Corporate Innovation Community June 2020 Meet - Corporate/Startups Collaboration in a post-COVID-19 world

Our June 2020 virtual Corporate Innovation Community meet welcomed a mix of innovators from the worlds largest brands.

Questions asked:

• How are corporates currently running Corporate Accelerator and Incubator programs?
• What are the future considerations and predicted impacts?
• Does the program still get the desired outcomes? Or is there a better way for corporates to connect with startups?

Panel Host:

• Rachel Gawley, Whitespace Chief Innovation Officer

Panel Members:

• Marianne McKevitt, Business Incubation Programme Manager at BP
• Gordon Merrylees, Managing Director, Entrepreneurship at RBS
• Bruno Moraes, Country Manager at Wayra (Telefonica)
• Alex McCraken, Managing Director at Silicon Valley Bank

More on our Corporate Innovation Community.

The Whitespace Corporate Innovation Community is the largest community of its kind within the UK. Now more than 2.5 years old it’s a safe space for innovators to access free workshops, network, and swap ideas.

It's also a community for leaders from the public and private sector to share the challenges they face, along with the trends that affect their business and the UK’s economy.