Demystifying Quantum: Charting New Paths in Tech

Cambridge Network Event

The Cambridge Network Candidate Recruitment Evening - Demystifying Quantum: Charting New Paths in Tech with Riverlane, will be held at the Post Doc Centre, Eddington, Cambridge, on Friday 19th September 2025, from 6 pm – 9 pm.

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We are pleased to have Riverlane as the headline sponsor for our upcoming event. Riverlane’s mission is to make quantum computing useful sooner. To achieve this, Riverlane is building the Quantum Error Correction Stack to comprehensively correct the millions of data errors that prevent today’s quantum computers from achieving useful scale.

Join Riverlane for an inspiring evening designed to break down barriers into the quantum industry and show how your skills, from classical engineering to software development, are more relevant than you think.

Agenda 

6pm - Registration - networking over tea/coffee cake

6.30pm - Riverlane - Demystifying Quantum: Charting New Paths in Tech - an exclusive session where their panellists will: Share insights into career paths at the company, walk us through the application process, as well as sharing the cutting-edge technologies they work with. The team will also discuss company culture and how they embrace candidates with transferable skills.

Speakers: Marco Ghibaudi (VP, Engineering), Rojalin Mishra (Lead Verification Engineer), Nicole Gillett (Senior Software Engineer), Tamsin Sandhu (Graduate Engineer) and Emily Wild (Associate Director, Global Talent Acquisition).

7.25pm - EA First workshop - CV & Transferable Skills: How to identify and communicate your transferable skills across industries. Tips to optimise your LinkedIn profile and boost your visibility. How to make your CV stand out to hiring managers and recruiters. Using the right language and terminology. Building a personal brand that aligns with your career goals and strengths. Contract [email protected] to book your place. 

8.15pm - Enkindle Success - Turning career advice into action: unlocking personal insight and confidence - You’ve had the practical tips, now it’s time to unlock what’s getting in your way of actually using them. This session helps you spot and shift the internal blockers that stop you owning your achievements, applying with confidence, or showing up fully in interviews. We'll introduce simple tools to rewrite limiting beliefs, speak about your skills clearly, and move forward without waiting to feel “ready.” Contract [email protected] to book your place. 

9pm - Event closes

Why Attend?

Whether you’re actively job hunting or just curious, this is a unique opportunity to:

  • Explore career paths in a fast-growing area of tech
  • Learn directly from Riverlane employees who’ve been in your shoes
  • Build confidence in your own transferable skills
  • Connect with others interested in diverse, impactful work in quantum

This FREE event will be a mix of companies showcasing their job vacancies from exhibition stands, company talks and careers workshops.

Meet the Exhibitors:

Domino Printing Sciences plc - Since 1978, Domino Printing Sciences (Domino) has established a global reputation for the development and manufacture of coding, marking, and printing technologies, as well as its worldwide aftermarket products and customer services.

Riverlane - Nearly 100 strong with offices in Cambridge, UK, and Boston, US. The company's mission - to make quantum computing useful far sooner than previously imaginable - remains unchanged from day one.

Bookable Workshops: 

We are pleased to be able to share with you, the details of one of the workshops that will be available on the evening, in addition to networking and panel discussions:

  • Build Your Brand: CV, LinkedIn & Transferable Skills Strategy with EA First

EA First is a recruitment agency headquartered in Cambridge, with an additional offering across Birmingham, London & Leeds. They specialise in permanent, contract and temporary positions across various sectors. 

EA First’s Hayley Murfitt and Lucy Atkin will deliver a 30-minute workshop guiding participants in developing a strong personal brand by refining their CVs, optimising LinkedIn profiles, and identifying key transferable skills. Attendees will learn how to present their experience and strengths effectively across different platforms to attract employers and expand professional opportunities. 

Spaces for our workshops are limited and bookable. Please email [email protected] to book this workshop.

  • Turning Career Advice Into Action: Unlocking Personal Insight And Confidence with Enkindle Success 

Enkindle Success is a development and empowerment service dedicated to dismantling systemic barriers for women, amplifying voices, and driving real change.  

Louise Herriman, Founder of Enkindle Success will deliver a 30-minute workshop to help you move beyond the practical tips, to unlock what’s getting in your way of actually using them. This session helps you spot and shift the internal blockers that stop you owning your achievements, applying with confidence, or showing up fully in interviews. Louise will introduce simple tools to rewrite limiting beliefs, speak about your skills clearly, and move forward without waiting to feel “ready.”

Spaces for our workshops are limited and bookable. Please email [email protected] to book this workshop.

Employers: If you are recruiting or just want to raise your profile, please get in touch for details of how to exhibit or to headline sponsor this event - [email protected]

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