Tuesday, May 20

Design in Innovation Summit 2025

Join Innovate UK Business Growth, industry leaders, innovators, and design professionals for the Design in Innovation Summit 2025.

By Innovate UK Business Growth

Date and time

Tuesday, May 20 · 12 - 5pm GMT+1

Location

MTC Liverpool

131 Mount Pleasant Liverpool L3 5TF United Kingdom

About this event

Event lasts 5 hours

Agenda Highlights:

🔹 Panel: "De-Risking Innovation" – Experts discuss strategies to manage risk in innovation.
🔹 Lightning Talks: "Lessons from the Front Line" – Rapid insights from innovators on collaboration, sustainability, and starting a design consultancy.
🔹 Interactive Discussion: "Your Innovation Challenges" – Attendees submit real-world challenges for expert-led discussions.
🔹 Keynote: "The Future of Design in Innovation" – Jonathan Butters on design’s critical role in business success.
🔹 Networking – Build connections with fellow professionals over lunch and an evening wrap-up session.

💡 Why Attend?

Gain actionable insights from leading design and innovation experts.
Participate in discussions shaping the future of design in business.
Network with professionals from across the innovation ecosystem.

Part of the official LCR Innovation Investment Fortnight (IIF) programme, 12-23 May.

LCR Innovation Investment Fortnight is an annual showcase of the distinctive approaches, world-leading assets, and £2bn investment opportunities that put the Liverpool City Region at the UK forefront of place-based innovation.

Organized by

Innovate UK Business Growth

Innovate UK Business Growth is Innovate UK’s national business growth and scaling service. It is an integral part of the innovation agency’s products and services portfolio.

The service is available to all established small to medium sized innovation-focused growth companies, including Innovate UK grant winners.

Innovate UK Business Growth accelerates its ambitious clients on their growth journeys with one-to-one support from over 400 innovation and growth specialists and scaleup directors embedded in every UK region and nation. Their tailored, expert advice helps thousands of businesses sharpen their commercial strategies, realise the maximum value from their IP, raise game changing investment and take their businesses onto the global stage every year.