



LIVE Innovation pitches
Introducing…a brand new and live innovation pitch opportunity for SMEs!
In a ‘Dragons' Den’ style panel pitching session, up to 12 hand-picked SMEs will have the chance to showcase their idea, product or innovation with industry-leading specialists and decision makers. A strict 5 minute slot time will be enforced to encourage focussed, innovative and laser-sharp pitches that demonstrate quantifiable carbon benefits.
Each pitch will be challenged and explored by our experts in front of the conference audience.
Our Live Labs 'Dragons'...

Rupert Furness
Rupert Furness is Deputy Director – Highways, Active Travel and Strategy at the Department for Transport. He advises Ministers on the maintenance of England’s local highway networks, on which nearly all journeys begin and end, and oversees critical Government funding for local transport authorities.

Sarah Sharples
Professor Sarah Sharples is Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Transport. She provides advice, and independent challenges, to ministers and senior officials and ensures that science and engineering evidence and advice is robust, relevant and high quality.

Angela Halliwell
Angela Halliwell is Head of Carbon and Air Quality Group at National Highways. She leads the transformation of National Highways carbon planning, and in 2022 National Highways become the world’s first major roads company to achieve a PAS2080 accredited Carbon Management System.

Mike Batheram
Mike Batheram is Market Director at AtkinsRéalis. He has led the company's Local Transport business to £115m pa, supporting local and combined authorities to deliver some of the most complex infrastructure and transportation programmes in the UK.
SME sponsorship package
£250 + VAT
(12 packages available)
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Each entrant has a strict 5-minute time slot to pitch their innovation.
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Organisation profile text on the event website (logo and 150 words)
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Two places for the organisation's representatives
*For this Expo, an SME is defined as any organisation that has fewer than 250 employees and a turnover of less than £50 million
Please complete the form to propose your pitch.
Queries: Contact Daniel Simpson or call 020 7091 7861.
Live Labs 2 is a three-year, £30million, UK-wide programme funded by the Department for Transport and managed by ADEPT that will run until March 2026. Live Labs 2 is leading the decarbonisation of local highways infrastructure and assets.