Innovation Landscape in the West Midlands

Please join us for the third meeting of the ACE Midlands Group for 2026, focusing on the innovation landscape in the region.

We are pleased to confirm that we will be joined by:

Dyrr Ardash, Director of Business Development at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG)

WMG is a Department at the University of Warwick that brings together research, education, and industry collaboration to help businesses innovate and improve competitiveness.

Amanda Baxendale, Midlands Innovation

Midlands Innovation is a strategic partnership of eight research-intensive universities, including the University of Warwick, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester, Loughborough, Keele, Aston, and Cranfield.

Prabs Johal, Head of Regional Delivery at Connected Places Catapult

Connected Places Catapult helps businesses bring innovative transport, infrastructure and built environment solutions to market by connecting them with industry, government and investors. Through innovation programmes, commercialisation support and investment facilitation, it accelerates the adoption of technologies that improve connectivity, sustainability and economic growth.

Description supplied by the event organiser.