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Darwin Festival and Judge Business School - Special Lecture

'It is not the strongest of the species that survivies, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change' This lecture considers how the mind of the entrepreneur is adapted to the business jungle and asks the question whether entrepreneurs are 'differently wired' - based on recent local research. 03/07/09

Music for a Summer's Evening

The choir of Trinity College Cambridge have kindly agreed to donate their time to help raise money for Addenbrooke's Abroad by performing their Singing on the River 2009 programme in a marquee at the Old Vicarage, Grantchester, courtesy of Lord and Lady Archer. 05/07/09

'Celebrating Charles Darwin'

An evening lecture by Janet Browne (Harvard)06/07/09

Where are we with National Testing?

This presentation will review the history of development in national testing and will look at the most likely direction of future developments. 06/07/09

Demystifying International Trade Finance

Improve your understanding of Trade Finance solutions, learn how to manage the risks and cash flow implicatins of importing and exporting, plus top tips on getting your paperwork in order.06/07/09

CHASE Talk: Employee motivation as a driver of organisational success - Anthony Stanton

There is a mass of evidence showing that staff with high motivation create much better organisational results than those without. This talk will look at the impact of motivation on the bottom line and at the drivers of
motivation.06/07/09

FREE - Peterborough: Discover how YOU could start your own home-based business and earn substantially...FREE seminar

...by building your own lucrative business (with my help) and earn anything from an extra £1000-£3000+ a month, part-time (for ~10-15 hours/week), or even £10,000-£20,000+ per month full-time, ultimately...you choose your hours and your earnings! 07/07/09

Conversations: Sir Terry Pratchett & Jack Cohen

07/07/09

Prepare for the Upturn with Jack Black at the Moller Centre Cambridge

Escape from the doom and gloom and join the world leading peak performance expert for an evening that will reshape your business and dramatically change your life forever.
You will learn the latest tools and techniques that will help improve your overall performance at work and play whilst enhancing your ability to enjoy life to the full.

07/07/09

Influencing the Interview - a practical workshop

Almost no one can avoid interviews, whether for consultancy, interim work, permanent employment, selling or buying.

This workshop will help you to get the best out of them - and to handle unexpected twists and turns.
07/07/09

Supporting the Sales Campaign

The aim of this workshop is to develop the selling skills of those delegates who are not normally associated to the sales department and who may be from a technical background in order for them to support the sales effort more productively.08/07/09

Film: 'Angels and Insects'

Darwin 2009 Fringe Festival presents a film titled 'Angels and Insects'08/07/09

Book Signing: 'Darwin’s Sacred Cause'

Darwin 2009 Fringe Festival presents Adrian Desmond and
James Moore discussing their new book:'Darwin’s Sacred Cause'08/07/09

Conversations: Ian McEwan and David Amigoni, Dames AS Byatt and Gillian Beer

Part of Darwin 2009 Fringe Festival08/07/09

Play: 'This View of Life' by Matt Wilkinson

Part of Darwin 2009 Fringe Festival08/07/09

Changing the Game with New Thinking

“Changing the Game with New Thinking” is a 2 hour seminar that introduces you to creative and innovative thinking. These are well tried approaches that can help you and your team think “outside-the-box” to stimulate new thinking and uncover solutions to opportunities or overcome business barriers.08/07/09

Open Meeting - 'Space: the next business opportunity?'

The Galileo Masters Competition 2009 has a deadline of 31 July for businesses to enter - join us at this joint Cambridge Network/Cambridge Wireless Open Meeting to find out more about this exciting competition and what it could mean for Cambridge companies, and to hear inspiring guest speakers from the Satcoms arena.08/07/09

Survive and Thrive: Financing The Small Business In A Recession

The Survive & Thrive short courses are practical, topical seminars aimed at small business owners and senior managers to help them adapt to change and enhance their company’s competitiveness during the recession. 08/07/09

Excel 2007 Introduction

This course introduces the basic skills necessary to create and manipulate Excel spreadsheets. It includes basic tasks such as: using shortcuts, working with ranges, building formulae, editing and formatting data, printing and the creation of graphs.09/07/09

Cambridge Wireless - Digital Broadcasting and Multimedia SIG - Privacy vs Personalisation, a ‘Dichotomy’

Within this SIG we seek to raise debate around the key issues affecting the commercialisation and reality of Behavioural Targeting Technology.09/07/09

A Lecture on 'Voyaging to the Beagle' by John Parker (Director, University Botanic Garden)

Part of Darwin 2009 Fringe Festival 09/07/09

Performance: Evolving Words

Part of Darwin Fringe Festival09/07/09

Play: Re Design by Craig Baxter

Part of Darwin Fringe Festival09/07/09

MasterClass: Managing R&D and Innovation

R&D management is a multidisciplinary skill requiring technical expertise, teamwork, and creativity combined with an understanding of markets, IP and finance. This new MasterClass is intended for R&D managers, as well as new graduates entering industry. 09/07/09

Software sourcing - turning costs into assets

Afternoon workshop, Cambridge, Thursday 9 July 2009
09/07/09

Third Digital Marketing Conference

The third Digital Marketing Conference, organised by the Cambridgeshire branch of The Chartered Institute of Marketing, takes place on 9 July this year. 09/07/09

Thailand of Opportunity

Thailand, the second largest economy in south East Asia, has rapidly become one of the world’s fastest growing and attractive markets, providing major commercial opportunities for UK businesses.09/07/09

Cambridge AWiSE Summer Networking

Come along to our last event before the summer break, meet someone new and enjoy cake and boules in the gardens at Lucy Cavendish College.09/07/09

Work Smart: Add Value and Remove Waste

With reducing costs remaining high on the business agenda, this seminar will provide ways of running your business more effectively and tips on cutting out the tasks that don't add value to you business.09/07/09

Free Seminars on HIV in the Workplace - HIV Plus

A free seminar organised by DHIVERSE, the sexual health charity for Cambridgeshire, on HIV in the Workplace09/07/09

Summer Networking

Cambridge Association for Women in Science and Engineering is a regional network for women. Come along and find out about us and meet someone new.09/07/09

Recital: Darwin, Poetry and Music with Susan Gritton (soprano), Iain Burnside (piano), and Ruth Padel (poet)

Part of Darwin Fringe Festival10/07/09

Comedy: Carole Jahme is Sexually Selected!

Part of Darwin Fringe Festival10/07/09

Musical Fun - Interactive Concert/Workshop

Musical Fun with Harriet Mackenzie (KOSMOS) and Philippa Mo violonists and Milos Milivojevicaccordion for children ages 6 - 1112/07/09

"Music without boundaries" - RETORICA DUO & Milos Milivojevic - Violins & Accordion Recital

Harriet Mackenzie (KOSMOS) and Philippa Mo, both violonists as RETORICA DUO are joined by Milos Milivojevic in an exceptionlal programme.12/07/09

Excel 2003 Introduction

13/07/09

Biotech Trade Mission to Bavaria, Germany

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), Science & Innovation UK and Bio-M (The biotech cluster organisation for the Munich region of Bavaria) are organising a trade mission to the German State of Bavaria 13/07/09

Business Continuity and the New British Standard

Cambridge Risk Solutions Ltd and BSI Management Systems are holding a free seminar to discuss BS25999 in the context of wider Business Continuity issues. Delegates will also have the opportunity to take part in a short Crisis Management exercise.14/07/09

Simply Networking

Join us for an evening of pure networking - no pitches or presentations - just the chance to talk to like minded business people, explore ideas, collaborations and more!14/07/09

Transition to Management

This programme is suitable for newly promoted team leaders, supervisors and project managers with up to one years experience in their new role and potentials who may be promoted within the next 6 months.15/07/09

Managing Stress in the Workplace

A practical approach to building emotionally healthy & productive teams.15/07/09

Intellectual Property Roundtable on Biotech Patenting

Boult Wade Tennant's Biotechnology and Life Sciences Group will be hosting a roundtable discussion on Wednesday 15 July 2009 from 13:15 to 17:30 focussing on the trends and efficiencies in securing patent protection in the biotechnology and life sciences sector. 15/07/09

Psychology of Persuasion

Whether you have to persuade someone to buy, invest, buy into, change, or do something, understanding the psychology behind how we are persuaded and why we resist is essential for an effective result. This workshop will give you an insight into the psychology of persuasion and the tools to enhance your approach.16/07/09

Cambridge Wireless Joint Handset and Location SIGs: 'Is Location on the Map? Monetizing Location Based Services'

After a number of false starts, detours and moments of feeling lost, has the wireless industry now reached a viewing point from which we can unfold our roadmaps and rechart a route forward to monetise mobile location awareness?16/07/09

Survive and Thrive: Introduction to Social Enterprise

Bioplastics and biopolymers - Opportunities and challenges for industry and academia

This free seminar brings speakers from industry and research together on the current issues of bioplastics. If you work in packaging, waste management, chemical processing or related sectors, this event will be of interest to you.16/07/09

Free Seminars on HIV in the workplace - HIV Plus

Free seminars organised by DHIVERSE, the sexual health charity for Cambridgeshire, on issues around HIV in the workplace.17/07/09

Doug Richard's School for Startups - Entrepreneurial Marketing: "No-Money" Marketing for Startups & Growing Businesses

Following the success of his entrepreneurial workshops around the UK, Doug Richard is returning to London with his School for Startups. The original BBC2 Dragon is hosting a one-day master-class on zero-budget marketing for entrepreneurs at London Business School on Saturday 18th July. 18/07/09

Cambridge Town Bumps 2009 - First Post Enclosure Event

Once again Deyton Bell is delighted to be hosting the First Post Enclosure Event at the Cambridge Town Bumps - the City’s rowing community’s annual bumping races. This year the Town Bumps takes place from Tuesday 21st – Friday 24th July21/07/09

Mobile Wireless Trade Mission to Japan 21 - 24 July 2009

This mission is for companies with unique intellectual property for mobile wireless communications devices, wireless-networks, mobile content and mobile wireless service solutions. 21/07/09