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obalScot David Farquhar haired the Renewable Energy Technology Showcase in Glasgow’s Malmaison Hotel where, having developed 10 companies so far – selling four, keeping four and seeing two fail – he relied on his

wealth of experience in business to make constructive suggestions to four young entrepreneurs in a Dragons’ Den-style presentation. Joining him on the panel were

fellow GlobalScots David Cairns of Finavon and Robin MacLaren, with guest panellist Gavin McCallum. The afternoon opened with a

welcome from Irene Johnstone, Director International Networks, followed by background information on renewable energy in Scotland from Paul O’Brien of Scottish Development International and Euan

Dobson of Scottish Enterprise. First to make their presentation were Dr Alasdair McDonald and James Murray from NGenTec, an Edinburgh University company, followed by Ioseba Tena of Seebyte, who create software platforms for unmanned systems. Gordon Watt made his presentation on Logan Energy’s power cells and Donal MacNioclais closed the showcase with his pitch for Aquamarine Power, a wave energy company whose head office is in Edinburgh.

Instant networking

OUR March speed networking event was another success story, with 16 Scottish companies taking the opportunity to fast-track their ideas to a team of GlobalScots. The intense 60-minute event was fully booked within three hours of advertising and a follow- up survey revealed that more than 95% of the networkers would recommend this type of event Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16