We bring industry leaders, intrapreneurs, and entrepreneurs together to explore the latest trends, insights, and strategies shaping innovation.
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.
Upcoming events
The Hidden Value in Car Parks: Financial and Community Opportunities
Across the UK, car parks are sitting underused as commuting, travel and car ownership patterns change. These spaces represent not just a challenge, but a major untapped opportunity.
In this live webinar, Lal Bahadur (Places for London, part of Transport for London) and Jamie Qiu (Studio Zao) will share practical lessons from the Beyond Parking project and walk through a step-by-step approach to transforming underutilised car parks into assets that deliver both financial returns and community value.
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