The stage is set for the Humber region’s recond Festival of Green Innovation, celebrating the estuary’s progress as a world-leader in low-carbon technology.
Delivered by Aura and the University of Hull, it is being held at the Aura Innovation Centre at Hessle’s Bridgehead Business Park.
It will showcase how the team there is supporting business innovation in the race to net zero and working with the region’s small and medium-sized enterprises to reduce their carbon emissions.
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Louise Smith, director at Aura, will open the event, which will be hosted by BBC Radio Humberside presenter Kofi Smiles.
She said: “The festival will put innovation on centre stage, and allow us to celebrate the region’s SMEs who are developing the extraordinary new technologies to reduce their carbon emissions and spearhead the drive to Net Zero.
“The Net Zero journey involves everyone, and that is why collaboration is so important. For the Humber region and the UK to achieve our ambitious carbon targets, we must all play our part.”
Funded by the European Regional Development Fund, it was first hosted last year, with former Siemens UK chief executive Juergen Maier headlining.
This year, in the festival spirit, it is an in-person and interactive event with some fun thrown In, taking place on Wednesday, March 2.
Guests will travel through four innovation stations to discover how, by working with Aura, businesses have been innovating in low carbon.
Station one will show where projects come to life behind the scenes, showcase knowledge exchange, experiments, testing, research and links to academia and business.
At station two, guests will discover how businesses across the Humber region are innovating and driving change – highlighting projects in caravan manufacturing and farming.
Station three will take participants on a journey through time to see an evolution of technology in music.
Station four gives guests the chance to get hands-on with the technology that’s helping drive the fight against climate change.
The event is open to the public and free to attend. Tickets are limited - to book, and for more details, click here.
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