Guide to What’s On during Argyll Enterprise Week
MONDAY OCTOBER 31
11.30am-1.30pm: Launch Event with speakers from across the public and private sector supporting business growth, followed by a networking lunch and showcase of transformational projects Venue: Argyllshire Gathering Halls
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1 Funding your Business
9.30-10.30am: Kate Fraser/ Colin Fulcher – Business Gateway Local Growth Accelerator Programme and Argyll and the Isles LEADER programme 10.30-11.30am: Christina Noble – SJ Noble Trust 11.30am-12.30pm: Derek Bond (pictured above) – Growth deck 12.30pm-1pm: Lunch 1pm-2pm: Stewart Yuill – DSL Business Finance Ltd 2pm-3pm: Jack Proctor – Scottish Edge and Clive Rumbold – MOTO Scotland Venue: McCaig Suite – Corran Halls
10am-3pm: A Day with the Angels – Investing Women Angels Ltd 3.30-5.30pm: Individual Pitch Practice or 121 with Angels Venue: Gaelic Room, Corran Halls
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2
11am-6pm: Business Support Fair – Taster Sessions Venue: Stage Area, Main Hall, Corran Halls 11-11.45am: Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service 11.45am-12.30pm: World Host customer service training 12.30-1.15pm: The Digital Garage from Google 1.15-2pm: Resource Efficient Scotland 2-2.45pm: Internationalisation 2.45-3.30pm: Intellectual assets 3.30-4.15pm: Regulatory Services 4.15-5pm: The Digital Garage from Google
ON ELSEWHERE – WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2
9.30am-12.30pm: Intro to 360 Degree Virtual Reality Video making Venue: McCaig Suite, Corran Halls 1-4pm: Cyber Security Workshop Venue: McCaig Suite, Corran Halls 4.30-6.30pm: Innovation Forum Venue: McCaig Suite, Corran Halls 2-4pm: Women in Business Discussion Panel Venue: Oban Bay Hotel 6-9pm: Social Enterprise Film Festival and Question Time panel Venue: Phoenix Cinema
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3
9.30am Enterprise 4pm: Day Focus on Social Venue: Argyllshire Gathering Halls 10am-1pm: SDP Introduction to working with the public sector Venue: West Highland Housing Association 2-5pm: Selling with Confidence Venue: West Highland Housing Association 10am-noon: Scotland Food & Drink – Strategy 2030 – Have Your Say Venue: The Studio, Corran Halls 12.30-1.30pm: Scotland Food & Drink – Understanding your markets and customers Venue: The Studio, Corran Halls
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4
9am-1pm: Craft Scotland Working with the Tourism Industry Venue: Argyllshire Gathering Hall 10am-noon: Wild about Argyll – Adventure Tourism in Argyll & the Isles Venue: The Studio, Corran Halls 2-4pm: Fast Talking – Oban Times Speed Networking Event Venue: Argyllshire Gathering Halls
XPONORTH ON THE ROAD
Venue: Kinetics Studio 10.30-11am: Creative Scotland support and the new Creative Industries Strategy 11am-noon: Making It Here – Running a successful craft business in the Highlands and Islands Noon-1.15pm: Skills for Strategic Design Consultancy 2-2.45pm: PRS and Licencing 2.45-4pm: DIY – Self Publishing and Crowdfunding 4-5.15pm: Children’s books now with award-winning writer Barry Hutchison (pictured left) and innovative publisher Lorna Freytag (Hey Wow) 5.15-6.30pm: BBC – The Social 6.30-7.45pm: Music Placement across the multimedia