Sponsors

Each year we are fortunate to obtain generous sponsorship and support, not only from around the Cambridge community but also from further afield. Without this support we would not be able to run this key event in the Cambridge calendar which has proven benefit to both the delegate and ‘home’ companies.

For the Cambridge Corporate Gateway Spring 2010 we were pleased to have the following organisations as sponsors and supporters:

**Our sponsors:**
	EEDA Invest is proud to support Cambridge Network’s Corporate Gateway and to be involved in promoting the world leading technology and product development that takes place in the East of England. Our team of commercially focused specialists provides support to foreign-owned businesses looking to set up or expand in the East of England. This support saves businesses valuable management time and money. Our services include: • arranging site visits, • supplying local and regional socio-economic data • advice on recruitment • introductions to university research contacts and industry partners • provision of supply chain information Our Investor Development programme provides on-going support to companies located in the East of England. For further information and assistance please contact us. T: +44 (0) 01707 398399 W: www.eedainvest.org.uk E: info@eedainvest.org.uk
	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. Web: www.cambridge-science-park.com
Our supporters:
	The University of Cambridge: We work closely with the University during Cambridge Corporate Gateway, particularly the Research Office, Cambridge Enterprise and the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM). This year, the IfM will be running an event on Open Innovation for both small and large companies, just prior to Corporate Gateway. For more details please see their website at: www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/service/events/info/openinnovation.html
	Enterprise Europe Network - East of England Part of the world's largest business support and technology transfer network, Enterprise Europe East of England is a regional technology transfer and partnering organisation 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. Enterprise Europe 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. Web: www.enterpriseeuropeeast.org.uk

Sponsorship opportunities

We offer different levels of sponsorship. All sponsorship packages include sponsors’ logos on all our marketing materials which are distributed to over 1,000 key people in multinational companies, exhibition space and attendance at one of our biggest events of the year, the Open Meeting – ‘Cambridge Ideas Change the World’.

If you would be interested in sponsoring or supporting a future Cambridge Corporate Gateway event please email corporategateway@cambridgenetwork.co.uk

About this section

Previous participants in the Cambridge Corporate Gateway include:

Air Products

Alice Ventures

Apple

Avantium

BASF

BHP Billiton

Boots

Boeing

Deutsche Telekom

Dow Chemicals

Ericsson

Finmeccanica

Fujifilm Sericol

Glen Dimplex

GSK

Google

Hilti

IBM

ICI

Infosys

Kaneka

Kodak

Microsoft

Nokia

NTT DoCoMo

Osaka Gas

Qualcomm

Pepsico

Philips

Procter & Gamble

Reckitt Benckiser

Rusnano

Samsung

Smith and Nephew

Schneider

Siemens

SLS ventures

Sondex

Takeda

T-systems

Unilever

World Energy

WL Gore

Yorkshire Water