Cambridge University Enterprise Network


2008-01-07 11:00: Enterprisers - ESRC January 2008 (Speaker to be confirmed)

2008-05-01 09:00: Enterprisers in Cambridge (Dr Shai Vyakarnam, Director CfEL)

2008-06-29 15:00: Ignite 2008 (Speaker to be confirmed)

2008-09-22 09:30: Global Context of Energy Crisis (Prof Robert Watson (DEFRA))

2008-09-22 10:45: The Economics of A Zero Carbon Society (Dr Terry Barker (Tyndall Centre, 4CMR))

2008-09-22 11:30: Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air (Prof David Mackay (Cambridge University))

2008-09-22 13:15: Overview of Alternative Technology Expansion & Its funding (Filipe Santos (Martifer Solar) and Sarah Forrest (Goldman Sachs))

2008-09-22 14:00: Role of Business in Responding to Climate Change Risks and Opportunities (Leo Johnson (Pricewaterhouse Coopers))

2008-09-22 15:15: Nuclear Power – What else? (Dr Fabian Roques (CERA))

2008-09-22 16:00: Fundamental Challenges to Investment in Sustainable Energy in Transition Economies (Panel (chair: Prof. David MacKay))

2008-09-23 09:00: Policies for an Environmentally Sustainable Economy (Mr. Roman Webber (Deliotte) and Paul Ekins (Green Fiscal Commission))

2008-09-23 09:45: Venture Capital, Risk and the Business of Global Climate Change - A Global View (Mr. Bernie Bulkin (Vantage Point Venture Capital) and Prof. Michael Manielli (ZYen, London Accords))

2008-09-23 11:00: Energy Efficient Cities - An Integrated Approach to Achieving Low Carbon (Prof. Ann Dowling (University of Cambridge) And Clare Shuttleworth (White Young Green))

2008-09-23 11:45: Commitments Through Policy and Incentive Schemes: Facilitating Innovation & Investment (Panel (char: Mr Nick Butler))

2008-09-23 13:30: Delivering Sustainable Energy Solutions; an Energy Company View (Mr Angus Norman (EDF))

2008-09-23 14:00: Large Scale Deployment of Solar Energy, Working with Policy and Investment (Prof. Doenitz (MAN/ Solar Millennium), Dr. Joachim Reiss (Q-Cells) and Dr. Harry Zervos (IDTechEx))

2008-09-23 15:00: Solar Power: Incentives for Scaling Up (Panel (chair: Prof. Peter Guthrie))

2008-09-24 09:00: Behaviour Change and the Role of NGOs (Mr Duncan McLaren (Friends of the Earth Scotland) and Mr Gavin Starks (AMEE))

2008-09-24 09:45: Education of Climate Change at Cambridge & Beyond (Professor David Mackay (Cambridge University))

2008-09-24 10:30: Public Policy (Speaker TBC (AEA Technology))

2008-09-24 11:45: The Possibilities – Changing How We Approach Design (Mr. Ross Lovegrove (Lovegrove Studios))

2008-09-24 12:30: The Future of Electric Vehicles & Fuel Cells (Mr Richard Blundell (Think UK) and Mr Michael Evans (CMR Fuel Cells))

2008-09-24 14:15: What to do with the CO2 we can’t eliminate? (Mr. Derek McLeish (Carbon Sciences Inc))

2009-01-05 09:00: Enterprisers - Jan 2009 (Speaker to be confirmed)

2009-05-26 09:00: Enterprisers for Cambridge Postgrads - 26th to 29th May 2009 (8 Facilitators (to be confirmed))

2009-06-01 15:00: Ignite 2009: Fast-tracking innovation (Various speakers, mentors and expert contributors)

2009-10-20 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2009/2010 - Why entrepreneurship is a real option (Prof Henning Sirringhaus, Co-Founder of Plastic Logic; Martin Jackson, VP Technology at Plastic Logic; and Bill Earner, Investment Manager at Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd)

2009-11-03 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2009/2010 - Rapid Business Growth (Sanjeev Bikhchandani, CEO and Co-Founder Naukri.com)

2009-11-09 18:00: Social Enterprise and International Development: Bamboo wind turbine blades raise spirits in China (Dr Jim Platts, Cambridge Environmental Initiatives, University of Cambridge)

2009-11-10 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2009/10 - Recognising Opportunities (David Cleevely, Founder of Analysys; Dr Andy Richards, Biotechnology Entrepreneur)

2009-11-11 14:20: Cambridge Enterprise Surgeries: Legal Issues (Taylor Vinters)

2009-11-17 14:00: Natural Fibres in Construction - Innovative Applications and Processes (Dr Tim Yates - Technical Director, Building Research Establishment; Mizi Fan, Brunel University; Ed Suttie, Director of Timber Division, Building Research Establishment; Professor Peter Walker, Dept. Architecture & Civil Engineering, University of Bat)

2009-11-19 19:30: Enterprise Tuesday 2009/2010 - Special debate (part of 'Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge' programme) (Reid Hoffman, Executive Chairman and a Co-Founder of LinkedIn; Jonathan Kestenbaum, Chief Executive of NESTA; Dr William H Janeway, senior adviser at Warbug Pincus; Prof Andrew Gamble, Head of Department of Political and International Studies in Cambridge)

2009-11-24 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2009/2010 - Learn how to pitch your ideas (Dr Shamus Husheer, Co-Founder and CEO of Cambridge Temperature Concepts; David Lloyd, Co-Founder of Moviestorm; Emmanuel Carraud, Co-Founder of MagicSolver.com Ltd; Oliver Lamming, Co-Founder of MagicSolver.com Ltd; Leon Palm, Co-Founder of MagicSolver.co)

2010-01-11 10:00: ESRC funded Enterprisers - 11th to 14th January 2010 (Dr Shailendra Vyakarnam; Neil Hartman)

2010-01-15 16:00: Beyond Research Excellence (Prof Henning Sirringhaus, Hitachi Professor of Electron Device Physics; Prof Stephen Elliott, Amorphous Materials Group at the Department of Chemistry; Dr Shailendra Vyakarnam, Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning)

2010-01-19 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2009/2010 - A real opportunity to business (Dr Greg Winter, FRS, Co-Founder of Cambridge Antibody Technology and Deputy Director of the MRC's Centre for Protein Engineering; Dr Kevin Johnson, CEO PanGenetics BV Former Cambridge Antibody Technology Executive and General Partner at Ash Biotech Consul)

2010-01-26 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2009/10 - Building a Dream Team (Neil Davidson, Redgate Software; Steve Barlow, Co-Founder, Alphamosaic; Alex Mehta, Communications Director, Judicium)

2010-02-02 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2009/10 - Increasing the Odds (Including: CfEL Entrepreneurs in Residence; Dr Darrin M Disley, CEO, Execute Technologies, Executive Chairman and Comercial Director, Horizon Discovery Ltd;  Alan Williams, Director, Managing Resources Ltd; Ian Rhodes, Partner, P A Consulting Group)

2010-06-27 09:00: Ignite 2010 (Speaker to be confirmed)

2010-10-19 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2010/2011: The choice for entrepreneurship (Steve Temple, Founder of Templetech Ltd; Alan Richardson, Deputy CEO of Cambridge Consultants; Phil O'Donovan, Chairman of Twelvewinds)

2010-10-26 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2010/2011: Which customer and why does it matter? (Pamela Hartigan, Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship; Prof Howard Chase, R&D Director of Enval Ltd and Head of the School of Technology at University of Cambridge's Department of Chem Engineering and Biotechnology)

2010-11-02 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2010/2011: Recognising opportunities (Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL, Founder of Cobra Beer)

2010-11-09 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2010/2011: Capturing Value (Dr Bill Janeway, Managing Director Senior Advisor, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Warburg Pincus; and Teri Willey, Chief Executive, Cambridge Enterprise Ltd)

2010-11-16 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2010/2011: Gathering Resources (Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Breathing Buildings Ltd; and Dr Will West, Chief Executive, CellCentric Ltd)

2010-11-23 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2010/2011: Learning how to pitch your ideas (Alan Barrell, Entrepreneur in Residence, Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning; Warren Bennett & David Hathiramani, Co-Directors and Founders, A Suit that Fits.com)

2011-01-18 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2010/2011: Making the dream come true (Sir Ranulph Fiennes, OBE, Explorer)

2011-01-25 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2010/2011: Early stage to growth - being lean, mean and generous (Dr Hermann Hauser CBE, Co-Founder, Amadeus Capital Partners; and Charles Cotton, Investor, Adviser and Business Angel)

2011-02-01 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2010/2011: Building a dream team (Billy Boyle, Co-Founder and President, Operations, Owlstone; and Cynthia Larby, Biotechnology Entrepreneur)

2011-02-08 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2010/2011: Getting investment and understanding funding methods (Jamie Urquhart, Venture Partner, Pond Ventures; and Margaret Heffernan, Entrepreneur, Chief Executive and Author)

2011-02-15 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2010/2011: Increasing the odds (Mark Gerhard, CEO of Jagex)

2011-02-22 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2010/2011: Making it happen (Over 20 entrepreneurs and experts)

2011-03-23 19:00: Judge Business School Health and Biotech Special Interest Group Dinner (Sunil Shah (MBA 1998), Biotech entrepreneur)

2011-03-30 11:00: Cambridge Open Day: Driving your enterprise forward with the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship (Speaker to be confirmed)

2011-03-31 19:00: Entrepreneurship Best Practice panel: Entrepreneurship Best Practice Lessons for Middle East and North Africa (Dr Shima Barakat, Research and Teaching Fellow at the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning)

2011-04-11 10:30: Best Practice Event: Fostering the spirit of enterprise through cross-campus practitioner-led courses (Speaker to be confirmed)

2011-05-31 00:00: Enterprisers - 31st May to 3rd June 2011 (Speaker to be confirmed)

2011-07-03 00:00: Ignite 2011: 3rd July to 8th July (Speaker to be confirmed)

2011-11-01 18:00: CfEL's Enterprise Tuesday 2011/2012: Mindsets and Motivations (Prof Andy Hopper, Chairman of RealVNC and Ubisense; and Richard Green, CEO of Ubisense)

2011-11-08 18:00: CfEL's Enterprise Tuesday 2011/2012: Recognising Opportunities (Dr Shamus Husheer, CEO of Cambridge Temperature Concepts (CTC); and Robert Brady, External Director, Cambridge IP)

2011-11-15 18:00: CfEL's Enterprise Tuesday 2011/2012: Serendipity or Hard Work (Dr David Brown FRSC, Managing Director of Alchemy Biomedical Consulting)

2011-11-22 18:00: CfEL's Enterprise Tuesday 2011/2012: Vision Meets Reality (David Cleevely, Founder of Analysys and Co-Founder of Abcam; and Jonathan Milner, Co-Founder of Abcam and Chairman of Cambridge Temperature Concepts)

2011-11-28 18:30: The Accidental Entrepreneur: Different Pathways to Success (Dr Shima Barakat, CfEL; Claire Ruskin, CEO, Cambridge Network; Julie Barnes, CEO, Abcodia; Ann Clarke – Founder, Frozen Ark; Andrew Hatcher – MD, Applied Knowledge; Madhuri Warren – Founder and MD, Pathology Diagnostics)

2011-12-12 17:30: NGN Presents: Comparing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems - UK and India (Dr Shai Vyakarnam, CfEL Director; Aneesh Varma, FabriQate; Dan Sandhu, A4e)

2012-02-07 18:00: CfEL's Enterprise Tuesday 2011/2012: Creating Star Teams (Alex van Someren, Partner at Amadeus & Angels Seed Fund; and Dr Uday Phadke, Chief Executive of Cartezia)

2012-02-14 18:00: CfEL's Enterprise Tuesday 2011/2012: Visions, Plans and Making it Happen (Mitesh Soma, CEO of ChemistDirect and Jon Bradford, MD of Springboard, and Founder & CEO of the Difference Engine;)

2012-02-21 18:00: CfEL's Enterprise Tuesday 2011/2012: Growing Your Venture (David Gill, MD of St John's Innovation Centre; Sherry Coutu, Angel Investor and Advisory Board member of LinkedIn; Robert Sansom, Angel Investor and Founder of Cambridge Angels; and Andy Richards, Serial Biotechnology Entrepreneur and Business Angel)

2012-02-28 18:00: CfEL's Enterprise Tuesday 2011/2012: Leveraging the Value of Consulting (Gerald Avison, Chairman of TTP Group; Claire Ruskin, PA Consulting, and Interim CEO of Cambridge Network; and Paul Seabright, Head of Consultancy Services at Cambridge Enterprise)

2012-03-07 11:30: Driving enterprise forward: Open Day to learn more about the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship (Sunil Shah, serial entrepreneur and founder of O2h (acquired by Piramal Healthcare Ltd in 2011))

2012-03-26 17:45: StartUp Masterclass: Online Marketing, Social Media & SEO (Eric Swain, Director of Gather & Throw; and Rob Chant of Cambridge Web Marketing Co.)

2012-05-21 09:00: Enterprisers for postgrads and postdocs at Cambridge (Speaker to be confirmed)

2012-06-07 10:00: RiffStream#Cambridge - ‘Concept to Customer: Connecting Partners and Catalysing Investment’ workshop (Dr Uday Phadke, CEO Cartezia and CfEL Entrepreneur in Residence and many more ...)

2012-07-01 09:00: CfEL's Ignite - 01 July to 06 July 2012 (Various keynote speakers, mentors, entrepreneurs, industry consultants and practitioners)

2012-11-06 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2012-2013: Recognising Opportunities (Professor Sir Richard Friend FRS, Cavendish Professor at the University of Cambridge, Co-founder and Non-Executive Director Eight19; Dr Simon Bransfield-Garth, CEO, Eight19; and Dr Seena Rejal, Chairman, Cambridge Policy Associates )

2012-11-13 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2012-2013: Mindsets and Motivations (Dr Darrin Disley, CEO, Horizon Discovery Ltd)

2012-11-20 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2012 - 2013: Spotting Market Needs (Dr Tony Raven, CEO, Cambridge Enterprise; Shirley Jamieson, Head of Marketing, Cambridge Enterprise; and Dr Andrea Cantone, Senior Technology Associate, Cambridge Enterprise )

2013-02-26 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2012-2013: Funding your vision and plans (Angel Panel) (Sherry Coutu, Angel Investor & Entrepreneur; Jack Lang, Serial Entrepreneur and Business Angel; Robert Brady, Angel Investor and Non-Executive Director, Cambridge IP; Peter Cowley, Angel Investor and Director, Martlet; and Monish Suri, Partner, Prime )

2013-03-05 11:00: Cambridge Open Day (PGDE): Is Entrepreneurship Worth the Risk? (Michael Evans, CEO of Green-Tide Turbines; and Carrie Bedingfield, founder of OnefishTwofish)

2013-10-03 08:30: Beating the odds: growing biobusinesses today (Keynote address: Alexsis de Raadt St James, founder and Chairman of The Althea Foundation)

2013-11-05 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2013-2014 - Recognising Opportunities (Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge; and Dr Hermann Hauser, serial entrepreneur and investor and Co-Founder, Amadeus Capital Partners)

2013-11-12 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2013/2014 - Mindsets and Motivations  (Professor Sabine Bahn, PhD, Director, The Cambridge Centre for Neuropsychiatric Research; and Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Breathing Buildings )

2013-11-19 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2013/2014 - Spotting Future Needs (Speaker to be confirmed)

2013-11-26 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2013/2014 - The right place at the right time (Matthew Rock, Co-Founder, Real Business & Caspian Media; British Library BIPC Ambassador; Rob Forkan, Co-Founder Gandys Flip Flops; Andrew Laughlan, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships, blur Group; and Maria Kempinska, MBE, Founder and CEO, Jongleur)

2014-02-04 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2014 - Vision meets reality (Dr Mike Lynch, OBE, FREng, DL Founder, Autonomy and Invoke Capital)

2015-07-05 09:00: Ignite 2015 (Various speakers and contributors)

2016-11-08 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2016-2017: Beating the odds, flexibility and pivoting (Monica Grady CBE, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University; and Tim Jones, CEO of the Allia Group)

2016-11-15 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2016-2017: Laying the foundation for creativity early (John Williams, Founder, The Ideas Lab London; and Carrie Bedingfield, Founder, Onefish Twofish)

2016-11-22 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2016-2017: Leveraging resources and social capital (Herman Narula, CEO of Improbable )

2016-11-29 18:00: Enterprise Tuesday 2016-2017: Building a dream team (Nick Halstead, CEO & Founder, Cognitive Logic; and Ricky Kothari, Co-Founder & CEO, T-Sticks of London)

2017-03-15 18:30: CJBS Entrepreneurship Centre presents: Unleash Your Inner Company (John Chisholm, Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and angel investor)