Thursday, June 09 2011
CUTEC's 8th Annual Technology Ventures Conference, 9 June, Cambridge Union
With one week to go, the Cambridge University Technology & Enterprise Club (CUTEC) is delighted to announce the confirmation of Red Gate Software, ARM, MedImmune, Plastic Logic, Ubisense and Domino Printing showcasing as part of the Cambridge Diamond Exhibition at the Technology Ventures Conference (TVC; http://tvc2011.cutec.org) along with Shell, Mozilla and GlaxoSmithKline running interactive workshops.
Eighteen local Cambridge technology start-up companies such as Eight19 will compete in a “Dragons’ Den”-like competition on the day for the ‘Technology Start-up of the Year' with a prize comprising of £3K along with a placement at Silicon Valley’s Plug & Play Center on top of consultancy support for finalists from BDO, SNR Denton, Stradbroke Advisors, Balderton Capital and many more.
The TVC will address the importance of the Ideas Economy and its impact on high-tech clusters on the 9th June 2011 at the Cambridge Union Society. The impressive line-up of speakers include the CEO of Virgin Galactic (George Whitesides), Global Business Development at P&G (Mike Addison), Co-Founder of Seymourpowell (Dick Powell) and the BBC Technology Correspondent (Rory Cellan-Jones).
The conference booklet is now available online, and to view latest programme and confirmed speakers please visit:
http://tvc2011.cutec.org/schedule-new/
The conference has been recently featured in the Business Weekly news (http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/hi-tech/11717-cambridge-s...) & Cambridge First newspaper.
In addition, there will be:
• An interactive smart phone application along with on-line streaming, which will enhance interactions and networking for the pre and post conference.
• A social media ‘Ideas Economy’ competition – submit your definition of the term 'Ideas Economy' for your chance to win a free conference ticket! Join our LinkedIn group to participate: http://linkd.in/l5LnOz - be creative!
It's going to be an exciting conference - don't miss out! We are looking forward to seeing you on the 9th of June!
Location
Cambridge, UK
