Thursday 19 November, 10am to 4pm | No. 1 Circle Square, Manchester

Come for the morning. Join us for the afternoon. Or make a day of it and experience both.

Business can be exciting, rewarding and full of opportunity. It can also be lonely.

Big decisions sit on your shoulders. Ideas get pushed down the list. Plans stay in notebooks because there’s always something more urgent to deal with.

And sometimes what moves a business forward isn’t another webinar, another download or another hour spent trying to work everything out alone.

It’s the right conversation with the right person at the right time.

This Global Entrepreneurship Week, we’re bringing women in business together to do exactly that.

To think. To challenge. To share. To connect. To build.

Then we’re staying together to celebrate.

Global Entrepreneurship Week: Building Together

There couldn’t be a more fitting theme. Because very few successful businesses are built entirely alone.

Behind the growth are customers, colleagues, mentors, suppliers, collaborators, advisers and the people who challenge us to think differently.

Building Together is about making more of those connections count.

The morning combines a powerful, practical masterclass with an interactive working session designed to get you thinking differently – and talking to women you may never have met before.

You’ll bring a real idea, challenge, ambition or opportunity from your business and work through it with a small peer group.

Different businesses. Different experiences. Different perspectives.

That’s where it gets interesting. Before you arrive, we’ll ask you one question: What would you most like to move forward in your business over the next 12 months?

Growth. A new market. More customers. A bigger idea. Building your team. Increasing profit. Finding the right collaborator. Or simply working out what comes next.

Bring it with you. Then we’ll build together.

You’ll leave with practical tools, fresh thinking and clear next steps – plus a peer group we hope you’ll stay connected with, creating accountability, stronger relationships and perhaps even new collaborations.

One morning could give you a fresh idea. The people you meet could help you do something with it.

Fresh perspective on something that matters to your business.

Practical actions rather than pages of notes you’ll never look at again.

New connections beyond your usual circle.

A peer group who knows what you’re trying to achieve.

Ideas, introductions and opportunities you hadn’t considered before.

And a reminder that you don’t have to build everything alone.

Make a day of it

You can join us in the way that works for you.

GEW Morning

Join us for Building Together, our Global Entrepreneurship Week masterclass, peer working session and morning networking.

Celebrating With Excellence

Join us for lunch and an afternoon of connections, inspiration and celebration alongside the EVAS community.

Full Day

Why choose? Start the day building what comes next and spend the afternoon celebrating what’s already possible.

Build together. Eat together. Connect together. Celebrate together.

Who Should Be In the Room?

• Women building businesses.
• Women leading businesses.
• Women with an idea they want to move forward.
• Women who want to widen their network beyond the people they already know.
• Women looking for collaborators, clients, suppliers, advisers or simply different perspectives.
• Women who have had a brilliant year.
• Women who have had a difficult one.
• Women figuring out their next move.
• Women willing to share something they’ve already learned with somebody coming behind them.

Whether you’re building your first business or leading an established organisation, you have something to bring to the room – and something to gain from it.

There could hardly be a more appropriate place to talk about building together.

Home to global brands, start-ups and businesses working across creative digital technology, AI, IoT, blockchain, Web3, AR and VR, cloud computing and energy technology, Circle Square is an innovation community built around connection and collaboration.

Part of the Bruntwood SciTech network, the campus brings together businesses, talent, funding, expertise and wider innovation communities to help ambitious companies form, scale and grow. Right outside is Symphony Park, surrounded by cafés, restaurants and bars in the heart of Manchester.

Circle Square is approximately five minutes’ walk from Manchester Oxford Road station.

Accessibility

Circle Square offers step-free access from the surrounding public realm into the building, with automatic or power-assisted entrances. Accessible lifts serve the building and accessible toilets are available on the ground floor and upper office levels. The event space includes wheelchair provision and accessible entry, while Blue Badge parking is available in the adjacent Circle Square multi-storey car park.

Manchester Oxford Road station is approximately a three-to-five-minute flat, step-free walk away.

If you have specific access requirements, please contact us before the event and we’ll be happy to help.

Global Entrepreneurship Week takes place each November, connecting millions of people around the world through events and activities that celebrate entrepreneurship and make it easier for people to start and grow businesses. In 2026, GEW takes place from 16-22 November.

This year’s WIB360 event puts collaboration into practice.

Entrepreneurship may begin with one person’s idea… but what happens next is rarely built alone.

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) is a global initiative in over 140 countries celebrating, empowering, and supporting women entrepreneurs. WED shines a light on the economic and social impact of women in business and inspires action to close the gender gap.

This is an opportunity to position your organisation alongside women who are actively building and growing businesses, while demonstrating your expertise through something genuinely useful.

Your organisation will be woven into the experience before, during and after the event, with visibility across WIB360 and the Enterprise Vision Awards, the event programme, marketing content and the room itself.

If your organisation believes businesses grow stronger through collaboration, we’d like to talk.