9:30 -

2:30

Location

Edinburgh and Lothians

Organised by

Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (BE-ST)