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SUMMARY:CUTEC Technology Ventures Conference: Human Performance Running on
  Technology - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20100610T080000Z
DTEND:20100610T154500Z
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DESCRIPTION:How can your company tap into the £1.7 billion worth of contr
 acts allocated for the London 2012 Olympics and the £160 billion global s
 ports industry?  \n\nMedical devices\, healthcare products\, digital marke
 ting and mass media are cornerstone markets for sport and human performanc
 e industries. The Cambridge University Technology Ventures Conference (TVC
 ) will explain how your business can profit in the dawn of the London 2012
  Olympics and 11 other international sport competitions coming to the UK i
 n this decade.\n\nCome hear…\n\n* Andrew Lynn (CBO Tigenix) tell how he 
 founded the regenerative medicine company\, Orthomimetics\, which was boug
 ht in 2009 for €16.2 million.\n\n* IOC Medical Commission Chairman Arne 
 Ljungqvist explain the arms race between scientists to create and catch at
 hletes using performance enhancement drugs. Cambridge-based HFL Sport Scie
 nce is already tapping into the analytics market.  Can your bio based comp
 any get involved?\n\n* Roger Mosey (BBC Director of London 2012) talk abou
 t the BBC’s plans for 3D and HDTV  broadcasting – Is your display comp
 any ready to show new forms of broadcasting?\n\n* how Alex Balfour (Head o
 f New Media\, London 2012 Olympics) successful co-founded CricInfo which r
 aised £25 million in 4 rounds of funding and generated £1.7 million prof
 it before being bought by ESPN in 2007.\n\n* how Scott Drawer (Head of Res
 earch and Innovation\, UK Sport) successfully used advanced engineering to
  land Amy Williams a gold medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.\n\nBe in
 spired by 8-time world champion swimmer Mark Foster and listen to Graeme O
 bree’s story of how he set the 1-time trial world record in cycling\, a 
 story captured in the internationally acclaimed movie The Flying Scotsman.
 \n\nThere have been an overwhelming number of registrations by attendees f
 rom companies such as DFJ Esprit\, MedImmune\, Taylor Wessing\, Microsoft\
 , TTP\, and Cambridge Consultants. Register today at <http://tvc2010.cutec
 .org/>.
LOCATION:West Road Concert Hall
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