Practical workshop with insight from Scottish companies getting global customers from Scottish HQ.

This practical workshop is designed to inform the audience on how some of Scotland’s most successful companies are proactively getting global customers from their Scotland HQ. 

Including:

• Key opportunities in the regions they’ve targeted

• Challenges associated with accessing these markets

• How they’ve navigated these challenges

• How they’ve built a presence in the market from Scotland HQ

• Practical processes and systems they have implemented to do this

• Advice and support they’ve received

• Resources and capabilities they’ve outsourced or brought in

This is a peer-to-peer networking workshop which is aimed at any Scottish companies with innovations that enable sustainable Agritech or aquaculture. Meet with and learn from peer companies and grow a network of exporting companies.

Delegates will gain practical insight and advice that helps them get more customers from international regions.

This event will provide:

• Insight into the role of exporting for Scottish SMEs in life sciences

• Insight from peer businesses on proactively targeting international regions and the key opportunities and challenges associated with this

• Practical advice from peer businesses on navigating challenges and generating presence in the most attractive international markets

• Guidance from SDI on the support available to execute proactive exporting plans

AGENDA

11.00 Networking coffee for panel members and attending companies and organisations to meet.

11.30 Intro to event – Host organisation – JHI

11.40  Interactive panel discussion from speakers who have grown their business through international trade

12.30 SDI support available for trade development

12.45 Round up of key points and networking lunch

13.30 1:1 conversations with SDI and optional site tour

VENUE

The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie