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Microsoft to headline Kirklees Business Week Grand Finale event

Lockwood-based Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce’s Kirklees Business Week is fast approaching and bookings are flooding in.

On Friday 17th October from 14:00 - 16:30 the one and only Microsoft will host the Grand Finale event of the upcoming Kirklees Business Week.

What a way to end the week! Held at the prestigious 3M Buckley Innovation Centre, delegates will hear from key note speaker Daniel Langton of Microsoft, who is travelling to Kirklees to give a first class talk on the future of digital.

Microsoft has promised lots of goodies for the delegates, this is an event not to miss.

Prof Liz Towns-Andrews, CEO of the University’s 3M Buckley Innovation Centre will also give a brief insight into how businesses can take advantage of the technology available at the centre. Whether that be access to the 3D printing services or advanced rendering to produce professional, high-definition images and animations.

This promises to be an inspiring and thought provoking event and spaces are filling fast, follow @MYBizConfs for more.

The University of Huddersfield and Kirklees Council are partners once again in much anticipated Kirklees Business Week, alongside a whole host of local businesses.

Liz Towns-Andrews commented: “At the University of Huddersfield we have a strong focus on encouraging entrepreneurship and developing relationships with industry to ensure our cutting-edge research has an impact on the world we live in.

“We are proud to be partners with Kirklees Business Week and support this opportunity for local businesses to collaborate and identify opportunities for innovation.”

Conferences Manager, Chrissie Slater said: “This year’s business week promises to be the best one yet. We have key events supported by partners throughout the week, supplemented by seminars delivered by local experts. Manufacturing, digital, creative and innovation are the focus sectors for this year and registrations are piling in across the board. This is as a result of the continuing support and enthusiasm of our partners to truly collaborate and make this business week one not to miss.”

For more information on what Kirklees Business Week can offer your business follow #KBW14 on Twitter.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce .