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SUMMARY:ENGAGING WITH INDUSTRY: WHAT TO SAY\, HOW TO SAY IT\, AND WHO TO S
 AY IT TO - Pieter Knook\, Visiting Professor of Innovation\, Cambridge Uni
 versity Engineering Department
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CONTACT:Jo Griffiths
DESCRIPTION:*Are you interested in building links with industry\, but don
 ’t really know where to start?\n\nHave you got an idea that you’d like
  to discuss with companies\, but aren’t sure how to approach them?*\n \n
 Aimed primarily at postdocs and early career researchers\, this seminar wi
 ll provide an informal introduction to engaging with industry\, including 
 how to find the relevant contacts\, what to consider before speaking to th
 em\, what to say and what not to say\, and what might happen next and how 
 to manage it.\n \nIt will be given by Pieter Knook\, who has had a long an
 d distinguished career in mobile services and technologies\, including ser
 ving as Senior Vice President Mobile Communications at Microsoft and Direc
 tor of Internet Services at Vodafone Group Plc.  \n \nFriday 16 October 11
 .00 in the Computer Laboratory\, followed by lunch – room FW11 (first fl
 oor)\n \n*If you are planning on attending\, it is essential that you regi
 ster (for catering and room-booking purposes) via e-mail to %{color:red}An
 drea Kells - ark20@cam.ac.uk%  by Friday 9th Oct.* Please also indicate if
  you have any special dietary requirements.\n \n*Pieter Knook* is currentl
 y Chairman of Pulsant (a UK provider of IT infrastructure services)\, and 
 Better Generation (a renewable energy start up)\, and serves on the board 
 of TDC\, First Utility\, wot.io and Lunar Mission One.  He is a Cambridge 
 Angel and a Venture Partner with Octopus. He was formerly Director of Inte
 rnet Services at Vodafone\, and spent 18 years in senior roles at Microsof
 t (including Senior Vice President Mobile Communications and President of 
 Microsoft Asia). Before joining Microsoft\, Pieter launched and built a sy
 stems integration company\, and spent six years with Scicon as a programme
 r and project manager. He is also visiting Professor in Innovation at the 
 University’s Engineering Dept.\n \nThis is the first in the Collaboratio
 n and Innovation Skills Initiative series for 2015-6 and you can find the 
 plan for the year here:  https://engineerimpact.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/t
 he-2015-16-seminar-series/\n \nWe look forward to seeing you at many of th
 e events – starting with this one.\n
LOCATION:Computer Laboratory\, room FW11 (first floor)
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