Innovation in an Uncertain World Robinson College, Cambridge, UK 22nd June 2012

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3. Innovation in an Uncertain World
“Empowering Innovators, Fuelling the Future”
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5. 22nd June 2012
Welcome TVC2012 Delegates,
On behalf of the Executive Committee and Cambridge University
Liz
Williams
Technology & Enterprise Club (CUTEC), we would like to welcome you to
President
the 9th annual Technology Ventures Conference (TVC).
Since the Club’s inception in 2003, CUTEC has hosted the TVC in an
effort to connect entrepreneurs with the extensive network that
exists in Cambridge. The TVC showcases tech talent from young start-
ups to established companies – spanning the spectrum of technology
development. The conference brings together students, academics,
investors and technology professionals to create new partnerships and Vivian
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inspire future innovation. Chairman
This year’s conference, themed ‘Innovation in an Uncertain World’, aims to
address the hesitancy in the global marketplace. Speakers and panellists
will paint a picture of the investment and innovation trends evolving as
nations strive to build a sustainable future. Technology plays a key role in Alexey
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human advancement, be it through healthcare, communications or the Director
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way we interact with social media platforms. Technology is undoubtedly
linked to research and development, and in the current climate of
shrinking funds, the conference will serve as a platform for debate on
how we will continue to innovate and bring new technologies to the fore.
We would like to thank our speakers, workshop facilitators, exhibitors,
investor panellists and you for participating in the conference and shaping
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its impact. We are extremely grateful to our sponsors and advisors, who
Director
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have kindly supported us in all our endeavours throughout the year.
Neil
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Director
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Development
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7. Contents
TVC Schedule................................................................... 10
Venue.................................................................................. 13
Workshops........................................................................ 19
Technology Start-up Showcase................................ 23
Investors Panel............................................................... 24
Diamond Exhibition...................................................... 26
Speakers............................................................................. 31
About CUTEC.................................................................... 43
Executive Committee..................................................... 50
Teams.................................................................................. 53
Press Release................................................................... 62
Sponsors............................................................................ 70
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9. Innovation in an Uncertain World
Our future economies depend on cutting edge innovation to add value to society and to solve the biggest
challenges facing our planet. The continued support of research and development is essential, particularly
at a time when resources – both financial and otherwise – are increasingly under pressure. Yet, as Hewlett-
Packard’s recent acquisition of Autonomy demonstrates, big business is still keen to invest in the opportunities
being developed in high-tech clusters. Economic growth depends on those who can mobilize concept to
realization, and create solutions with new technologies.
For its Technology Ventures Conference 2012, CUTEC will aim to address how the current financial climate is
affecting the way new technologies are being developed and brought to market. Following on from TVC2011’s
highly successful ‘Open Innovation’ theme, the conference will investigate other innovation models that
succeed during lean years. TVC2012 will debate the importance of innovation in an uncertain world by looking
at investment strategies and the infrastructure for innovation, focusing on key sectors both within the UK and
the global economy.
Topics to be discussed include:
• What are the specific challenges of driving innovation in the current climate?
• How are successive periods of financial instability affecting high-tech clusters such as Cambridge?
• How do we encourage / support innovation with limited resources?
• The role of disruptive innovation in generating growth
• Innovation on a budget – leveraging efficiency to maximise potential
• Is the UK investing enough on innovation? What do we hope to gain from the new Enterprise Hubs?
Delegates will be inspired by lively debates and keynote speeches, highlighting the level of opportunity open
to entrepreneurs within high-tech clusters. The conference will act as a forum for delegates to engage and
connect, ultimately enabling new relationships through networking that may prove key in future ventures.
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10. TVC Schedule
Session A - Main Auditorium | Session B - Umney Auditorium
Time Session A Session B
08:00-09:00 Breakfast and Registration
09:00-09:10 President’s Welcome and Opening by Aled Jones
09:10-10:00 Morning Keynote – Julie Meyer
10:00-10:30 Speaker – Jack Lang Speaker – Ian Taylor
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Cloud Computing Healthcare Innovation
Simon Bain Nick Sireau
Richard Horning Alison Fielding
Doug Clark Allan Marchington
Natasa Milic-Frayling Mike Johnson (m)
Greg Williams (m)
12:00-13:15 Lunch and Company Exhibitions: Technology
Showcase and Diamond Exhbition
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11. Breaks and Exhibitions - Dining Hall | Workshops - Breakout Rooms
Time Session A Session B
13:15-14:15 Afternoon Keynote – David S. Rose
14:15-15:30 CUE & iTeams Pitches Workshops 1, 2, 3
(Music Room) (see pages 19-22)
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:30 Technology Showcase Finalists’ Pitches
16:30-17:00 Speaker – Elizabeth Varley Speaker – Danielle Fong
17:00-18:00 Global Investment CleanTech
Brigitte Baumann Colin Campbell
Mark Cheng Dominic Emery
Gervais Williams Sebastian Schoefer
Alan Barrell (m) Martin Garratt
Martin Chilcott (m)
18:00-18:20 Technology Showcase Winner and Conference Close
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19. Workshops
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20. Microsoft - Generation Gaps in the Digital Age
Nowadays, it is common that businesses
gain competitive advantage through
adoption of technologies to improve
their core business processes and
practices. In fact, the pressure from
technical advances is often painful
and disruptive. Nevertheless, it is well
understood and the companies plan for
modernization as an essential aspect of the business lifecycle.
However, recently, and rather unexpectedly, the pressure and disruption are emerging in a different guise - not
from the engineering, or sales, or research arms of a company but from the workforce that is distinctly shaped
by the digital revolution and the new social and communication practices supported by digital technologies.
We are talking about generation Y, born in the ‘80s and early ‘90s. Members of this generation possess an
instinctive mastery of computing technologies that can be generally lacking in those born in earlier decades.
As members of generation Y enter the workforce, they appear at odds with existing organizational structures,
policies, and practices. While familiar with the latest computing devices, applications, and services, they find
the traditional work environments technologically outdated and their processes inefficient. This is particularly
the case with large corporations and other mature businesses.
As businesses strive to employ the new talent and innovate, the question is how to leverage the unique skills
of generation Y. How can businesses deal with the disruption to their IT support, communication practices,
and business policies? How quickly can they adjust and ensure that there is a common language between
generations Y, X, and those before?. At the same time, generation Y faces a challenge of finding the right fit and
demonstrating how its way of working provides value to businesses. How should individuals articulate their
priorities and identify the best opportunities for employment? What level of compromise would they consider
and what role would they want to play in reshaping the workplace?
This workshop is aimed at facilitating the discussion about the generation
gap that is brought about by the differences in technology adoption. We
shall invite participants to think about specific issues and brainstorm about
the steps we can take to ensure that different generations work alongside
effectively and strengthen businesses. The workshop will be run by Dr
Natasa Milic-Frayling, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. Natasa is
also sitting on the TVC’s Cloud Computing panel.
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation
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21. County Council - From an idea to a business plan
‘I have an idea, but is it a business?’, this is a
question frequently being asked by potential or
current entrepreneurs. To answer this question, one
needs to consider the problem being addressed, the
effectiveness of the solution, size of the market, the
resources required, any existing substitutions, revenue
model, and cost structure. This workshop provides a
golden opportunity for participants to learn about the
art of business plan creation. We will work together
on some current challenges that Cambridgeshire
County Council is facing, in the area of transport
information, and using them as examples to practise
how to develop an idea into a solid business plan.
Tim is the Co-founder Graham Hughes is
of Cambridge Transport Service Director,
Solutions Ltd, working on Strategy & Development
addressing issues relating at Cambridgeshire
with public transport County Council. He has
using today’s information responsibility for the
technology and software development of Transport
systems. Policy across the County.
Tariq Sadiq was elected
as a Cambridgeshire
County Councillor in 2009,
representing a Cambridge
city division, and stood for
parliament in 2010. He has
over 20 years experience in
university administration
and fundraising.
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22. HM Revenue and Customs R&D Unit - Cambridge
Research and Development Relief is a Corporation
Tax relief that may reduce a company’s tax bill.
Alternatively, some small or medium-sized companies
may be able to receive their tax credit as a cash sum
paid by HMRC. A business may only claim R&D relief
if it is liable for Corporation Tax. HMRC R&D units
provide free help and advice, to assist businesses
understand if they are eligible to apply for R&D Relief,
and what conditions an R&D project must meet to
qualify. David Cullum and Suzanne Nield from the
Cambridge HMRC R&D Unit will use this workshop to
explain the scheme in detail, including what costs can
be claimed for, and how claims should be submitted.
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23. Technology Start-up Showcase
Technology Showcase is an essential part of the Technology Ventures Conference. It runs in parallel with keynote
speeches, the lunch break (peak visibility) and workshops throughout the conference day. Technology Showcase
provides an opportunity for young and fresh companies to demonstrate their new and exciting technologies
to conference attendees from various backgrounds: business and technology professionals, entrepreneurs and
scientists.
All showcased companies are invited to compete for a prize of “The most promising start-up 2012”. The best
young companies are selected by conference attendees and professional investors to enter the Dragons’ Den
competition at the final part of the conference.
The prizes awarded will include
£10k worth of consultancy from KPMG
£3k worth of legal advice from SNR Denton
Mentorship with Springboard founder, Jon Bradford
A six month free membership at Ideaspace, Cambridge
We are looking for start-ups who are at the forefront of emerging technology applications, be it by the invention
of novel technology, or by opening up a niche market with careful application of an existing or recently realised
technology.
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24. Investors Panel
Gervais Williams is an award-winning equity fund manager and the
author of Slow Finance. He has worked in the City for 25 years, 17 of
which were spent at Gartmore, where he managed clients’ investments
in small to medium sized companies. He is now Managing Director
of MAM Funds plc. Gervais won Grant Thornton’s Quoted Company
Award Investor of the Year in 2009 and 2010. He is a member of the
AIM Advisory Council, and on the Board of the Quoted Companies
Alliance. In 2012, core ideas behind Slow Finance were submitted to the
Institute for Public Policy Research for its latest investigation on how
to stimulate growth in the UK. Gervais is now working on Tomorrow’s Gervais Williams
Finance, a partnership initiative with Tomorrow’s Company, exploring Managing Director of MAM
key concepts and best ideas that will help shape the future of the Funds plc
financial sector.
Since joining TTP Ventures, Clennell has invested in electronics and
telecommunications related businesses. He is currently an observer on
the board of ZBD. Clennell was also board observer with Alphamosaic,
which was sold to Broadcom in September 2004 for $123m.
More recently, Clennell has helped to establish The Carbon Trust
Entrepreneurs Fast Track, delivered by TTP, which supports start-up
and early-stage businesses in the low carbon sector. He has first class
BA and MEng degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Clennell Collingwood
Cambridge and has completed the year long Postgraduate Course in TTP Ventures
Design, Manufacture and Management (also at Cambridge).
Charles leads KPMG’s technology practice in East Anglia which
includes one of 5 National Centres of Excellence for supporting
early stage business. Charles joined KPMG in 1989 and has focused
primarily on the technology sector throughout his career. He has been
based in Cambridge for the last 10 years working with a wide variety
of businesses from very early stage startup companies to fully listed
international organisations.
Charles le Strange Meakin
KPMG
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25. Mark Horne has a degree in Computing and Business Administration,
is a fellow of the Institute of Marketing and completed the Advanced
Management Program at Insead, France. Horne exited his Cambridge
UK based global software enterprise (Quillion) in 2000 ( A Spin off from
the enterprise sold to Oracle for c.US$75m as recently as 2011). 18
months later, in 2003 , Horne exited a “real time energy and resource
management software” enterprise (Vidus), which he was both
invested in and CEO of, after successfully acquiring the technology
and core team from BT, through a Trade Sale to Nasdaq-listed@
Road for US$65m. Between 2005 and 2007 Horne invested in and
Mark Horne advised 2 Dutch (2waytraffic and Direct Wonen) and 1 USA (BSG Inc)
RenewMe Director technology companies and managed their funding and subsequent
Energy4India BV Director listing onto the London Stock Exchange. The combined valuation at
CTEnergy BV listing for the three small cap companies was >USD$680m. In 2007
Solar India Pte Limited Horne partnered with fellow investors and small/medium company
Director high growth specialists in Holland and Monaco to target the global
Magadh Biofuels Limited Cleantech market. Under the RenewMe banner Horne has started and
Director invested in companies in Holland, Singapore, Cyprus, Switzerland and
India.
Chairman Cambridge Cleantech, co-founder and now sole Director of
Cambridge Energy Forum, non-exec NW Brown and of several other
companies, angel/VC and corporate finance, early stage business
support, mentoring etc. Since qualifying as a chartered accountant
Hugh has had a diverse career centred around finance, management
and business development including 16 years in diverse roles with
British Petroleum, 6 years doing international corporate finance and,
since 2000, in the Cambridge technology/innovation community. Hugh
now divides his time between consulting to early stage businesses
and investment funds and engaging with cleantech activities and
Hugh Parnell companies directly to help with their growth and development. From
Chairman Cambridge Cleantech 2001 he has been involved in supporting environmental and energy
technology companies as Chairman of business support organisation
Cambridge Cleantech (formerly Envirotech Ltd) which inter alia made 3
promotional DVDs about energy and environmental businesses around
the region for EEDA, co-founding and now running the Cambridge
Energy Forum and co-founding the Cambridge Responsibility Forum.
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26. Diamond Exhibition
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Headquartered in Cambridge and employing 2,000 people
worldwide, ARM Ltd is the world’s leading semiconductor
intellectual property supplier. It designs the technology that
is at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless,
networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging,
automotive, security and storage devices. ARM’s comprehensive
www.arm.com product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics
processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries,
embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products,
peripherals and development tools.
MedImmune is the worldwide biologics business for the
AstraZeneca Group. The company has about 3,500 employees
and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland with facilities in
Pennsylvania, California, Kentucky, the UK, and the Netherlands.
Our Cambridge presence is the result of integration with
Cambridge Antibody Technology in 2007. MedImmune has one
of the most robust pipelines in the industry with more than 120
biologics in the areas of infection, oncology, respiratory disease,
inflammation, cardiovascular/gastrointestinal disease and
neuroscience. Operating out of GrantaPark, MedImmune has a
www.medimmune.com major R&D site in the heart of the UK’s bioscience community in
Cambridge. MedImmune has established itself as an innovator
within the biotech sector as a result of several firsts: the first
monoclonal antibody for an infectious disease; the discovery
of the UK biotech’s first ever blockbuster drug; an important
anti-TNF antibody that is now marketed by Abbott and the
development and commercialization of a novel live, attenuated,
needle-free influenza vaccine. MedImmune’s commitment to
innovation has been demonstrated by our highly successful
recent Open Innovation Event held with CUTEC in March 2011.
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28. Diamond Exhibition
Cambridge Enterprise Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the
University of Cambridge, responsible for the commercialisation of
University intellectual property. Cambridge Enterprise provides access
to angel and early stage capital through the Cambridge Enterprise
Seed Funds and Cambridge Enterprise Venture Partners, and offers
business planning, mentoring, and other related programmes. Over www.enterprise.cam.ac.uk
the past four years, income from licensing, consultancy and equity
transactions exceeded £37 million, of which £30 million represents
distributions to University departments and academics.
Cambridge Network was founded in 1998 and has tremendous
experience and knowledge of innovation and business within
Cambridge. We work with companies that have created technologies
and products that have changed markets worldwide. Many industry-
leading businesses were started in Cambridge and still have their
worldwide HQs here. With this strong history for excellence many
companies (such as Pfizer, PA Consulting, Unilever et al) have offices www.cambridgenetwork.com
in and around Cambridge, making the city a vibrant and dynamic
place for academic and business excellence. Recruitment Gateway
is the only single source for all graduate employment and internship
opportunities across the city and Silicon Fen.
Domino Printing Sciences provides innovative solutions that deliver
real value for customers in diverse end markets. Domino has grown
strongly over the last 30 years to become a leading global supplier of
coding solutions utilising a full range of products and technologies.
The Domino Group is listed in the FTSE 250 share index on the London
Stock Exchange (share code DNO) and was named Company of the
Year in the 2010 UK PLC Awards. The Group employs 2,200 people
worldwide and sells to more than 120 countries through a global www.domino-printing.com
network of 25 subsidiary offices and more than 200 distributors.
Domino’s manufacturing facilities are situated in China, Germany,
India, Sweden, UK and USA
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29. Diamond Exhibition
ITRM is a privately owned IT services company who provide technical
solutions for all your business needs. Formed in 1999, we take a
dynamic approach to delivering the best possible service to our
customers. Our objective from the outset has been to build strong
relationships with clients based upon honesty and diligence. Our
solutions will both support and transform your business. www.itrm.co.uk
At Microsoft, we’re motivated and inspired every day by how our
customers use our software to find creative solutions to business
problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what’s
most important to them. We run our business in much the same way,
and believe our eight business divisions offer the greatest potential to
serve our customers.
They are: Online Services Division, Server and Tools Business,
Microsoft Business Solutions, Microsoft Office Divisi;on, Interactive
Entertainment Business, Windows Phone Division, Windows &
Windows Live Division, and Skype.
Microsoft Research is dedicated to conducting both basic and applied
research in computer science and software engineering. Researchers
focus on more than 55 areas of computing and collaborate with
leading academic, government and industry researchers to advance
the state of the art. Microsoft Research has expanded over the years
to thirteen labs worldwide and a number of collaborative projects
that bring together the best minds in computer science to advance a
research agenda based on their unique talents and interests.
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation
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30. Diamond Exhibition
Plastic Logic’s mission is to lead a revolution in the way people
acquire, organize and consume information. We are using our
proprietary technology leadership in plastic electronics to create
a range of products enabling immediate information access,
organization and consumption. Founded in 2000 by researchers
out of the Cambridge University Cavendish Laboratory, Plastic
Logic has the world’s largest and most experienced team of
plastic electronics experts, with offices in Cambridge, England www.plasticlogic.com
(research and development); Dresden, Germany (first state-of-
the-art manufacturing facility); Moscow, Russia (second high-
volume manufacturing facility currently under construction) and
headquarters in Mountain View, California (executive management,
product engineering, sales and marketing). Plastic Logic has been
backed for more than ten years by world-renowned investors
including Oak Investment Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd,
Raptor Capital Management and most recently RUSNANO.
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32. Opening
Dr Aled Jones FRSA is the inaugural Director of the Global Sustainability Institute
(GSI) at Anglia Ruskin University. The GSI’s research is focused around personal
motivations and systems change set against the challenges of sustainability. Dr
Jones also chairs a working group on climate finance within the Capital Markets
Climate Initiative on behalf of Greg Barker, the Minister for Climate Change in the
UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Dr Jones was previously
the Deputy Director at the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability
Leadership and was Director of the Climate Leadership Programme and Chevening
Dr Aled Jones Economics of Climate Change Programme (for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth
Director
Office). He was a founding member of the ClimateWise insurance principles, was
Global Sustainability
facilitator for the P8 Pensions Group, 12 of the world’s largest public pension
Institute, Anglia Ruskin
funds working collaboratively to address the problem of climate change and
University
investments and set up the Banking & Environment Initiative.
Keynote Speakers
David is CEO of Gust, the international collaboration platform for early stage
angel investing. Gust powers the global entrepreneurial economy by enabling
qualified startups to get financed by the smartest investors. It is the official
collaboration solution of the world’s leading early stage investment associations,
providing knowledge and collaboration tools supporting all aspects of deal flow
management, from pitch to exit. Gust currently serves over 35,000 accredited
investors, 750 angel investment networks and venture capital funds, and 180,000
early stage companies in five languages and 92 countries, with more than 5,000
new companies each month using the platform to create customized investor
relations websites. David is also an Associate Founder, with Ray Kurzweil and
Peter Diamandis, of Singularity University, the Google/NASA-sponsored graduate
program in exponential technologies, and as its Track Chair for Finance and
Entrepreneurship has established one of the first academic programs on the future
David S. Rose
of finance. A serial entrepreneur and active angel investor, David has founded six
CEO
companies and funded over 80 others. Red Herring magazine described him as
Gust
the “Patriarch of Silicon Alley”, and Crain’s New York Business called him “the
father of angel investing in New York”. He is currently Managing Director of Rose
Tech Ventures, a seed stage venture fund; Founder and Chairman Emeritus of
New York Angels, the most active angel investment group on the East Coast; and
Chairman of Egret Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm.
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33. Julie is the well known founder & CEO of Ariadne Capital, co-founder and
Managing Partner of the Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs (ACE) Fund, founder of
Entrepreneur Country and co-founder of First Tuesday. Julie founded Ariadne
Capital in 2000; Ariadne backs entrepreneurs in the digital health, mobile money,
broadcast media and entertainment, and smart cities ecosystems. Ariadne
pioneered the model of “Entrepreneurs Backing Entrepreneurs” as the new
model of the financing of entrepreneurship, and Ariadne’s investment framework
is “Ecosystem Economics”. Most recently Julie founded Entrepreneur Country, a
community for leading and emerging entrepreneurs, investors, the media and Julie Meyer
corporate partners who service the start-up industry. She sits on the Boards of Founder and CEO
INSEAD, Medikidz, Vestergaard Frandsen and Jellybook. Ariadne Capital
Speakers
Elizabeth is a communicator, connector and entrepreneur with a background in
technology, content and events. She is Co-founder and CEO of TechHub - the
space bringing together the global technology startup community, with its
first launch in London’s Silicon Roundabout in 2010, and soon-to-be openings
in Latvian capital Riga (February 2012), Prague, and San Francisco. Amongst
TechHub’s other projects, Elizabeth is currently working with the UK Prime
Minister’s Tech Team, the Mayor’s Office, UKTI and the Technology Strategy
Board to support tech start-ups in the UK via the Tech City project. Elizabeth
has previously worked with small business advice site Smarta, with Germination
on the SHINE unconference for social entrepreneurs, and headed the team for
Elizabeth Varley
Co-Founder
Twestival London in 2009-2010.
TechHub
Jack Lang is a serial entrepreneur and business angel with high-tech and internet
companies based in Cambridge, where he is Entrepreneur in Residence, Fellow
and affiliated lecturer at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge,
an affiliated Lecturer at the Computer Lab and a by-fellow of and Director of
Studies in Management at Emmanuel College. Recent ventures include www.
raspberrypi.org an ultra low cost computer and Moviestorm which makes 3d
Animation, and co-Founder of Artimi, (now vbeam) which is making the next
generation of wireless chips. Previously he was founder of Netchannel Ltd, an
early Interactive TV company which was acquired by ntl: where he became Chief
Technologist. Before that he was founder of Electronic Share Information Ltd, Jack Lang
one of the first online brokerages, acquired by E*Trade Inc. He is author of “The Raspberry Pi
High Tech Entrepreneurs Handbook” (FT.Com/Prentice Hall 2001), He has other
interests in molecular gastronomy and fireworks.
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34. Danielle Fong is a writer, advisor, inventor, engineer, scientist and a promising
young entrepreneur. Forbes.com named her one the top “30 under 30” to
watch in the Energy industry. Danielle is the Co-founder and Chief Scientist
of LightSail Energy – a cleantech company developing compressed air energy
storage systems. Since inception, LightSail has developed an influential
profile in the cleantech industry, gathering experts in thermodynamics,
engine development, fluid dynamics, power electronics, and control theory.
The potential of its technology has attracted significant attention from such
notables as Bill Gates and Vinod Khosla Amongst other projects and venture
involvement, Danielle is also a mentor for the Thiel 20 Under 20 fellowship, as
well as an advisor to several start-ups in greentech and physical technologies.
Danielle Fong She is a regular guest contributor to the Women 2.0 blog and was a featured
Co-founder and Chief Scientist speaker at the Women 2.0 PITCH Conference & Competition 2012. Danielle
LightSail Energy confirmed her unconventional nature at an early age. She enrolled in
Dalhousie University when only twelve years old. She graduated with focus
in physics and computer science at seventeen, and was awarded a University
medal. She then performed graduate work in nuclear fusion at the Princeton
Plasma Physics Laboratory, but found in entrepreneurship a more profitable
manner of funding her research meanwhile satisfying her ambition.
Ian is a former MP who now is a non-executive director of or advisor to
several companies, mainly in the technology, environment and security
sectors. His hands-on experience encompasses business, Parliament and
charitable organisations. He is currently a member of the UK Science and
Technology Facilities Council which inter alia supports research and provides
a broad range of scientific and technical expertise and facilities in space
and ground-based astronomy technologies, microelectronics, wafer scale
manufacturing, particle and nuclear physics, alternative energy production,
Ian Taylor radio communications and radar. Ian was a Member of the UK Parliament
Chairman for 23 years until standing down at the May 2010 General Election. He was
Living PlanIt Minister for Science and Technology at the Department of Trade and Industry
during 1994 - 1997 in a Conservative Government, and subsequently chaired
the all-Party Parliamentary and Scientific Committee which includes the
Parliamentary Engineering Group.
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35. Cloud Computing Panel
Simon is the Chief Architect of Simplexo’s software, a highly respected
figure in the structured mark-up industry and a frequent spokesman on
XML applications. He developed his software development expertise
and special interest in XML whilst with SoftQuad. There he was involved
with the launch of XML, working closely with its creators and he helped
manage a number of SGML and XML integration projects for various
publishing companies throughout Europe. Subsequently, whilst developing
Simplexo’s core technology, he has provided technical consultancy services,
XML training and managed software projects for a number of well-known Simon Bain
companies and local authorities, including IBM and Bedford County Council. Chief Architect
Simon was formerly a member of the Board of the UK Sun User Group prior Simplexo
to that company’s acquisition by Oracle Corporation.
Richard Allan Horning is a member of SNR Denton’s Corporate Practice and
Venture Technology/Emerging Growth Company Group. He represents a wide
spectrum of technology clients, from the classic “garage-based” start-up to
larger companies in Silicon Valley and around the world. Richard specializes
in counseling high technology companies in all stages of development
on domestic and international issues, including financing growth and
development; securing, protecting and licensing intellectual property
rights; supply and distribution relationships, including antitrust and unfair
competition considerations, and dispute resolution affecting technology
Richard Horning
driven industries including international arbitration of technology focused
Corporate Practice and
disputes. Horning is a past President of the International Technology Law
Venture Technology
Association Executive Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of
SNR Denton
the State Bar of California and in recent years he was selected by his peers
for inclusion in the International Who’s Who of Internet and E-Commerce
Lawyers 2009 and as Northern California Intellectual Property Super Lawyer
in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
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36. Dr Natasa Milic-Frayling is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research
Cambridge. For the past 14 years at Microsoft, she has been leading an inter-
disciplinary team, exploring innovation opportunities in information and
communication systems. Natasa’s passion is in redefining personal computing
and engaging industry, consumers, and policy makers in a dialogue about the
impact of digital technologies on the society. She advocates a principled
approach to innovation that empowers individuals to shape their roles in the
digital society. Fort the past 5 years, Natasa has also led research initiatives
in digital preservation. She is involved in the EU SCAPE project, working on
scalable cloud-based services for long term access to digital content.
Dr Natasa Milic-Frayling Natasa has PhD in Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to
Principal Researcher joining Microsoft, she was Director of Research at Claritech Corp., a spin-off
Microsoft Research company from Carnegie-Mellon University in the area of information retrieval.
Natasa is actively collaborating with academia. She facilitates business
internships at MS Research for MBA students and serves on the Advisory
Board for the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship programme at the
University of Cambridge.
Doug Clark is Cloud leader for IBM UK & Ireland – his mission is to help clients
seize their full business growth potential and agility using cloud. Doug has
over 10 years of UK and International experience in the IT industry, having
predominantly worked with clients in Communications, Utilities and Industrial
Sectors. Doug is part of a global team in IBM shaping and implementing the
Doug Clark IBM Cloud Strategy. He leads a specialist team of business development,
Cloud Leader solution and technical architects spanning IBM to support the ambitions of
IBM our customers. Prior to IBM Doug had 17 years international management
experience in business consulting in PricewaterhouseCoopers and as a client
in various blue chip corporations across CPG and Healthcare, holding director
level roles in sales, distribution and process improvement. Doug has an
MBA and a degree in Biochemistry. He is an active member of the Chartered
Institute of Marketing.
Greg Williams is an award-wining journalist, author and speaker. Currently
Executive Editor of WIRED in the UK, he spent a decade working in New York
City. He is the author of four novels and has edited a collection of sports
Greg Williams writing for Penguin. He has written for numerous newspapers and magazines
Executive Editor and appeared on the BBC and CNN, among others. His personal website is
Wired www.howwecreatevalue.com.
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37. Healthcare Innovation Panel
Allan Marchington is responsible for Life Science investments at Apposite
Capital. Apposite is based in London and invests on a global basis in
healthcare and related areas, including both healthcare services and life
sciences. Apposite has over $200M under management and typically leads
investments rounds with between $1m to $20m investments. Allan is a
Board member of Ambit Biosciences Inc., Ambrx Inc., Sotera Wireless and
Serentis Ltd. Allan was formerly a medicinal chemist at Pfizer, Sandwich
UK. In 1997 he left Pfizer to start his own company Cambridge Discovery
Chemistry, which he grew to over 130 staff. In July 2000 Millennium
Dr Allan Marchington
Pharmaceuticals Inc. bought the company in cash and Allan moved to the
Partner
USA to join the Millennium Management team with responsibility for all
Apposite Capital
technology Investments and European operations. In 2003, he returned to
the UK joining Abingworth Management and in September 2005, Allan with
his Partners founded Apposite Capital.
Mike Johnson has a background as Managing Director of two manufacturing
companies - Soundcraft Electronics and Combined Optical Industries Limited
and latterly with Carclo plc where his remit was to network to bring new
technology to the Group which led to the founding of a highly successful
start-up company – Conductive Inkjet Technology Limited.
He holds a First Class Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering and has
studied an MBA. Having worked as a consultant with MRCT for two years, he
helped to develop and gain approval for a new 10-Year Strategic Plan. The
key change is that as well as working to commercialise the IP for the MRC,
Mike Johnson
MRCT is offering this service to others. In December 2011 he was appointed
Director of Corporate
Director of Corporate Partnerships to build productive partnerships with
Partnerships
technology and funding organisations both nationally and internationally.
MRC Technology
He has a broad commercial perspective across a range of business sectors
that help broaden thinking and approach so ensuring delivery of the MRCT
strategy.
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38. Dr Nicolas Sireau is Chairman of the AKU Society, a medical charity that
works in partnership with the Royal Liverpool University Hospital to find a
cure for AKU, a rare disease affecting his two sons. He is a founding member
of the international AKU coalition, which brings together leading research
institutions, biotech companies and patient groups from across Europe and
North America in order to find a cure to AKU. He is a former Director of
GenSeq, a bioinformatics company. He is a fellow of the Ashoka Fellowship
of Social Entrepreneurs and of the Royal Society of Arts. Dr Sireau’s previous
Dr Nicolas Sireau career was in international development, where he set up SolarAid, an
Chairman award-winning social enterprise bringing solar power to Africa. He is the
AKU Society author of ‘Make Poverty History: Political Communication in Action’ (Palgrave
Macmillan 2009), ‘Microfranchising: How Social Entrepreneurs are Building
a New Road to Development’ (Greenleaf 2011), and ‘Rare Diseases: New
Models of Entrepreneurship’ (Greenleaf, forthcoming). He has written two
novels - The Somali Doctrine and Black Coke - under the pen name James
Grenton.
Alison is the Chief Operating Officer of IP Group plc, a non-traditional venture
capital company, which provides resources and expertise to transform
technical innovations from UK academia into successful businesses. Ali
has extensive experience in creating, investing in and building high growth
science-based companies across a wide range of sectors. She co-founded
Techtran Group Ltd, a commercialisation services business and was its COO
when it was acquired by IP Group in January 2005. Previously, she worked
at McKinsey & Co, where she consulted primarily to the pharmaceutical
and health care sectors, and at Zeneca plc in R&D. Ali is a trustee of Care
Alison Fielding International UK, one of the world’s three biggest aid agencies working
Chief Operating Officer with 82m people in 87 countries, and also of UnLtd, a pioneer and leader in
IP Group plc supporting social entrepreneurs in the UK.
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39. Global Investment Panel
Professor Alan Barrell has spent almost 30 years in senior executive positions
in technology-based industries and has become one of Cambridge’s most
articulate promoters of entrepreneurship. He is Entrepreneur in Residence
at the University’s Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, and a Visiting
Professor at the University of Bedfordshire School of Graduate Business
Studies, Xiamen University and the Shanghai College of Science and
Technology. More recently, he was appointed as International Research
Fellow at Laurea University of Applied Science, Entrepreneur in Residence
at McMaster University and Guest Professor at Tohoku Fukushi University. Professor Alan Barrell
Entrepreneur in Residence
Professor Barrell currently chairs the East of England NHS Strategic Centre for Entrepreneurial
Innovations Council, Health Enterprise East Limited and the Senior Advisory Learning
Board of the National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs (NACUE), Judge Business School
which has recruited more than 40,000 members since its formation less University of Cambridge
than a year ago. Professor Barrell is also a member of the investor groups
Cambridge Angels and Sophia Business Angels and has previously chaired
the Cambridge Enterprise Conference and works closely with a number
of Science Parks and Innovation Centres in Cambridge, elsewhere in the
UK and overseas. He received The Queen’s Award in 2006 for Enterprise
Promotion and was conferred the Honour of Knight First Class, Order of the
White Rose of Finland by the President of Finland -in Februrary 2011.
Gervais Williams is an award-winning equity fund manager and the author
of Slow Finance. He has worked in the City for 25 years, 17 of which were
spent at Gartmore, where he managed clients’ investments in small to
medium sized companies. He is now Managing Director of MAM Funds plc.
Gervais won Grant Thornton’s Quoted Company Award Investor of the Year
in 2009 and 2010. He is a member of the AIM Advisory Council, and on the
Board of the Quoted Companies Alliance. In 2012, core ideas behind Slow
Finance were submitted to the Institute for Public Policy Research for its
latest investigation on how to stimulate growth in the UK. Gervais is now
working on Tomorrow’s Finance, a partnership initiative with Tomorrow’s Gervais Williams
Company, exploring key concepts and best ideas that will help shape the Managing Director of MAM
future of the financial sector. Funds plc
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40. Brigitte is the Founder and CEO of Go Beyond Ltd., a Business Angel and serves
on a number of selection and investment committees in Europe including
the WEF’s Tech Pioneers and is a Member of the Präsidium of KTI, the Swiss
commission for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Brigitte is President of
the Board Emeritus of EBAN, the European trade association for Business
Angels and Seed Funds and chairs Young Presidents Organization’s global
Angel Investing interest group. Brigitte has 15 years of experience in bringing
new technologies to market in the US and Europe. She was the CEO and
Brigitte Baumann Director of iWORLD Group, a VC backed, global developer of mobile content.
Founder and CEO She came to iWG from American Express Corporate Services, where she held
Go Beyond Ltd the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager Internet. There
she launched a variety of new internet businesses including online travel
(strategic partner of Expedia.com), e-Procurement, online servicing of cards
and online payment.
Mark is the Senior Advisor on Social Finance and UK Director of Ashoka - the
world’s largest association of leading social entrepreneurs - and the Founding
Director of Chelwood Capital. Since joining Ashoka’s Support Network in
2007, he has assisted many Ashoka Fellows in raising investment for social
causes, in areas including micro-finance, renewable energy, conservation,
healthcare and education. Mark is also advisor to several international
Ashoka initiatives such as Globalizer, a program for Fellows expanding their
work into multiple countries. Mark is founding Director of Chelwood Capital,
Mark Cheng a social investment firm that supports mission-driven organizations. He
Founding Director has more than 15 years experience in finance, having previously worked
Chelwood Capital at Deutsche Bank and AMBAC Assurance. He serves as Board Member
and Trustee for several social enterprises, including two set up by Ashoka
Fellows - Sight of Emotion, which works with blind people, and Partnerships
for Youth Empowerment (PYE) Global, a leading youth-development charity.
Mark is also a business mentor for the Emerge Venture Lab, an incubator for
UK student social ventures.
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41. CleanTech Panel
Colin joined Zouk in 2007 as a Partner and leads the Renewable Infrastructure
team. With over 20 years industrial experience in the power sector, M&A and
project finance, Colin brings to Zouk a strong record in operations, energy
trading, corporate finance and project finance. Colin has overseen the
development of all the zSOL solar PV projects to date and sits on the board
of Enviromena Power Systems. Colin was previously CEO of Killingholme
Power Group Ltd where in an 18 month period he oversaw the overhaul of
the 680MW gas-fired power station, which resulted in a trebling in value and
returned over £300m to the lenders. Prior positions include Vice President Colin Campbell
of Corporate M&A for TXU Europe where he led transactions in the Power Partner
and Oil & Gas sectors. He was also a Project Finance Manager for Mitsui Zouk
Babcock, where he closed the Shandong Project in China, then the world’s
largest (4GW) Independent Power Project. Colin has also advised many of
the UK’s leading banks on their distressed investments in the power sector.
Colin is a Chartered Accountant (FCA) having trained with Coopers & Lybrand
and has a BSc in Chemical and Process Engineering.
Sebastian is the Distribution Manager of Eight19, a Cambridge-based
next-generation plastic solar cell company that offers pay-as-you-go solar-
powered lighting solutions to developing countries. Sebastian oversees the
distribution network in markets such as Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, and
South Africa offering solar energy at an affordable price of $1 per week.
Previously, Sebastian sat on numerous committees in Cambridge including
Silicon Valley comes to Cambridge (SVC2C), the Cambridge University
Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC), and i-Teams.
Sebastian holds a Masters degree from The University of Texas at Austin, Sebastian Schoefer
USA, and a PhD in Physics from Trinity College, University of Cambridge Distribution Manager
Eight19
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