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Programme Registration
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Who should attend?
Cambridge Corporate Gateway is intended for business leaders with responsibility for innovation and competitive advantage. While a deep understanding of science and technology is not required, an appreciation of how innovation can positively impact your business certainly is.
Costs
The cost for an individual participant is £1,050 + VAT.
This covers:
Creation of a customised two-day schedule for each participant - Please click here to view a standard agenda
Informal lunches
Participation in lunchtime and evening networking events/dinners.
The fee does not include accommodation in Cambridge or transfers to and from Cambridge. Please click here for a list of our recommended list of hotels.
How to register
Contact us by e-mail at corporategateway@cambridgenetwork.co.uk with your name and contact details. We will send you the necessary registration documents by e-mail. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to e-mail us at the same address.
The organisers
The event is organised jointly by the University of Cambridge's Research Services Division, which identifies funding opportunities and encourages collaboration with companies and sponsors seeking to build links with academic research, and Cambridge Network Limited, the network coordinator of the cluster of science and technology companies in the Cambridge region. Matching corporate interests to Cambridge partners is a core activity of both organisations.
Sponsor Information
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BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to our customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.
In the year ended 31 March 2008, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,704 million with profit before taxation and specific items of £2,506 million.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.
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East of England International provides business support to companies seeking to trade internationally and assists foreign-owned businesses looking to set up or expand in the region.
Our International Trade Advisers deliver UK Trade & Investment programmes to local businesses while our Business Development Managers provide free and confidential advice to overseas companies, saving clients valuable management time and costs. Our service includes arranging site visits, supplying local and regional socio-economic data, advice on recruitment, introductions to university research contacts and industry partners, and providing supply chain information. Our Investor Development programme provides on-going support to companies located in the East of England.
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Cambridge Science Park was established in 1970 by Trinity College, Cambridge and is Europe's longest-serving and largest centre for commercial research and development. Trinity College invests in companies by providing the design and specialist fit-out of facilities in order to facilitate the process and ensure the success of technology transfer. Now home to over 90 hi-tech companies and more than 5,000 personnel, Cambridge Science Park continues to attract new businesses, from small start-ups and spin-outs to subsidiaries of multinational corporations. Companies on the Park include venture capitalists; biotechnology and pharmaceutical research organisations; and technology and telecommunications developers. The Cambridge Science Park is built on 152 acres of land.
The Park provides specialist facilities and services for a range of R&D sectors across a spectrum of sizes to facilitate the organic growth of companies from start-up to floatation. The Science Park also provides businesses and staff with a modern conference centre, bar, restaurant, gym and squash courts.
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Dorsey & Whitney is the only US-originating law firm to have a presence in Cambridge. Our clients benefit from the extensive commercial understanding of a major global law firm and have access to a range of contacts, including international venture capitalists. Our clients draw upon the firm's expertise in financing-related transactions, advising on matters ranging from early-stage business angel investments, subsequent funding rounds and interim investments, through to exits via trade sale or IPO, and beyond. Besides our experience of structuring the corporate and tax law aspects of venture capital transactions, we also offer our leading intellectual property expertise as a key component in our advice on investments in the biotechnology, information technology, telecoms and other intellectual property-rich sectors.
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PA Consulting - More information to follow
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Cambridge Consultants; For half a century, we have turned our clients' business opportunities into commercial successes. Through the use of innovative technologies, we have helped companies to develop disruptive new products, to enter new markets and to expand existing markets and generate greater profit margins. We achieve this success by being world-class specialists in innovation and technology development. With a team of 300 engineers, scientists and consultants, in offices in Cambridge (UK) and Boston (USA), we offer design, development and consulting solutions across a diverse range of industries, including medical technology, wireless communications, industrial and consumer products, and automotive and transport.
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East of England Innovation Relay Centre: Part of the world's largest technology transfer network, the East of England Innovation Relay Centre (IRC) is a regional technology transfer and partnering service with a focus on the promotion of innovation through technology and know-how based partnerships, regionally, nationally and globally. We offer a free service to organisations based in the East of England. The IRC can help promote your innovative products and technology to prospective partners, licensees and customers and can also help you to source new products, technologies or expertise to complement your business or to meet a specific need.
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Previous participants in the Cambridge Corporate Gateway include:
Air Products,
Alice Ventures,
Apple,
Avantium,
BASF,
BHP Billiton,
Boots,
BP,
Boeing,
Deutsche Telekom,
Dow Chemicals,
Glen Dimplex,
GSK,
Google,
Hilti,
IBM,
ICI,
Kaneka,
Kodak,
Microsoft,
Nokia,
NTT DoCoMo
Osaka Oil and Gas,
Qualcomm
O2
Philips
Samsung
Smith and Nephew,
Schneider,
Siemens,
SLS ventures,
Sondex,
Takeda,
T-systems,
Unilever,
WL Gore,
Yorkshire Water.
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