About SW Innovation Expo

Following the success of the 2021 event, The South West Innovation Expo is returning in March 2024.

The flagship event for innovators and innovation-driven enterprises from across Devon, Cornwall, The Isles of Scilly, Somerset and Dorset will bring together talented small enterprise innovators, entrepreneurs, business, academics and investors.

Centring around the theme of RESILIENCE, the one-day event will inspire attendees to use technology, creativity and insight to build business resilience.

The South West Innovation Expo will:

•Connect businesses, entrepreneurs, designers and innovators across the South West

•Inspire businesses to collaborate and share knowledge

•Champion new businesses at each stage of growth – early, start up, established

•Create awareness of the South West’s innovation assets, activities and support services

•Draw attention from businesses, partners and stakeholder and governmental organisations

•Facilitate collaboration

•Promote innovation across the whole of the region

•Showcase the South West as a place to invest, and the central part the Universities play in driving the region’s innovation

The event is spearheaded by the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth.