Cohort Two Showcase & Graduation Event

The Climate Innovation Platform (CIP) is delighted to invite you to the showcase and graduation celebration of our Cohort Two businesses on Friday 16 December 2022.

We hope you can join us at this exciting event with speakers from HSBC UK, University of Birmingham, Energy Systems Catapult, and speakers from our Cohort One sharing their experience of the CIP programme.

The showcase event will provide the opportunity to listen to pitches from our Cohort Two business to investors attending the event ahead of the graduation ceremony.

The event will be catered with lunch, drinks reception and networking opportunity with ventures (optional) with live music entertainment provided.

Please register and reserve your place at the event.

CIP Cohort Two Showcase & Graduation Event

09:45 – 10:00 Arrival and registration

10:00 – 10:05 Welcome – Professor Martin Freer, University of Birmingham

10:05 – 10:10 Thoughts from HSBC UK - Michaela Wright, Head of Corporate Sustainability

10:10 – 10:15 ESC Overview - Paul Jordan, Business Leader, ESC

10:15 – 10:25 CIP experience from 2 speakers from Cohort One

10:25 - 11:00 SME Cohort 2 pitches – each SME is allocated time for a five-minute pitch followed by 2-minute Q&A from investors

11:05 – 11:10 Break

11:10 – 11:40 SME Cohort 2 pitches – each SME is allocated time for a five-minute pitch followed by 2-minute Q&A from investors

11:40 – 11:45 Break

11:45 – 12:20 SME Cohort 2 pitches – each SME is allocated time for a five-minute pitch followed by 2-minute Q&A from investors

12:20 - 12:30 Cohort 2 Graduation Ceremony – Professor Martin Freer

12:30 - 14:15 Lunch, drinks reception and networking opportunity with ventures (optional)

14:30 – 16:00 Christmas Markets (optional)

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Exchange, 3 Centenary Square, Birmingham, United Kingdom