11:45
Lunch
12:30
Welcome to the Guildhall
Professor Andy Neely, Chair, Innovate CambridgeRobert Pollock, CEO, Cambridge City Council
12:35
Session 1 - Momentum, opportunity and building the future of innovation-led growth: An Innovate Cambridge update
Michael Anstey, Partner, Cambridge Innovation CapitalKathryn Chapman, CEO, Innovate Cambridge
13:00
Session 2 - Cambridge’s role in powering UK growth: Why Cambridge is so well placed to take global innovation leadership in quantum
Professor Deborah Prentice, Vice-Chancellor, University of CambridgeProfessor Sir John Aston, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of Cambridge
Panel session
Host: Professor Sir John Aston, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of Cambridge
Speakers: Professor Mete Atatüre, Head of Department, Cavendish Laboratory, University of CambridgeJonny Davidson, Associate Director - Business Development, RiverlaneEd Wood, Vice-President of Product, Nu QuantumNicole Mather, Life Sciences Lead, UKI & EMEA, IBM Consulting
13:45
Session 3 - Scaling innovation through city partnerships: Why Cambridge and Manchester are proving that growth is a positive-sum game
Professor Deborah Prentice, Vice-Chancellor, University of CambridgeFaye Holland, Partnership Director, The Cambridge x Manchester Partnership
Spotlight presentations
Host: Shaun Grady, Chair, AstraZeneca UK
Speakers: Professor Florian Block, R&D Lead, AI and Immersive, dock10Esme Ward, Director of Manchester Museum, The University of ManchesterMatt Burman, Artistic Director and CEO, Cambridge JunctionJessica Gardner, University Librarian & Director of Library Services, University of Cambridge Libraries & Archives
14:25
Break
14:50
Session 4 - Should I stay or should I go: What will it take for the UK to win the next generation of global companies?
Host: Pascal Levensohn, Chair, Cambridge Innovation Hub Global Advisory Board
Speakers: Jason Pontin, General Partner, DCVCDebbie Toms, Chief of Staff, CuspAIAlex McCracken, Head of Venture Relationships, J.P.Morgan
15:45
Session 5 - Start. Scale. Stay: Lessons from the companies building global success from Cambridge
Stan Boland, Entrepreneur and Founder, Icera IncAnna Rule, Director, Private Markets and Real Assets, Railpen
16:20
Session 6 - Prosperity with purpose: Building a Cambridge that works for everyone
Kathryn Chapman, CEO, Innovate CambridgeSara Allen, Executive Director, The Cambridge PledgeProfessor Roderick Watkins, Vice Chancellor, Anglia Ruskin University
Panel session
Host: Tabitha Goldstaub, Non-Executive Director, Innovate Cambridge
Speakers: Roland Sinker, Chair, Inclusive Innovation and Growth Review, University of CambridgePeter Freeman, Chair, Greater Cambridge Development CorporationMayor Paul Bristow, Mayor, Cambridgeshire & PeterboroughRebecca Porter, CEO, Cambridge Science Centre
17:05
Round up and close
Kathryn Chapman, CEO, Innovate CambridgeMayor Paul Bristow, Mayor, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
17:30
Networking reception
18:30
Event ends