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Bridging Silicon Valley with Silicon Fen
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Bridging Silicon Valley with Silicon Fen
19 November 2009 - 21 November 2009
Silicon valley’s movers and shakers return to Cambridge at the Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge event 19-21 November 2009.
What is the ‘science’ behind today’s fast-growth companies? What is happening that is new and innovative and who are the people behind it? What are venture capitalists looking for in environmental and consumer internet start-ups and why? And going after the incumbents; is taking on the ‘big guys’ good strategy or fool’s errand?
These are some of the questions which will be discussed at the ‘Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge’ event 19-21 November 2009, which has been organised by NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) and which will be hosted at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
Prominent serial entrepreneurs, angels and venture capitalists from Silicon Valley and their UK counterparts will be taking centre stage at the 2009 forum. They will share their views on business venture collaborations and reveal the new and innovative business models they see as the most disruptive across the green and consumer internet sectors.
The three-day programme begins with a not-to-be-missed debate at the Cambridge Student Union Society on Thursday 19 November, addressing the issue: ‘This House believes that the banking bailout was a waste of money: how investing in innovative green and consumer internet business will do more for the economy.’
Friday 20 November provides a full day of Masterclasses where Silicon Valley iconic entrepreneurs and investors will share their experience in an inspiring series of seminars. They will cover green innovation and entrepreneurship, examine the differences between UK and US exit strategies, the value of IP, and the importance of social networks and the changing landscape.
The third and concluding day on 21 November is a half day of workshops dedicated to CEOs from local East Anglian clean tech and consumer internet start-ups. They will have the opportunity to demonstrate the quality of UK entrepreneurship to some of Silicon Valley’s leading figures, and stimulate engagement and connections between entrepreneurs and organisations from Silicon Valley and Silicon Fen.
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