Innovators Evening — Meet and Mingle at STEAMhouse

Drinks and canapes at STEAMhouse on Belmont Row with the 2026 Innovation Awards finalists, past winners, judges and sponsors, hosted by The Technology Supply Chain C.I.C. Professor Hanifa Shah OBE gives a keynote on innovation and leadership, drawing on her book Orbit Shift: Break Free From the Leadership Patterns That Limit You. Around it the room is deliberately mixed: startup founders, manufacturers, research institutions and industry bodies from across the region, all shortlisted or involved in judging. Free, 17:30 to 20:30. Why go: the awards shortlist does the filtering for you, so the people in the room are the ones actually shipping something in the region. Best for founders and innovation leads who want introductions to Midlands manufacturing and research without a conference badge queue.