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Connected by Digital Catapult: Where innovation meets opportunity

Date: 11 November 2026 15:00 - 18:00

Register by: Monday 9 November 2026

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About this event

Join us for Connected by Digital Catapult: Where innovation meets opportunity, an afternoon bringing together ambitious technology businesses, industry leaders and Digital Catapult experts to explore the connections, knowledge and opportunities that can support business growth.

Hear first-hand from successful business leaders about the realities of scaling, meet specialists across investment, commercial, policy and emerging technologies, and experience the Digital Catapult ecosystem.

Whether you’re looking to strengthen your network, explore new opportunities or navigate the challenges of growth, this event is an opportunity to make valuable connections and experience the Digital Catapult ecosystem first-hand. You’ll also discover how Digital Catapult membership could help you stay connected to that ecosystem and support your organisation’s ambitions beyond the event.

Who should attend

This event is designed primarily for ambitious technology businesses with the potential and appetite to grow, collaborate and engage more closely with the UK’s deep tech ecosystem.

  • Scale-ups preparing for their next stage of growth
  • Founders, CEOs and senior leaders responsible for growth, innovation and commercial strategy
  • Deep tech businesses seeking stronger industry connections and opportunities to collaborate
  • Digital Catapult alumni interested in reconnecting and exploring a closer relationship with our ecosystem
  • Organisations interested in engaging with industry, government, research and investment communities

Why attend

Participants will have the opportunity to:

    • Hear from those who have scaled successfully: Gain practical insight from a business leader who understands the opportunities and challenges that come with growth.
    • Meet Digital Catapult experts: Speak directly with specialists across investment, commercial and business growth, industry engagement, policy, responsible innovation and emerging technologies.
    • Experience the Digital Catapult ecosystem: Meet people from across our community and explore the benefits of convening businesses, industry, government, investors and academia.
    • Discover what membership could offer your organisation: Learn more about the expertise, strategic support, events, facilities, visibility and wider community available through Digital Catapult membership.
    • Explore whether membership is right for your next stage of growth: Talk to our team about your priorities, challenges and ambitions and understand how a closer relationship with Digital Catapult could support them.

Agenda

15:00 Arrival & Networking 

Start the afternoon with refreshments and informal networking.

15:20 Welcome 

An introduction to Digital Catapult and the opportunities available across our innovation ecosystem.

15:30 Keynote: Scaling for Success 

Hear from a successful leader on the realities of building and growing a business.

16:00 Unlocking Growth Through Connections 

A short overview of how Digital Catapult supports ambitious businesses through programmes, partnerships, expertise, events and membership.

16:25 Meet Our Industry Experts 

Explore a series of informal stations and technology showcases across the floor, including:

  • Funding and investment
  • Business growth and commercial readiness
  • Policy and government insight
  • Responsible technology adoption
  • Industry and corporate partnerships
  • Innovation and emerging technologies
  • Membership and community opportunities

16:55 Networking Drinks & Refreshments 

Continue conversations, make introductions and connect with experts, partners and fellow innovators.

18:00 Close 

 

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Legal and Privacy Terms

Data Protection:

Catapult is hosting this event and is the data controller for your personal data. Catapult is responsible to you for how it stores, uses and processes your personal data in accordance with our privacy policy which can be found at https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/legal/privacy-policy/

Any data processors will only process your personal data on our instructions and for the purpose defined below.

Catapult may take photographs and/or video at the physical event, which may be used in general promotional material recording or relating to the event, including use with websites, emails, social media and tangible literature. If you have any concerns relating to this, please contact the events coordinator at the event.

Catapult may also use your submitted information for the purposes of organising and operating the event, related post event and dissemination activities, and assessing the impact of the event. Catapult may also contact you for feedback or research purposes. If you’ve signed up to allow us to stay in contact, we may also contact you regarding other activities and events they hope to be of interest to you. Where a programme, facility or event sponsor has been named, we may also pass your information to such sponsor for the same uses as Catapult in relation to the event.

By attending the event, you agree to Catapult collecting and using your personal data in the ways, for the purpose(s) and for the period defined above.

If you are applying on behalf of another person, you are confirming their acknowledgement and agreement to these terms.

You may at any time send a request to Catapult at [email protected] to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing or object to the processing your personal data.

 

Terms and Conditions:

Notice of admission: Digital Catapult (DC) is private property and admission to DC is by invitation only. We reserve the right to refuse admission to DC or to parts of DC to any person, or to require a person to leave DC, if his or her conduct or presence is considered by an officer of DC to be causing or liable to cause annoyance, endanger/be liable to endanger the exhibits, fabric of the building or be otherwise undesirable.

Your Property: We reserve the right to refuse to allow any item to be brought into DC, or to inspect any item. No item may be left unattended anywhere in DC. We reserve the right to deal with any unattended items as we deem appropriate, and accept no liability for damage which may be caused in consequence. We accept no responsibility for any loss or damage sustained by items left in the lockers, or cloakrooms, other than loss or damage caused by our negligence or that of our staff. You agree that the organisers may use your contributions for, without limitation, creating and publishing material relating to the event, but no contribution will be personally attributed in materials without explicit consent. We reserve the right to use delegate participation in our post event activities.

Enforcement: Employees of the Catapult are authorised by us to require compliance with these conditions.

If you are applying on behalf of another person, you are confirming their consent to these terms and the privacy terms.

Any comments or complaints about this event should be sent to [email protected], with the subject line “COMPLAINT” and dated.