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Venture Café Manchester: Ambitious Science, New Models - Focused Research Organisations & the UK Funding LandscapeThu 5 Nov · free
WAHM Manchester Healthtech Ecosystem Social: From Research to MarketWed 4 Nov · free
Practical AI for Executive LeadersWed 4 Nov · freeDate & Time
Thursday 12 November 2026
5:00pm
Location
Online / Virtual
Price
Free
Organiser
Manchester Startups
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The weekly Venture Café Thursday Gathering, this edition on Focused Research Organisations and where they sit in the UK funding landscape - the model built for science that is too…
Phoebe Wakeman (Vitmedics) · Paul Forster (Western Advocates for Health and Medtechs (WAHM))
A fireside chat on getting healthtech out of research and into the market, followed by an open social for Manchester's health and medtech community. Phoebe Wakeman, co-founder of Vitmedics, is…
A ninety-minute workshop at the NatWest Accelerator's Spinningfields hub for business owners and leaders who know AI matters but have not worked out where it fits in their own operation.…