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In the Studio with Zao

Collaboration is crucial to successful innovation.

At Studio Zao, we’ve seen the value in sharing knowledge across industries, sectors, and organisations. That’s why we create spaces for innovators to connect and learn, breaking silos, fostering collaboration, and sparking new ideas.

Through our Innovation Forums and Connects, we convene the people making change happen - creating spaces for open conversation, practical learning, and real-world problem-solving.

Innovation Forums

Large-format, in-person events that showcase our expertise in productive innovation. Forums combine learning, networking, and practical advice to help leaders get more out of their innovation efforts. Each forum spotlights real-world topics and case studies, creating a platform for applied knowledge exchange.

Hosted every quarter.

Recent topics include:

  • AI and Innovation in the Public Sector

  • Data-backed Innovation: Unlocking Value from Regeneration and Assets

  • GenAI: Opportunities in Climate and Sustainability

  • Customer Discovery: Second Home

  • AI and the Future of Work

Innovation Forum: AI and Innovation in the Public Sector

Innovation Connects

Smaller, invite-only roundtables hosted in partnership with our clients. Connects gather leaders from across our network around pressing themes, fostering candid conversations, cross-sector learning, and practical collaboration.

Hosted bi-monthly.

Recent topics include:

  • AI and the green economy: opportunities for public services and civic society

  • Data-led experimentation

  • Intrapreneurship: democratising innovation

  • Embedding customer centricity in innovation

  • Innovator experience: unblocking pathways for innovation

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