Cambridge Network - Events

Postgraduate course choice: MBA, Law and Healthcare

Find out more about The Open University's postgraduate taught Masters in Law, Healthcare and the MBA.04/02/12

UKTI Electronics Mission to India, including the ISA Summit in Bangalore

UK Trade and Investment invites you to join a delegation of UK electronics companies at India’s largest event in the electronic systems design and manufacturing market - the Indian Semiconductors Association (ISA) Vision Summit on 06 and 07 February 2012 in Bangalore. 06/02/12

Intellectual Property – Protecting your ideas and your business

For innovation and knowledge-based business intellectual property is often the most important asset. Understanding how best to protect such an asset, and the key steps that are required is therefore critical to the success of the business.06/02/12

Presenting your Business - Hunts

Do you wish you had more confidence when it comes to making a positive impression? Maybe you attend networking events but find it difficult to promote yourself effectively. What if you were asked to deliver a presentation to a group, how would that make you feel?07/02/12

Transition to Management @ ARM

For many people their first promotion brings a mixture of excitement and anxiety, including:
- satisfaction because their potential has been recognised
- concern at the thought of more responsibility and their ability to cope
- challenge about being able to manage the change and different demands of a new job

The ‘first line manager’ role is unique in organisations as this person is the one level who manages ‘non-managers’. This brings its own set of hurdles to overcome, and for people new to managing others there is a lot to learn .

07/02/12

Enterprise Tuesday 2012: Creating Star Teams

Alex van Someren, Partner at Amadeus & Angels Seed Fund; and Dr Uday Phadke, Chief Executive of Cartezia, talk about their experiences of developing and working with successful teams at Enterprise Tuesday on 7th February.

07/02/12

High-stakes testing at the school/university interface: experiences from the former socialist states of central and eastern Europe

In the early 1990s,the European order which had prevailed since the end of World War II underwenta dramatic shift. Most notably, the Soviet Union and the Yugoslav Republic collapsed, with the resulting states becoming open to western influence in many spheres. 08/02/12

'Local Enterprise Partnerships - who benefits?'

Neville Reyner CBE DL, Chair of the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Economic Partnership, is the guest speaker at the next Chaplaincy to People at Work breakfast briefing on Wednesday 8 February 2012.08/02/12

Free Live Webinar Event: Boxing Clever?

The Patent Box - Tax Relief for IP Income
Register now: http://www.vennershipley.co.uk/patentbox.html
08/02/12

Open Day

Pico Technology is holding an Open Day in their quest to attract the best of the best C++ / C# Software Engineers to join our development team.

Wednesday 8th February 2012 / 8.00am to 8.00pm
08/02/12

Design 4:Success

Good design is good for business, as famously said by IBM’s Thomas Watson, 195608/02/12

Delegation & Empowerment

‘I don’t delegate because it’s quicker and better to do it myself...'
Other reasons why people don’t delegate include the fear that someone else will do it better, lack of trust, fear of rejection or not sure how to.09/02/12

KOSMOS Ensemble: Music without boundaries

Music without Boundaries: Kosmos perform their own compositions, arrangements and improvisations inspired by Gypsy, Jewish, Arabic, Tango, Jazz and Balkan music.09/02/12

Breakfast seminar on Measurement Practice in Local Government Learning and Development

•Why invest in workforce development – what measurable difference will it make to your operational & strategic targets?
•Did you choose the most effective solution to deliver measurable business impact & results?
•What productivity improvement did you deliver from your last training programme, are you on the right track?
09/02/12

MasterClass: Business Modeling for Innovation

With economic growth expected to be low or flat for the next year or so, now is the time to examine your strategic business model. Business Model canvas is an exciting new approach to business modelling. Captum's next MasterClass allows you to experience the process of designing creative business models for innovation.09/02/12

Open Innovation in small firms: Positive step or costly mistake? Workshop

The evening seminar will be the first opportunity to hear the results of new research on the benefits of
open innovation in SMEs. 09/02/12

Exploitation and protection: free lecture and drinks reception

Lecture considering control and ownership issues of intellectual property and its exploitation. Followed by free drinks reception from 6.30pm.09/02/12

Design Icons: Exhibition Launch Party

The celebration of Cambridge design talent.09/02/12

Come and Meet Westminster

Following the success of Meet Cambridge, Westminster College, Cambridge’s hidden gem invites event organisers to Meet Westminster.09/02/12

Making the Most of Cambridge Network Membership - Lunchtime Seminar

We would like to invite potential and new members of the Cambridge Network community - or existing members interested in learning more about our organisation - to this informal seminar and networking lunch on Friday 10th February 2012. 10/02/12

"Mozart: Winds of Heaven"

The Friends of Cam Sight & Nigel Brown OBE present: An Evening of Mozart with Mateusz Borowick & friends conducted by Mike Thorne.12/02/12

Microsoft Excel 2007 Intermediate

Want to take advantage of the more advanced features of MS Excel 2007? Then come along to our full day Microsoft Excel Intermediate course. Small class size for greater attention.

13/02/12

Basic statistics

This introductory seminar (with examples in the context of scores on a test) is aimed at people with little or no knowledge of statistics.14/02/12

Giving Difficult Feedback

‘I need to have words with them, so they get back on track’ ........is all very well but sometimes we’re not sure how to, if we should or what to do if it goes wrong.

Giving ‘difficult ‘ feedback can be a tough part of the manager’s job where everyone wants it to be developmental and motivating: this workshop will give you an easy to use structure and approach which can help you get the best outcome each time. It will include:

• Typical issues we deal with
• The overall approach we should take
• How to give face to face feedback in a supportive and objective way
• Dealing with responses to get a good outcome
• Confirming actions and reviews to help it work
• ‘Stop, start, continue’ - areas to develop

On leaving this session you will have a new ‘toolkit’ of ways to give difficult feedback so it is constructive and works within employment law guidelines.
14/02/12

Enterprise Tuesday 2012: Visions, plans and making it happen

The Enterprise Tuesday series continues with a session looking at how entrepreneurs can create successful plans for new businesses to aid investment and growth. 14/02/12

UKTI hosts the Skolkovo Roadshow

Join UK Trade and Investment at Granta Park on Tuesday, 14th February to find out more about Skolkovo Foundation14/02/12

Career Development with MBTI

You are the best person to manage your own career – but defining exactly what you want to achieve and planning how to get there is not always easy. 15/02/12

Securing Finance

Marks & Clerk and Beer & Partners are hosting a seminar designed to provide a broad overview of the key matters to be attended to in seeking finance; how to prepare the business case.15/02/12

Securing finance

Marks & Clerk, Route to Funding Limited and Beer and Partners are hosting a seminar designed to provide a broad overview of the key matters to be attended to in seeking finance for pre-start, early stage and business seeking funding for growth15/02/12

Design 4:Manufacture

Embracing design, innovation and technology for efficient product management.15/02/12

Cambridge Wireless Connected Devices SIG ‘Big Data – Big Opportunities’

The Internet of Things provides the exciting topic for this SIG. The emerging landscape of ‘big data’ is fast becoming a reality and with it come the challenges of deriving value for both individuals and businesses. 16/02/12

MARKET VISIT TO MEXICO 20 - 24 FEBRUARY 2012

SUCCESS AWAITS YOUR BUSINESS IN MEXICO, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD.
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) in the East of England would like to invite you to join us on our forthcoming market visit to Mexico City during February 2012.20/02/12

Joel Spolsky: Stack Overflow - Building the world's best online community, one question at a time

Your chance to see this renowned expert on the software development process here in Cambridge!20/02/12

Peter Barron, Head of External Relations, Google

We're pleased to welcome Google's Head of External Relations, Peter Barron, to Cambridge for Cambridge Network's February talk. Peter will be talking about the importance of science (especially computer science) and engineering education to industry.21/02/12

Train The Trainer

To equip participants with a range of skills and techniques to enable them to design, prepare, deliver and evaluate training sessions that meet desired learning outcomes.21/02/12

BIS roadshow focuses on new environmental regulations

Important and significant changes are planned for environmental regulations which will impact upon your responsibilities. Don’t miss the opportunity to attend a free seminar to find out about them and what they will mean to your business in 2012.21/02/12

Stem cell patenting: Brüstle v Greenpeace: business breaker or business as usual?

We are delighted to invite you to this breakfast roundtable to discuss the decision of the Court of Justice of the EU in Brüstle v Greenpeace and its implications for businesses in the field of regenerative medicine.21/02/12

Enterprise Tuesday 2012: Growing your venture

A panel of experts who have assisted many novice entrepreneurs and played active roles in growing ventures will talk about their experiences at this session.

21/02/12

Networking for Business

You go to lots of business events, but are you getting a real return on investment of your time? Do you have an active referral network? 22/02/12

COMSOL Multiphysics 2 Day Intensive Training Course 22nd - 23rd February

The intensive training course is designed for anyone who would like to learn the main aspects of COMSOL Multiphysics, and to become productive in solving Multiphysics problems.22/02/12

Hemp Seed – cultivation, uses and market

Networking meeting for the hemp supply chain, from growers and processors to retailers.22/02/12

ScrumMaster Certification

Danube’s two-day ScrumMaster Certification course provides attendees with a strong understanding of Scrum’s basic principles and processes. Designed to introduce the fundamentals of Scrum to new practitioners, the course mixes hands-on sprint simulation and lecture. Upon completion, attendees are awarded ScrumMaster Certification from the Scrum Alliance.22/02/12

Design 4: Communication

For decades, design has been used to convey messages, engage customers and increase sales through clever marketing. 22/02/12

CETC: Olympic Theme & AGM (at 5.30pm)

Technologies supporting the games23/02/12

Financing and doing deals: free lecture and drinks reception

Lecture considering the key fundamental issues of risk and reward, legal frameworks for financial investment and the effective financial management of companies in the technology sector. Followed by free drinks reception from 6.30pm.23/02/12

How to write the perfect business plan

Half day (morning) workshop at St John's Innovation Centre helping participants understand the necessary aspects for effective and successful business planning.23/02/12

Mobile World Congress Brokerage Event

For the sixth year running, the Enterprise Europe Network is organising a partnering event in parallel with the Mobile World Congress. The event will bring together European businesses and research organisations from the mobile technology sector to discuss potential opportunities for collaboration.27/02/12

PowerPoint 2007 Introduction

This course provides you with an overview of the use of PowerPoint 2007 and shows you how to get started using the program. 28/02/12

Trade Mission to Poland, 28 Feb - 02 March 2012

Do you rely too heavily on UK sales? Do overseas customers hold the potential to grow your sales and profits? Enterprise Europe Network is organising this Trade Mission to Warsaw, February 201228/02/12

Enterprise Tuesday 2012: Leveraging the Value of Consulting

This session will provide a case for using consulting as a means for getting started down the entrepreneurial route. Consulting can either become a full blown business or may be used to leverage intellectual assets to create companies. Cambridge has seen both phenomena.

28/02/12