Science Creates: Designed for Deep Tech

Accelerate

Bristol

Public Event

Past Events

4/6/2025

Date

10.45_am

Time

About this event

This is an invite-only event with limited spaces. Your registration request will require approval by the hosts; priority will be given to invited attendees and Deep Tech company founders, CXOs and investors working at Seed - Series A. We may need to limit the number of invitees per organisation.
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Join Science Creates in Bristol for a specially crafted event as we begin an exciting, new chapter — preparing to expand by a further 30,000 sq ft with our third state-of-the-art Deep Tech incubator in Bristol, OMX.

To celebrate, we're bringing together a curated crowd of founders, investors, partners, industry experts and ecosystem connectors as we explore what it takes to start and scale a successful Deep Tech venture in the UK.

Throughout the day there will be time for founders and investors to discuss and explore opportunities within our current and future sites.

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Event sponsors

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Gold sponsors: Thermo Fisher Scientific and Countex
Silver sponsor: HSBC

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Programme

10:45 am

Arrival, registration and coffee

11:15 am

Welcome

11:30 am

Panel discussion: Barriers and solutions to building scalable Deep Tech companies in the UK

12:15 pm

Networking lunch

1:15 pm

Designed for Deep Tech — A deep dive into Science Creates' facilities

2:00 pm

Breakout sessions: Immersive virtual reality lab experience and equipment showcase with Thermo Fisher Scientific // Blueprint deep dive — Explore our facilities and lab opportunities with the Science Creates Incubators team // 1:1 partner discussions and exhibitor stands

3:00 pm

Keynote talks from scale-up founders Dr Andy Heron & John Williams

4:00 pm

Networking drinks reception at our 1023 bar

Speakers include:

Dr Andy Heron

Andy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Portal Biotech, a growing Oxford-based startup developing next-generation, bench-top nanopore solutions for comprehensive, full–length, single-molecule protein characterisation. Andy was previously a senior member of the Oxford Nanopore Technology team that was responsible for commercialising its range of gene sequencers. Andy has made significant contributions to the field of nanopore technology in the last 15 years, with over 40 patents and multiple publications, and brings this knowledge and experience to bear in accelerating Portal’s new products pipeline. Andy completed post-doc work at the Department of Chemistry, Oxford University and has a PhD in chemical biology from Imperial College, London.

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