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IRTM Forum 1

Collaborations for a Global Market I
 
This forum gave a chance for UK designers and designer-makers to find out what the Innovative Routes to Market programme is offering for 2008.
 
The schedule ran as follows:
 
Date: Monday 3 March 2008   9.30  AM – 18.00 PM
 
UBS INVESTMENT BANK
1 Finsbury Avenue, London EC2M 2PP
 
OUTLINE PROGRAMME
 
9.30 – 10.00
Coffee, registration
10.00 – 10.05
Welcome Address 
Patsy Francis (Director Corporate Responsibility and Community Affairs,
UBS Investment Bank)
10.05 – 10.30
Introduction – How will it work
Dieneke Ferguson (Chief Executive, Hidden Art) and Amy Hutchings (Product Development Manager, Hidden Art)
10.30 – 11.30
 
 
 
Hidden Polymers and Making It Digital
Tamsin Godfrey (Project Manager, Hidden Art Cornwall)
Justin Marshall (from Autonomatic, University College Falmouth)
Peter Cracknell and Marion Ingle (London Metropolitan University Polymer Centre)
11.30 – 12.00
Innovative Routes 2007
Michael Bell and Liz Emtage, two participants on the Innovative Routes to Market 2007 programme, share their aims and achievements.
12.00 – 13.00
 
Finding what you are looking for
Moderated by Victoria Fabbri (Events and Membership Assistant Manager, Hidden Art) and Amy Hutchings (Product Development Manager, Hidden Art)
Welcome to our speed-networking session where you will have the opportunity to make new contacts whilst sampling the new Specialist interest sessions – find out just how this new support network works.
13.00 – 14.00
LUNCH
Informal networking over lunch  
 
14.00 – 14.05
Introduction to afternoon sessions, Dieneke Ferguson/ Amy Hutchings
14.05 – 15.00
Panel discussion:  Sales Opportunities and Targeting the right Market
 Ben Evans (Director, London Design Festival)
Victoria Fabbri (Events and Membership Assistant Manager, Hidden Art) and Charlotte Dixon (Sales and Marketing Manager, Hidden Art)
15.00 – 16.00
Panel discussion: Opportunities in a Global market – China.
What to look out for when considering licensing or manufacture routes in China
Ken Grant (Deputy Director, Creative Connexions)      
Dieneke Ferguson (Chief Executive, Hidden Art)
16.00 – 16.15
BREAK
16.15 – 17.15
Panel Discussion: How can licensing grow your business?
Marice Cumber (Own It)
Margaret Briffa (Briffa)
Mark Gabbertas (Gabbertas)
 
17.15 – 17.30
What next 
 
17.30 – 18.00
Informal networking and drinks
Charlotte Dixon - E-shop
Charlotte Dixon - E-shop - [1.24 MB] Marketing and e-sales
Creative Connections
Creative Connections - [340 KB] Licensing and Manufacture in China
Dieneke Ferguson and Amy Hutchings
Dieneke Ferguson and Amy Hutchings - [65 KB] Introduction to Innovative Routes to Market 2008
Dieneke Ferguson - China
Dieneke Ferguson - China - [1.22 MB] Opportunities in a Global Market - China
Marion Ingle - London Metropolitan Polymer Centre
Marion Ingle - London Metropolitan Polymer Centre - [50 KB] HIdden Polymers 08
Tamsin Godfrey and Justin Marshall
Tamsin Godfrey and Justin Marshall - [3.23 MB] Making It Digital 2008
Marice Cumber - Own It
Marice Cumber - Own It - [369 KB] How can Licensing Grow your Business?
Victoria Fabbri - Sales Opportunities
Victoria Fabbri - Sales Opportunities - [238 KB] Targetting the right Market