8th Annual Technology Ventures Conference

9 June 2011 l Cambridge Union l Cambridge UK

www.tvc2011.cutec.org

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9 June 2011, Cambridge Union, Cambridge UK

The future success of our nations’ economies depends critically on their ability to generate and harvest ideas that create value in the society we live in. Ideas Economy is that which we live in today, an economy capitalising around the most fundamental resource of all – people. The ability to engage the brightest minds and connect them altogether is crucial in overcoming the biggest challenges facing our nations. Invention and innovation are no longer driven by the small but exceptional few. They are the product of extensive collaboration and synergy of increasingly diverse expertise crossing company and nation borders. Cambridge high-tech inventions are world renowned and constantly shaping the global society. However open innovation has increased with the ease of the internet allowing for increased communication and connectivity between industries and companies. Open innovation and the internet are two examples of how 'Ideas without borders' can be implemented. How do high-technologies and clusters fit in with this trend? TVC2011 will address the importance of Ideas Economy, specifically the process of implementing this as well as examine the effect in high tech clusters including Cambridge. It will provide delegates the opportunity to understand the concept, its benefits and applicable scenarios through direct engagement, connectivity of ideas, and problem solving at a networking level. Finally, TVC 2011 will aim to provide delegates a platform to create new ideas, form new business relationships and most importantly - catalyse inspiration. The topics addressed in the conference will be of high interest for investors, professionals, and entrepreneurial-minded students who are interested in exploring investment opportunities generated behind the concept of Ideas Economy, and the benefits of implementing this to increase existing and future ventures.

Confirmed Keynotes

George Whitesides – CEO of Virgin Galatic

Mark Surman – Executive Director of Mozilla Foundation

Pamela Hartigan – Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford

Roland Harwood – Co-Founder and Networks Partner at 100%Open

Ted Shelton – CEO of Open-First

Confirmed Moderator

David Rowan – Editor of WIRED magazine

Confirmed Conference Advisors

Mark Surman – Executive Director of Mozilla Foundation

Pamela Hartigan – Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford

Company Exhibition In addition to the main conference, we are hosting an exhibition comprising of start-up companies in the UK (Technology Showcase) and well-established Cambridge based companies (Cambridge Diamond exhibition): The Technology Showcase is an opportunity for young local and national companies to gain publicity and interest from investors. We will also be hosting a competition to identify the most promising tech start-ups. The Cambridge Diamond exhibition is organised to inspire national and international conference attendees by presenting the best well-established Cambridge region companies.

Proposed format

This one day conference will be structured to model the process of innovation portrayed in four sections.

In the first part of the conference, keynote speakers will define Ideas Economy and discuss how specifically how to use this platform to engage creative minds in solving business challenges through collaboration.

Second part of the conference will consider the challenges of connecting people and ideas generated by primarily addressing ‘How can we be more innovative in groups rather than acting as individual experts?’

In the third part, delegates will be invited to break up into several brainstorming workshops to personally experience solving current roadblocks moderated by experts directly involved or implicated in these challenges. The resulting discussion will crucially be driven by delegates themselves.

The conference will end with a high profile keynote speech and TVC Showcase winner awards inspiring the current as well as future entrepreneurs and investors.

Workshops Under Consideration

Healthcare

Improving healthcare on a global scale requires technological innovation that can deliver cheaper, more remote and more sophisticated treatment. Innovative business models also promise to make existing medical technology more affordable than ever.

CleanTech

Sustainability is now essential in all areas of human advancement. This workshop will invite delegates to solve problems where new technologies are essential to bringing existing and emerging processes towards an environmentally sustainable level.

Open Innovation

Technology development is becoming increasingly less in-house as more firms seek to source ideas globally rather than internally. How do we get the best from an entire globe of ideas? Delegates are challenged with creating more ideal models of open innovation.

Keynote Discussion Points

How can we engage mass idea generation through open innovation?

What are the key risks for firms engaging in open innovation?

What is the scope for open innovation? How is it limited?

How does IP work in an open innovation model?

How do open standards improve technology design?

How can small firms and start-ups benefit from the ideas economy?

How do we engage end-users in improving technology?

How does Cambridge contribute?

Opening up resources: How can firms benefit from resource sharing?

HHIISSTTOORRYY OOFF TTVVCC

CUTEC has organized the TVC since the club’s inception in 2003 with the aim to expose the Cambridge

Cluster to the wider business and fundraising communities. The TVC has developed into one of the world’s

largest student-run entrepreneurial events, culminating in the attendance of more than 300 delegates from

across the world in 2010. The conference attracts high profile venture capitalist, entrepreneurs, and angel

investors and connects them with the Cambridge community and the student attendees (locally and

internationally).

Healthcare panellist in the TVC2010 conference booklet

MEDIA COVERAGE

www.tvc2010.cutec.org

Digital Media Panel: Digitising Sport

Max Balfour Head of New Media, London 2012 Organising Committee

Paul Bristow Managing Director, Deltatre Media

Simon Crane Chairman, IPTV Communications

Inma Martinez President, Stradbroke Advisors

David Shield Global Director, Engineering and Technology, IMG Media

Engineering Panel: Engineering your Performance

Mike Caine Managing Director, Progressive Sports Technologies

Scott Drawer Head of Research and Innovation, UK Sport

Hilmar Janusson Vice President of Research and Development, Ossur

Brian Walton VP performance, Cadence

Kevin Warwick Professor of Cybernetics, University of Reading

Healthcare Panel: Advancing through Biomedical Innovation

David Cowan Founder & Director, Drug Control Centre, King’s College London

Sigmund Loland Professor of Sports Philosophy, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences

Matt Lovell Nutritionist for the England Rugby Team

Andrew Lynn Founder, Orthomimetics, CBO, Tigenix

David Mountford Co-founder and COO, MedCell BioScience

Edward Piper Director of Clinical Development, MedImmune

Investors’ Panel

Rosemary Forsyth Founder & General Partner, Forsyth Group

Jeppe Leth Hansen Founder & CEO, Bridgehead Group

Simon Haworth Executive Director, IPSO Ventures

Inma Martinez President, Stradbroke Advisors

Teri Willey Chief Executive, Cambridge Enterprise

Keynote

Roger Mosey

BBC Director of London

2012

Keynote

Arne Ljungqvist

Chair of the IOC Medical

Commission

ABOUT

Our goal is to raise the entrepreneurial spirit amongst academics by facilitating interaction between researchers, entrepreneurs, and successful investors, through various activities such as:

• Workshops (e.g. on IP, investment, team building, etc) • ideas@CUTEC (idea generation sessions with real company challenges) • Specialist Surgeries (one on one advice from company representative on various issues ranging

from legal issues to marketing) • Networking events (in coordination with international entrepreneurship organisations) • Annual Technology Ventures Conference to be held in Cambridge on the 9th June 2011 • Company exhibition at the conference, consisting of Technology Showcase (local start-up

companies) & Cambridge Diamond Exhibition (of established companies with offices in the Cambridgeshire area). A Technology Showcase competition will also be held to help start-ups gain exposure

• Project collaborations with CfEL, MIT Entrepreneurship Centre, Cambridge-MIT Institute, MBA Ventures, CUE, i-Teams, Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge, Cambridge Phenomenon and other entrepreneurship organisations in Cambridge

• Well connected with other student enterprises in UK and in Europe with plans to reach out globally • Monthly Newsletter reaching 4000+ subscribers

GLOBAL MEMBERSHIP

With a view to global entrepreneurship, CUTEC provides an exceptional way to work with individuals from all over the world. With committee members representing more than 25 countries, the Club promotes international awareness and multiculturalism stimulating communication skills, teamwork, and creativity. These dynamics create a powerful post-university network among diverse professionals.

SPONSORS

PREVIOUS SPONSORS

CUTEC ADVISORS

Alan Barrell - Entrepreneur in Residence at Cambridge University

Andy Richards - Serial Biotechnology entrepreneur and business angel

Christopher Padfield - Cambridge University’s Corporate Liaison Office (CLO),

Founding Director

Hermann Hauser - Amadeus Capital Partner, Founder & Director

Jose Pacheco - MIT Entrepreneurship Centre, Program Manager

Michael Liebreich - New Energy Finance, Founder & CEO

Amy Mokady - i-Teams Program, Director

Peter Hartzbech - iMotions-Emotion Technology, Founder & CEO

Seth Sternberg - Meebo, Founder & CEO

Shai Vyakarnam - Cambridge University Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning,

Director

Sherry Coutu - Cambridge Business Angel Investor; Serial Entrepreneur