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    09 April 2010
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  • Table of contents:

    1. Technology Ventures Conference 2010: Human Performance Running on Technology
    2. i-Teams Taster: Learn practical skills to prepare for life after Cambridge (22 May to 5 Jun)
    3. Enterprisers
    4. Microsoft Dreamspark 123-reg.co.uk webhosting
    5. KickStart
    6. IfM - Open Innovation Workshops and Networking Event (20 Apr)
    7. Fast-Track Innovation at IGNITE (27 Jun to 3 Jul)
    8. 2010 LBS Entrepreneurship Conference Business Plan Competition

  • 1. Technology Ventures Conference 2010: Human Performance Running on Technology

    10 June 2010 | West Road Concert Hall | Cambridge, UK

    http://tvc2010.cutec.org/

    One-day conference consisting of three keynote presentations, three open-panel discussions and a technology showcase. The panel discussions include:

    Digital Media – 3D broadcasting, virtual sport, mobile applications, digital rights
    Healthcare – Tissue engineering, nutrition, doping, ethics
    Engineering – Materials, pushing physical limits, disabilities, fairness in sport

    Confirmed keynote speakers:

    Roger Mosey - BBC Director of London 2012 and former Director of Sport

    Confirmed panelists

    Torsten Reil - Founder and CEO of Natural Motion (Digital Media)
    Inma Martinez - Executive Stradbroke Advisors (Digital Media)
    Matt Lovell - Nutritionist for the England Rugby team (Healthcare)
    Andrew Lynn - Founder of Orthomimetics, CBO of Tigenix (Healthcare)
    Tom Waller - Head of Speedo Aqualab (Engineering)
    Brian Walton - Olympic medal cyclist, VP Performance of Cadence (Engineering)
    Scott Drawer - Head of Research and Development UK Sport (Engineering)
    Mike Caine - MD Progressive Sports Technologies, Professor Loughborough University (Engineering)

    More speakers announced in the coming weeks!

    The Technology Ventures Conference 2010 will serve as a platform to display how high-tech products continue to push back the boundaries of human ability. Breakthroughs in bioengineering, sensors, and smart materials are transforming recreational and professional sports. People can heal faster and go longer. New feats are achieved daily and new avenues are available to engage sports and gaming consumers thanks to current multimedia technology. The Telegraph has already coined this era as The Golden Decade of Sports in the UK, and CUTEC hopes to address the opportunities and limitations of high-tech businesses entering this timely market.

    Gold Sponsors: DFJ Esprit | MedImmune | EPSRC
    Silver Sponsors: Taylor Wessing | Microsoft

    Visit http://tvc2010.cutec.org/ to register today.

  • 2. i-Teams Taster: Learn practical skills to prepare for life after Cambridge (22 May to 5 Jun)

    Have you started thinking about life after your degree? Thinking of leaving academia and joining the outside world? Wondering how it will be different?


    Then come along to the i-Teams Taster workshops and experience what it's like to work on a real business project answering real business questions.


    This term's Tasters look at three high growth markets in today's business world:
    * International development - low-cost computers for the developing world
    * Cleantech - a new process for carbon capture
    * Biotech - a new immunoassay device


    Get a taste of:
    * Brainstorming
    * Talking to potential customers
    * Identifying commercial value
    * Presenting your results to a panel of business angels


    Come and join us and discover if business will be part of your future!


    Apply by 14-May to Amy Mokady at am678@cam.ac.uk - More details at www.iteamsonline.org/Taster

  • 3. Enterprisers

    An exciting opportunity for all postgraduate students at Cambridge to participate in the inspiring and intensive 4 day residential Enterprisers programme funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

    The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL) at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), is offering a unique opportunity for all postgraduates students in Cambridge to develop personal and professional skills for *FREE* on the next Enterprisers programme running from 1st to 4th June 2010 at Wyboston Lakes.

    What is Enterprisers?

    ‘Enterprisers’ encourages individuals to develop their entrepreneurial skills to see and take advantage of business opportunities and the commercial feasibility of their idea. It debunks many of the perceived obstacles to entrepreneurship and identifies risk as an essential part of being enterprising and taking the first step to turn a personal idea into real business.

    What will you gain from Enterprisers?

    Well, for a start you can learn new and innovative ways to think about your research. In particular, it can help you learn how to raise awareness of the impact of your research within communities. The skills gained on Enterprisers are equally applicable to developing a new venture, a student society, a community project and indeed research projects going forward. Not only that, it is a great environment for developing self-confidence and other personal skills like networking and team awareness. At the end of the programme, you will learn to think more creatively and entrepreneurially.

    For further information about Enterprisers, please contact the Programme Manager, Orsolya Ihasz: Email: o.ihasz@jbs.cam.ac.uk; Tel: 01223 766261. You can also find information on the CfEL web site (please see the Enterprisers programme pages).

    Apply soon via the on-line application form at www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk

    The deadline for application is 4.00pm on the 30th April 2010 but you should apply soon as places are filling up fast!

  • 4. Microsoft Dreamspark 123-reg.co.uk webhosting

    Microsoft, together with their hosting partner Webfusion, have put together an amazing offer for students : full web/database server and domain name for just £1/month for 12 months! There is no other equivalent service at this price anywhere else that offers an attractive place for students who want to set up a business, blog their brains, promote their business ideas, or even just create a customised CV/portfolio site.
    Details of the offer can be found at www.123-reg.co.uk/studenthosting.

    To support this initiative on behalf of CUTEC, remember to indicate you heard this from CUTEC when you sign-up where valid.

  • 5. KickStart

    Apply Now (link - http://bit.ly/CUTEC-Apply)
    Kick Start your business, Kick Start your life

    We are delighted to announce the launch of the Kick Start 2010 Summer Programme.
    Win an investment of up to £15,000 and get your internet or technology business idea off the ground.

    Get personal guidance and real practical help from successful start-up internet entrepreneurs at every stage of your business. We want your business to succeed both now, and in the future, and we will do everything we can to make sure it does.

    Click here to find out more and apply now (link - http://bit.ly/CUTEC-moreinfo)

    Kick Start Summer 2010
    - This ground breaking ‘seed accelerator’ initiative brings with it a wealth of important knowledge and experience.
    - It provides practical, hands-on advice and guidance to help teams of entrepreneurs get their product ready for market and greatly increase their chances of success.
    - It is the brainchild of Mark Pritchard and Andy Yates – two successful and proven internet entrepreneurs (and Oxford Alumni) who are passionate about technology start-ups and are using their experience to help budding entrepreneurs create great businesses.
    - Kick Start is supported by university entrepreneurial associations throughout the South East of England.
    ...don’t end up kicking yourself - Kick Start your business now.

    Applications are now open – (link - http://bit.ly/CUTEC-Apply)

    For more information, click here (link - http://bit.ly/CUTEC-moreinfo)

  • 6. IfM - Open Innovation Workshops and Networking Event (20 Apr)

    Today's rapidly changing technologies and complex markets mean that few firms can innovate using only in-house resources. As a result, many firms are trying to implement ‘open innovation’ by looking outside their organisation to find new ways of creating value. However, working and sharing information with other companies creates many challenges and pitfalls. These two workshops will present practical approaches to help businesses of all sizes successfully implement open innovation.

    The workshops
    These workshops are focused on the challenges and opportunities of implementing Open Innovation (OI) from two perspectives:
    "Open innovation for small firms: how to set up and manage collaborations with large firms" will look at the challenges for small and start-up companies in forming productive collaborations with large companies.
    "Implementing open innovation" is focused at large and multinational companies wanting to understand how to develop the skills, processes, culture and motivation for OI.

    Both workshops will draw upon research findings at the IfM's Centre for Technology Management (CTM), revealing ways in which companies collaborate and configure themselves to succeed in OI. They will be illustrated with case studies by experienced practitioners from technology-driven companies that have embraced the OI approach. Facilitated mini-workshops will focus on identifying the key challenges faced by participating companies, sharing best practice and learning from research understandings identified by CTM.

    The workshops will be an ideal opportunity for companies to build momentum for the next step along the OI journey, whatever their current stage of development. The evening between the two workshops will also provide an excellent opportunity for participants to share experiences with colleagues who share similar challenges and to identify collaborative opportunities between large and small companies.

    Please click here for more details.

  • 7. Fast-Track Innovation at IGNITE (27 Jun to 3 Jul)

    The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL) is sponsoring the 12th Ignite program. This is an intensive one week training experience which has established a solid track record for catalysing innovations, inspired over 90 business ventures and attracted more than 407 delegates from 25 countries since 1999. We are keen to encourage more entrepreneurial individuals to benefit from this unique opportunity to access the right skills, funding and networks to fast-track their novel technologies, products and services to commercial reality.

    If potential candidates would like to discuss the programme further, please ask them to contact the Programme Director, Mrs Yupar Myint, or Programme Manager, Ms Frances Bycroft, via email at ignite@jbs.cam.ac.uk

  • 8. 2010 LBS Entrepreneurship Conference Business Plan Competition

    We are excited to announce that the 2010 LBS Entrepreneurship Conference
    Business Plan Competition is now accepting submissions!

    Further details and instructions are available here:
    http://www.londoneconference.com/bplan.html

    The prize package is still being finalized, likely to include cash,
    services-in-kind, and VC mentorship. However we have confirmed the
    winning submissions will present at the LBS Entrepreneurship Conference
    on May 7, and also have a chance to present in front of the LBS E100
    angel investor group and receive a number of services.

    Submissions: A 3 page executive summary and an up to 20 page business
    plan submitted by April 8

    Eligibility:

    * The business plan prepared for the competition must be a
    realistic and marketable idea, which is of a quality that could be
    presented to potential investors.
    * The plan must be an original idea or a substantial improvement
    on an existing business model.
    * On entering the competition, the submitted business plan must
    not be in violation of any intellectual property rights.
    * The plan cannot be part of an existing business (or subsidiary
    thereof) that has been in existence for more than 3 years.
    * The business plan must be for a company that is expected to be
    head-quartered in the UK.
    * The team is restricted to a team size of four.

    Please contact bplan@londoneconference.com if you have any questions.

    Best of luck!

    - LBS Entrepreneurship Conference BP Team

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