LONDON: Small businesses in Bath are being invited to boldly go and consider investing in the final frontier.
Entrepreneurs, start-ups and businesses from the city are being urged to learn about opportunities in big data at a free networking event.
The event, called Next Tech Wave, will be jointly held by SETsquared, Europe’s top university business incubator, and the UK Space Agency and will bring together some of the country’s leading space-related big data SMEs to explore opportunities for start-ups developing new infrastructure, software and services.
Colin Baldwin, UK Space Gateway programme manager at UK Space Agency, said: “Many companies wouldn’t necessarily think of the space sector as an answer to help them with developing technology, but we want to show what working with the sector can do for businesses.
We want to encourage as many entrepreneurs as possible to take advantage of the opportunity to incorporate this exciting new technology into their start-ups in ways they might not have considered.”
The event is happening on Thursday, September 10, from 5.30pm, at SETsquared’s Bath Innovation Centre at Broad Quay and is free for entrepreneurs, investors, start-ups, innovation advisors and tech companies.
Simon Bond, Innovation Director at SETsquared, which includes the University of Bath, said: “This is a great opportunity for entrepreneurs, innovators and businesses from across the West to understand how space data can be used to develop products and services.
Our hand-picked panel and selection of speakers includes representatives from companies including Democrata and Proteus Geo which are all leading the way with big data and are well-placed to explain the opportunities to innovative start-ups and entrepreneurs.
There are some great chances for business here, especially as far as big data analytics go. It gives us access to new sources of information including sensors, website visits, open data and satellite-sourced information and imagery.”
People wanting to register a place should visit SETsquared’s website.
