About this Event
Innovation, Investment and Funding for Resilience, Security & Defence
Hosted by Marks & Clerk LLP, 4th Floor, 15 Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1BW
Tuesday 18th November 2025: 1200 to 1700
This event aims to support innovation-focussed businesses and universities seeking insight into investment, funding and intellectual property in the resilience, security and defence arena. The event will provide information on readying and protecting your business, research or invention to benefit from growth and investment, whilst exploring opportunities for research & innovation funding, and advice on accessing investment capital.
Contributors include specialists in protecting innovation, intellectual property and legal considerations, accessing venture capital and investment, as well as sources of national research and innovation funding relevant to security, defence and resilience. The event has a blend of presentations, panel Q&A sessions and networking, and will be of particular relevance to early-stage innovators, established and growth focussed micro and SME businesses, and university-based innovators and researchers with an interest in security, defence and resilience.
Programme:
1200 Lunch and Networking
1250 Welcome
1300 Part 1: Readiness for Innovation
“Protecting your innovations to aid commercial success”, David Grant & Marcus Riby-Smith (Marks & Clerk LLP)
“Securing your Innovation”, HMG speaker
“Could IP Protection and Patents Foster Sustainable Growth for SMEs?”, Heba Bevan (Utterbury)
Panel Q&A, the above speakers will be joined by Peter Wilkins (Ploughshare)
1435 Networking
1500 Part 2: Investment, Growth and Research Funding
“Raising Capital to Grow and Scale Businesses”, John McNamara (Newable Partnership Limited)
“Building a secure and resilient world”, UKRI speaker.
“Knowledge Transfer Partnerships”, Jan Springer (Knowledge Transfer Adviser, InnovateUK)
Panel Q&A, the above speakers will be joined by: Mark Wheatley (Delano Wheatley Consulting Limited) and William McManners, (MD One)
1630 Final comments & Networking
1700 Depart
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
4th floor, 15 Fetter Ln, 15 Fetter Lane, London, United Kingdom
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