A morning for people who have a work package or a piece of kit and would rather say it out loud than into a form.
Three five-minute introductions, then the useful bit: conversation. Arrive knowing what you need.
The format is deliberately austere. Five minutes is enough to say who you are, what you have, and what you are looking for. It is not enough to show a market-sizing slide, which is the point. Speakers who overrun are allowed to finish and then gently reminded that the toast is going cold.
We keep the room small — around thirty people — because a room of thirty produces conversations and a room of three hundred produces a queue for the coffee. Attendance is by arrangement rather than by ticket, which is a polite way of saying we would like to know who is coming.
Previous mornings have produced two work packages, one tank booking and a long-running argument about accelerated corrosion testing that is still going. We consider all three a success.
Running order
Approximate, and kept to.
- 08:15Arrival, tea, toast, and no name badges
- 08:45Three five-minute introductions, strictly timed
- 09:10Conversation — the actual purpose of the morning
- 10:00Close. Several people will remain and nobody minds
Who this is for
- Anyone with a work package they are about to publish, or have just published
- Facility managers with capacity they would like used
- Academics looking for industrial problems rather than letters of support
- Startups who need a partner and would rather ask a person than a portal