Abstract

Cambridge Judge Business School cordially invites you to join a special Open Day on Wednesday 7th March 2012 to learn more about the ground-breaking Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship programme. The aim of this event is to provide an opportunity for prospective candidates, faculty and business contacts to find out more about the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship. It will also enable interaction with programme tutors and mentors, together with experienced experts and entrepreneurs from the Cambridge ecosystem and beyond. If you’re unable to make it to Cambridge, then you can still participate via a live, interactive video stream.

Date: Wednesday, 7th March 2012

Venue: Cambridge Judge Business School, Lecture Theatre 2 and Common Room

Limited spaces available! Please RSVP by email: pgdiploma@jbs.cam.ac.uk

Agenda

11:30 – 12:00 Please note registration is now from 11:30 at Cambridge Judge Business School

Refreshments will be available in the Common Room on the second floor. We ask that everyone makes their way to the lecture theatre at 11:55am for the start of the presentations.

Lecture Theatre 2

12:00 – 12:15 Keynote presentation: “From Lingerie to Lipinski”

Sunil Shah MBA , serial entrepreneur and founder of O2h (acquired by Piramal Healthcare Ltd in 2011) will talk about his personal entrepreneurial journey.

Sunil Shah is an alumnus of Cambridge Judge Business School’s MBA programme. He began his career in the Life Sciences team at PA Consulting group but has since become a serial entrepreneur co-founding two companies in the internet and life sciences sector. The second of these companies, O2h, was successfully acquired by a publicly listed, Indian pharmaceuticals group, Piramal Healthcare Ltd (BSE: PIRAMALHE ) in January 2011.

12:15 – 12:45 “Driving your enterprise forward”

Dr Joanna Mills, Programme Director, will provide a presentation on the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship including further information on the four courses/modules, Virtual Learning Environment, Enterprise Project, residential sessions and assessments. There’ll also be an introduction to the world-class range of business information resources and materials available to students of the programme.

12:45 – 13:30 Q&A session

This is an opportunity for participants to ask questions about the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship programme. We’re also running a live video stream to enable individuals and groups from around the world to participate in the event online. These individuals will also be able to participate in the Q&A discussions.

13:30 – Networking with sandwich buffet lunch in the Common Room