Knowledge Exchange

Discover how collaboration can fast‑track your next innovation.

Join us to explore how working with Manchester Metropolitan University can help your organisation accelerate innovation, unlock commercial impact, and build long-term capability. Through proven, UK Government-backed programmes like Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs), we’ll show how collaboration turns ideas into real results.

Why attend?

• See what’s proven to work – learn how organisations are achieving an average 5 × ROI, alongside long-term capability and innovation benefits*
• Get inspired by real success stories – hear from businesses about our award-winning partnerships that have delivered measurable growth
• Understand how it works in practice – gain clear insight into how Knowledge Transfer partnerships are structured to deliver tangible business impact
• Make innovation more affordable – discover how funding models and potential R&D Tax Relief can make collaboration highly cost effective

Who should attend?

This event is designed for the doers, the makers, and manufacturers looking to drive real-world innovation - spanning key sectors from food and beverage to chemical and pharmaceutical, electronics and computing, automotive and transport, textiles and apparel, machinery and metal fabrication, as well as furniture, wood products, and paper and printing.

*Return figures based on published of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Room 3.27, Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamond Street West, Manchester, United Kingdom

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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