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Innovate Local: Northern Ireland

At this event, business leaders, innovators, and experts shared the latest on Innovation, why is it important to Northern Ireland businesses and the support offered by Invest NI & Innovate UK.

Hear more about how innovation can help grow and improve your business.

This tutorial will provide key information on:

1. Drive Business Growth: Learn how innovation can lead to increased profitability, market share, and customer loyalty.

2. Boost Competitiveness: Discover how staying ahead of industry trends and embracing innovation can give your business a competitive edge.

3. Foster Resilience

Webinar | Navigating Green Success in Life and Health Sciences

This webinar provides information, tips and resources to help companies address sustainability requirements within medtech, diagnostic and pharma sectors.

The speakers include Net Zero representatives from the Health Innovation network (formerly known as ASHN), NHS England, Almac and legal perspectives.

The aim of this webinar is to help you better understand the drivers toward Net Zero/carbon reduction for the pharma, diagnostic and medtech industries, carbon reduction reporting, NHS England’s “Greener NHS” strategy, NHS Evergreen Sustainable Supplier Assessments and how the pharma

Supply Chain | Supplier Negotiation - Preparation and Engagement

Effective supplier negotiations are critical to successful supply chain management, but are little understood by many organisations. For negotiations to work, they require purchasing professionals to develop their engagement skills, and be well practiced in detailed preparation ahead of any supplier interaction.

Our Supplier Negotiation webinar will highlight how you can take action to make your engagement more effective and how you can develop your purchasing team so it delivers value and reduces costs.

Find out more about Supply Chain

Green Economy | Industrial Energy Transformation Fund

The Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) is designed to help high carbon intensive businesses cut their energy bills and carbon emissions through investing in energy efficiency and low carbon technologies. The government announced £315 million of funding in the 2018 Budget, which will be available up until 2027. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero announced in March 2023, a final IETF Phase 3 call, providing £185 million in funding, will be launched in early 2024.

In an attempt to ensure that NI businesses are better informed, and supported when this fund launches, the

Maximising Public Sector Opportunities in the GB Market

As we look forward to the recovery stage from the recent crisis, we look at how we can find more opportunities for business through public procurement. This webinar will look at the various types of public sector bodies, where they are publishing their opportunities and what they're buying and how Invest NI can help.

Invest NI & Business Ireland Kenya: Spotlight on Cyber Security

This cyber security focused webinar provides an overview of Northern Ireland’s cyber security capabilities, insight to the latest trends from Kenyan and Northern Irish cyber security specialists and their key learnings from COVID19.

China Market Briefing: Construction & Demolition Waste Recycling

In order to help capitalise on this export opportunities, Invest Northern Ireland has developed a sector report to help Northern Ireland companies build knowledge on the Chinese market and scope business opportunities. In this webinar, the Regional Director for East and West China, Damon Peng will share the key findings around market opportunities and provide market entrance advice.

Materials Handling Opportunities: South East Asia

The market for heavy machinery in South East Asia has grown significantly over the past few years particularly in the mining, construction and infrastructure industries. To help understand the dynamics of this growing market, Invest NI has commissioned a report that identifies key opportunities and challenges for Northern Ireland materials handling companies who wish to do business in the region.

Listening to this webinar will provide you with an overview of key findings from the report. You’ll also have the opportunity to hear from industry experts located in Singapore.

Spotlight on Singapore | An insight into FinTech and Tech opportunities

Recognised as one of the most open and competitive economies, Singapore is currently the world’s fourth-largest global financial centre and a gateway location to business growth in Southeast Asia.

This video tutorial, in partnership with Enterprise Singapore and Orissa International, outlines the export opportunities that are available to Northern Ireland businesses within the technology sector – particularly FinTech – in Singapore. It is a recording of a recent webinar.  

Spotlight on Japan | An insight in to doing business with Japan

This video tutorial, in partnership with the Department for International Trade and Export to Japan, introduces Japan as an export market for Northern Ireland businesses.  It also explores the recent United Kingdom-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership – a free trade agreement between the two countries. As part of the tutorial, local company First Derivatives discuss their export journey in the market. This tutorial is a recording of a recent webinar.

Abu Dhabi FinTech Eco-system: Opportunities and routes to the UAE market

Invest NI IMEA partnered with key stakeholders in the UAE Tech Ecosystem to deliver a 60 minute virtual panel outlining opportunities and routes to this market, specifically Abu Dhabi which is the largest FinTech hub in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with access to the South Asian markets as well.  It is home to half of the region’s FinTech companies.  Key opportunity areas include:   

-    Digital Banking / Open Banking 
-    Insuretech 
-    RegTech 
-    Data Analytics and Cyber Security

Construction Equipment Industry Insights from the USA

Invest Northern Ireland partnered with Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) to provide insights from the equipment industry in the USA. They discussed current challenges faced by distributors, the state of the market in the USA, changes in market dynamics and purchasing habits due to Covid-19, how to find and approach potential distributors, and insights from Washington DC on the new US administration and potential for investment in infrastructure.

Featuring:

  • Brian P. McGuire, President & CEO, AED
  • Robert Henderson, Executive VP & COO, AED
  • Daniel Fisher, Vice President of Government

Waste & Recycling Sector Insights from Ontario, Canada

Invest Northern Ireland partnered with Canada’s Ontario Waste Management Association (OWMA) to provide insights from leading voices in Ontario’s waste management sector. They discussed opportunities, regional issues and the regulatory environment around hazardous, municipal and C&D waste.

Featuring:

  • Mike Chopowick, CEO, Ontario Waste Management Association
  • Geoff Boyd, Vice President of Resource Recovery, Walker Industries
  • Brent Bolger, President, Brendar Environmental Inc.
  • Jim Graham, CEO & Owner, TRY Recycling Inc

Construction Industry Insights from Chile

Invest Northern Ireland partnered with Cámara Chilena de la Construcción (Chilean Construction Chamber—CChC) to provide sector insights from Chile’s construction industry. Panellists gave an overview of the Chilean materials handling industry—covering residential construction, mining construction, and waste & recycling—then discussed challenges and updates with regards to Covid-19, and opportunities for international companies.

Featuring:

  • Ignacio Troncoso, Chair, CChC International Affairs Commission
  • Cristian Herrera, Head of Events & Exhibitions, CChC 

Spotlight on China

This tutorial is the second in our Spotlight On series, and first in our targeted Spotlight on Asia-Pacific tutorials. Through this tutorial you will gain insights and trends around the exporting opportunities available to local businesses.

It features presentations from our first Spotlight on Asia-Pacific event held on 18th June at Stormont Hotel covering the market of China as well as panel discussions from local businesses already exporting to the continent.

There are seven sessions featuring eleven speakers and it will take around 2 hours 53 minutes, but you can do it in your own time or

Maximising your reach in GB

This webinar will focus on how to leverage professional organisations to expand your networks in Great Britain. It will be of interest to companies looking to grow their market outside of Northern Ireland and extend their reach into GB and beyond. The speakers will provide a walk-through of a variety of networks & associations and discuss how they can be beneficial to your business development activity.
 

Introduction to the regions - Latin America and the Caribbean

The Latin America and the Caribbean region is home to a number of markets, each with their own diverse culture and economy. This video tutorial, in partnership with the Department for International Trade, features a series of videos from country directors introducing their markets and the export opportunities that are available for Northern Ireland businesses. 

Tutorial: Explore from Home - Latin America and the Caribbean

This is the first in an online series of market promotion webinars allowing Northern Ireland businesses to ‘explore from home’ new markets and export opportunities. The first region to be explored is Latin America and the Caribbean, and is being presented in partnership with Department for International Trade. The webinar is an opportunity for Northern Ireland businesses who are interested in or are already exporting to Latin America and the Caribbean market to hear up-to-date business opportunities and economic information. 

Spotlight on Australia

Northern Ireland companies can find a world-leading location for Life and Health Sciences in Australia. It is a market that offers transparency in its regulations, commitment to research and clinical trials, is investing in digital health infrastructure and product and welcomes international collaboration. This tutorial features an expert panel of speakers addressing logistical and compliance issues and sharing commercial opportunities within the sector with a nod to the Biotech & Biopharma sectors. This tutorial is a recording of a recent webinar.

International Export Conference on China

Exporting can transform your business, and as the world’s second largest economy, China is a prime market for Northern Ireland businesses to export to. 

Joined by the Chinese Consul General and NI Bureau, this video tutorial highlights not only Northern Ireland’s Export Vision, but the export opportunities that are available to Northern Ireland businesses in China, as well as the intricacies and practicalities of doing business in the region. Led by sectoral experts, supported by representatives from local companies, the tutorial also features sector-focused sessions on Advanced Manufacturing

Spotlight on Benelux: Data & Cyber Security

Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are open and competitive economies, and are excellent gateway markets for Northern Ireland businesses into wider Europe. Cyber and information security is an identified priority across the Benelux. Despite a steadily increasing security spend, organisations are struggling to address all threats.  This video tutorial highlights the trends and opportunities available in the security, risk and governance space in the Benelux and how Northern Ireland businesses can best approach these opportunities. This tutorial is a recording of a recent webinar.

Spotlight on Germany

As one of the largest industrial and export economies in Europe, Germany provides a vast spectrum of business opportunities for Northern Ireland businesses across a range of sectors. This tutorial will showcase the latest in-market macroeconomic trends and technological trends, the influence of the new German government and provide insights for those considering entering the market. This tutorial is a recording of a recent webinar.

Spotlight on Egypt

Egypt, a market at the nexus of the African, Arab and Mediterranean centres, is poised to be at the forefront of growth for emerging economies. With a large domestic market and consumer base, strong GDP growth and a large, educated workforce, Egypt has become one of the most promising markets in which to do business. 

In this Spotlight event, in-market specialists, such as from the Department for Business and Trade, explore the current export opportunities and challenges for Northern Ireland businesses in the market, while providing insight into the latest in-market macroeconomic trends for

Spotlight on North East Asia: Materials Handling

With the rise of the materials handling sector in North East Asia, this tutorial dives into new developments in the industry across Japan, Korea and Taiwan to provide helpful insights on the export opportunities available in the region.

In-market professionals and industry specialists zone in on the latest multi-market trends, highlighting how to capitalise on the increased demand in the sector amid rising awareness of the government’s push towards recycling and better use of building materials and forest resources.

Viewers are also introduced to N-Expo (The New Environmental Exposition) May