The third CoP meeting on Friday, 17th February 2023 (previously scheduled for the 9th February) focuses on starting and spinning out companies.

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Agenda

• 9:30 Overview of forming companies based on social science expertise including introductions to EI support and resources
• 9:50 Sharing start up and spin out examples and experiences - Katarzyna Przybycien, one of the founders of our first social enterprise from CAHSS, Bilingualism Matters, will talk about her experience.
• 10:10 Questions, discussion and chance to highlight other opportunities

Find out more about routes to generating impact at scale with your research with Edinburgh Innovations' enterprise team. Whether you’re curious about how to create a start-up or spin out company, or just want to understand the options and support provided by Edinburgh Innovation, this is a great opportunity to share knowledge, challenges and support with others who are creating businesses.

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The community of practice is supported by ESRC Commercialising Research of the Social Sciences funding and Edinburgh Innovations' services including the Engage programme. It aims to support social science staff to recognise and realise the potential of their skills and work to create valuable impact and revenue for future research, themselves and others through commercialisation.

Link to the Community of Practice main page: https://eil.ac/SocialSciences-CoP

Please register to attend this online event.

For assistance with registrations, please contact us on eievents@ei.ed.ac.uk