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    03 November 2009
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  • Table of contents:

    1. CUTEC 2008-2009 Annual Report Released
    2. Join i-Teams for the Lent Term - Apply by November 26th
    3. Taste New Business Skills! - Apply by November 7th
    4. Business for Tomorrow - Acumen Fund
    5. Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge
    6. International Forum, Cambridge - "Success: Vision & Action"

  • 1. CUTEC 2008-2009 Annual Report Released

    Browse through our first-ever Annual Report capturing the highlights and progress of CUTEC in 2008/2009:

    http://www.cutec.org/?n1=news


    Please pass on to your network!

  • 2. Join i-Teams for the Lent Term - Apply by November 26th

    Are you an aspiring entrepreneur? Interested in how research is commercialised? Then read on!

    Join i-Teams for Lent and take real inventions to market!

    "Our team was like a small company, working together to achieve a common goal", Salvatore Mascia, former President of CUTEC

    Application Deadline: 26 November
    Projects announced: 16 November

    In the ground-breaking i-Teams programme, students and postdocs from across the University work together to discover the commercial potential of a real University invention. Each team collaborates with researchers and industry mentors to assess the route to market for the emerging technology. At the end of the term, the team presents their findings to a business and academic audience and have the opportunity to present at the CUTEC Technology Venture Conference.

    The programme lasts for a term and includes regular group sessions, team meetings and individual work.

    To find out more about i-Teams and this term’s projects visit http://www.iteamsonline.org . Projects will be published on the website by 16 November.

    To apply, send your CV and a covering letter explaining which project you want to do and why to Amy Mokady am678@cam.ac.uk no later than THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER. Applications are welcomed from post-graduates and 4th year undergraduates from any University in the East of England, as well as all CUTEC members.

    i-Teams is organised in conjunction with Cambridge University Technology & Enterprise Club (CUTEC) - http://www.CUTEC.org

  • 3. Taste New Business Skills! - Apply by November 7th

    Interested in i-Teams, but don't have enough time to do a term-long project? Try our NEW 2 WEEK TASTER programme!

    Following on from the success of the i-Teams programme, we have introduced a new taster programme, to allow more students to participate, and more technologies to gain real market feedback. Students will have the opportunity to work with real Cambridge University INVENTIONS, getting a taste of BRAINSTORMING, identifying the real-world benefits of new TECHNOLOGIES, contacting potential CUSTOMERS, and presenting their findings.

    The i-Teams taster will run over 2 weeks, and includes three afternoon workshops on Wednesday November 18th, Friday November 27th and Friday December 4th , as well as independent team work. Applications are welcomed from post-graduates and 4th year undergraduates from any University in the East of England, as well as all CUTEC members.

    The projects are:
    Investigating the Citric Acid Marketplace, Materials Science
    Commercialising an automated rowing trainer, Computer Lab
    A low-cost programmable computer for kids, Computer Lab

    See http://www.iteamsonline.org for details

    APPLICATIONS due by SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER. To apply, send your CV and a covering letter explaining which project you want to do and why to Amy Mokady am678@cam.ac.uk. Applications are welcomed from post-graduates and 4th year undergraduates from any University in the East of England, as well as all CUTEC members.

    i-Teams Taster is organised in conjunction with the Cambridge University Technology & Enterprise Club (CUTEC) - http://www.CUTEC.org

  • 4. Business for Tomorrow - Acumen Fund

    Interested in how to change the world through finance, technology, entrepreneurship and development? Learn more about the world of social enterprise and the work of the Acumen Fund - the world's first social venture capital fund. Join us at the London Chapter launch of the Acumen Fund soiree on November 21st at 7pm. See below for details.

    Website: http://businessfortomorrow.eventbrite.com
    Community: http://community.acumenfund.org/group/londonsupportsacumen
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158250041675&re...

  • 5. Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge

    There is nothing like meeting a dozen or so iconic serial entrepreneurs to inspire you to set up or join a start-up after graduation. Come find out why joining a start-up is SO much more
    worthwhile than going into consulting or banking after graduation.

    One of the advantages of being at Cambridge University is that we have access to the leading entrepreneurs who have founded the companies that rule the world.

    A highlight of our entrepreneurial year is the Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge Summit, scheduled for 19, 20th November 2009 here in Cambridge. The summit, powered by NESTA and organised by CfEL, CUE, CUTEC and MBA Ventures promises to be an extraordinary gathering of leading minds from around the world, including students, alumni,
    faculty, and special invited guests. A number of serial entrepreneurs from Cambridge and Silicon Valley have assembled a timely and thought-provoking program that is sure to generate lively discussion on the important issues of how to best build or join the companies that will change the world as we know it today.

    Come meet with Iconic entrepreneurs, including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Peter Thiel (Paypal), Biz Stone (Twitter), Caterina Fake (Flickr) and investors such as Allen Morgan (Mayfield) and Brett Bullington (Angel). Activities include an evening debate at the
    Cambridge Union on the 19th and Masterclasses for students at the Judge Business School on the 20th.

    Registration for the event is free and is now open at http://www.svc2c.com . Check out also the Twitter, LinkedIn & Facebook SVc2C groups! Please SIGN UP EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

  • 6. International Forum, Cambridge - "Success: Vision & Action"

    Cambridge University Education Without Borders (CUEWB) will hold an exciting one-day forum on Saturday, 7 November 2009, by kind invitation of Prof. Michael Thorne, Vice Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University. This is the 3rd CUEWB international forum in the "Success: Vision & Action" series. The forum will be a great opportunity for CUTEC members to benefit from the knowledge and experience of the five renowned speakers. For more information and to register, please visit http://www.cuewb.com/node/1336.

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