Innovators & Start-ups

Put your innovation in front of the market

Get your technology seen by the businesses, investors and partners who can help take it further.

Innovation Zero World provides multiple ways for emerging businesses and technologies to gain visibility, demonstrate their potential and connect with the organisations that can help accelerate adoption.
 

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Innovation Showcase – Innovation Zero World 2026

Is this you?

This is for start-ups, scale-ups, founders, entrepreneurs and emerging technology businesses developing new approaches to transition and deployment challenges. 

Whether you're ready to find customers, secure investment, demonstrate your technology or increase market visibility, there are different ways to participate.  

What Innovation Zero World can do for you 

Meet potential customers

Put your innovation in front of businesses and operators looking for new approaches to real challenges.

Connect with investors

Build relationships with capital providers looking for emerging opportunities.

Gain visibility

Showcase your technology to the wider Innovation Zero World audience.

Build credibility

Take part in the Innovation Awards and put your business in front of industry judges, experts and decision-makers. 

From innovation to commercial deployment 

Innovation Zero World explores what it takes to move promising technologies beyond pilots – securing customers, capital and partnerships and building the commercial capabilities needed to deploy at scale.  

Explore themes including moving from pilot to first customer; building solutions around customer needs; scaling innovation into infrastructure; accessing capital for growth; finding new markets and customers; and scaling UK innovation.  

Energy Systems
Resilient Business
Deploying the Future
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Who You'll Meet

Meet prospective customers, investors, established technology businesses, industry leaders, policymakers and fellow innovators across two days.

Choose how you want to take part 

Enter the Innovation Zero Awards

Enter the Innovation Zero Awards to showcase your technology, gain recognition and connect with corporate buyers and investors.

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Book an Innovation Pod

Demonstrate your low-carbon solution at Innovation Zero World and connect with the buyers, investors and industry leaders who can help your business grow.

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Apply for an Innovation Showcase Slot

Present your solution, share your expertise and demonstrate how your technology addresses industry challenges to an audience of buyers, investors and potential partners.

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Register to Attend

Are you delivering a project or tackling an implementation challenge others could learn from?
 

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