Innovative UK tech firms signing up for TechnologyWorld09
Delegates at TechnologyWorld09 will meet a host of global giants including Panasonic, Hitachi, Nokia, Orange, PTT and Kayagura Health Solutions.
These international businesses are coming to the UK in search of technology innovation and the evidence suggests that they will find it. Feedback from TechnologyWorld 08 was that almost all (93%) of the international businesses from 38 countries that took part said they were likely to increase their trade with UK businesses as a result of attending.
UK Trade & Investment’s Chief Executive Sir Andrew Cahn said: “TechnologyWorld just gets better and better every year. The UK is able to attract top buyers because of its track record of innovation and excellence in technology. For the UK firms attending, whether SMEs or larger firms, these meetings can be their springboard for global growth.”
TechnologyWorld09 will be considerably enhanced from last year as part of the Government’s strategic vision for Britain’s economic recovery, 'New Industries, New Jobs'. Technological innovation will play a key role in pulling the UK through the global slowdown and positioning it for future growth. UK companies will be demonstrating their solutions at TechnologyWorld09 and showing how UK capability can also support growth globally.
TechnologyWorld09 is one of the largest technology meet-the-buyer events in the UK. The two-day event, taking place at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry from 23-24 November, will provide companies with a platform to build new international business. Over 200 delegates have already signed up.
This year, there is an expanded exhibition and a world-class conference programme that will provide industry insight and foresight. Attendees can arrange one-to-one meetings with companies of interest prior to the event through the online meeting facility and sign up to relevant sessions of the conference programme. For more information and to register, visit
This year’s conference event includes:
- Cambridge Wireless - Mobile Health - exploring examples of the technology applicable to remote monitoring, telecare, the SMART House, wireless tracking and self-managed health and mobile prevention. Speakers from Orange, Hidalgo, University of Birmingham, MiLife & iPlato.
- Low Carbon South West – bringing together experts from research, business and the media to debate how we can accelerate the development and take-up of the new technology solutions that a low carbon economy demands. Speakers from University of Bath, Migration Solutions & GreenBang.com.
- Digital Communications KTN – focusing on next generation broadband access. Speakers include Telefónica O2 Europe plc.
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) – linking with research on how to access the best of UK university innovation. Speakers from IBM, Microsoft & Universities of Bristol & Manchester.
For further information, please contact Charlotte Reeve, Kreab Gavin Anderson (tel: 020 7554 1400), or Tessa Fras or Natasha Guerinoni in UKTI Press Office (tel: 02072154218, email: [email protected], [email protected])
Notes to editors:
- UK Trade & Investment is the UK Government's international business development organisation, supporting businesses seeking to establish in the UK and helping UK companies grow internationally. The services offered by UK Trade & Investment bring together a network of business sector specialists and support teams in London, Glasgow, Cambridge, the nine English Regions and in British diplomatic posts in some 100 markets all around the world. UK Trade & Investment works with a wide range of partner organisations in the UK, including other Government departments, Regional Development Agencies and the Devolved Administrations, Business Links, Chambers of Commerce and trade associations. For more information, visit the web site at www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk. For latest press releases, visit the online newsroom at http://www.newsroom.uktradeinvest.gov.uk