RECORD TURNOUT FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION SOUTH

Business Innovation South welcomed a record number of attendees to its event, held at Portsmouth’s Lakeside North Harbour.

It gave companies and organisations an opportunity to network, make connections and raise their profile.

The event saw 66 exhibitors from 40 sectors with innovations on display including drone services, electric vehicles, jetpacks, cloud-based information management, telecoms, data protection, cyber resilience and artificial intelligence and sensor technology.

Attendees were also able to join four speaker sessions and participate in five workshops which considered a number of important business themes.

Among these were subjects such as business resilience and sustainability.

Organiser Lara Bull said: “It was a huge success that topped our previous expos in every way, including the reach of the speakers and sponsors, the number and quality of exhibitors, the range of sectors covered and the visitor numbers.

“People are already talking about #BIS2023 and expressing interest in being sponsors, exhibitors and presenters, so there is every chance we can build on this year’s success and do even better next year.”

The universities of Surrey, Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth were all among the institutions discussing how their research activities may be commercialised.