Tech Events by University of Manchester Innovation Festival

University of Manchester AI start-ups pitch live for a £100,000 equity investment from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. The competition backs ventures that use AI in ways that are fair, transparent and aimed at social benefit, and every team has a student, staff or alumni founder. Part of the University's Innovation Festival, at the Nancy Rothwell Building. Coffee from 11:00, a welcome from Duncan Ivison at 11:30 and an overview from Tillie Page, then pitches from 11:45. Lunch at 13:00, the winner announced by the Coller Foundation team at 13:45, closing remarks from Aline Miller, and networking drinks from 14:00 to 15:00. Free. Enter by the South Entrance next to the Aquatics Centre; the event is step-free on the ground floor. Filming takes place throughout. Why go: the university's responsible-AI ventures pitching for real money in a single sitting. Worth it for angels, corporate innovation teams and anyone tracking Manchester's research-led start-ups.

with Holiferm (Founder panel, Holiferm)

Part of the University of Manchester Innovation Festival - founders who have actually built companies, including Holiferm, in conversation at the Kanaris Theatre, Manchester Museum. Agenda: 17:00 drinks on arrival and networking; 17:30 in conversation with James Winterburn and Charlie Dimmler; 18:30 Q&A from the audience; 18:45 wrap up and networking. The organisers ask you to cancel your Eventbrite ticket if you can no longer attend, so the place can be offered to someone else.

Part of the University of Manchester Innovation Festival - a summit at SISTER on what the Cambridge and Manchester innovation ecosystems can do together, for researchers, spinout founders and investors. Note: the organiser moved the times on 24 September - the summit now runs 08:45-13:30, not 09:00-12:00. Tickets already saved to a phone wallet may still show the old times.

An interactive afternoon of networking, discovery and collaboration

with Julia Wardley-Kershaw (Speaker, The University of Manchester) · Dan Syder (Speaker, The University of Manchester)

Part of the University of Manchester Innovation Festival - a day at University Place on turning research and early ideas into something fundable, with Julia Wardley-Kershaw and Dan Syder.