Innovation Quarter can help make West Midlands 'first choice for global organisations'
The benefits that Birmingham Innovation Quarter will create for the region and beyond have been showcased at a special event.
Aston University and Bruntwood SciTech highlighted the positive messages at The “Birmingham Innovation Quarter: Innovation for Inclusive Growth” event held at Enterprise Wharf as part of Birmingham Tech Week.
The event brought together industry leaders, investors, academics, innovators and policymakers.
B-IQ has been established to be a leading innovation cluster, focused on science, technology and enterprise, with particular emphasis on Health Tech, Green Tech and Financial and Professional Services.
It is a strategic partnership between Aston University, Bruntwood SciTech and Birmingham City Council.
Aston University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Enterprise, Professor Mike Caine, said “Birmingham Innovation Quarter is an important, bold initiative that will elevate and regenerate this part of the city and the wider West Midlands region.
“It will translate into impact the research Aston University produces, which in turn will improve lives regionally, nationally and internationally. It embodies our 2030 strategy, driving the University’s ambition to deliver socio-economic benefit through partnership, based on excellent, impactful research and enterprise activity, delivered at scale.”
The University’s Chief Commercial Officer Professor Gurpreet Singh Jagpal said: “Our goal is to align our research and enterprise with strategic partners, feeding their R&D pipeline in a sustainable, commercially viable way. Together, we aim to make Birmingham and the West Midlands the first choice for global organisations seeking growth opportunities in pioneering sectors, aligned with the modern digital economy.”
