The innovation summit is a unique opportunity to join over 500 founders, researchers, investors, civic leaders and partners to shape our future.
- Date
- 23 October 2025
- Location
- The Guildhall, 1-6 Corn Exchange Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QF
Agenda
11:45
Lunch
12:30
Welcome to the Guildhall
Speakers: Professor Andy Neely, Chair, Innovate CambridgeRobert Pollock, Chief Executive Officer, Cambridge City Council
12:40
Innovate Cambridge: Delivering on our promises
Speakers: Michael Anstey, Partner, Cambridge Innovation CapitalKathryn Chapman, Executive Director, Innovate Cambridge
13:05
How AI is changing innovation and what can be done to maximise the opportunity
Host: Tabitha Goldstaub, Non-Executive Director, Innovate Cambridge
Speakers: Professor Zoubin Ghahramani, VP of Research, Google DeepMindVictor Mulas, Chief Innovation Officer, Cambridge Innovation CenterLéa Wenger, CEO & Co-founder, Cyclana Bio Ian Lane, Partner, Cambridge Innovation CapitalSir Andy Hopper, Chairman, CommonAI
13:30
Driving the innovation engine for UK growth: From start-up to scale-up
Speakers: Gilian Tett, Columnist, Financial TimesSir Nigel Wilson, Former CEO, Legal & General; Chair, Cambridge Innovation Capital & Canary Wharf Group
13:45
Innovation Without Borders: The Cambridge Phenomenon Meets Station F
Host: Kathryn Chapman, Executive Director, Innovate Cambridge
Speakers: Roxanne Varza, Director, STATION FHermann Hauser , Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Inventor, Amadeus Capital
14:15
Break
14:40
Introduction: Inclusive growth and benefit for community
Speaker: Kathryn Chapman, Executive Director, Innovate Cambridge
14:45
Inclusive growth and benefit for community: Innovation for the masses
Speakers: Simon Thorpe, Angel investor, Cambridge Angels & Manchester Angels, Innovation FactoryProf Neil Lee, Professor of Economic Geography, The London School of Economics
15:00
Inclusive growth and benefit for community: Building the inclusive innovation ecosystem of tomorrow
Speakers: Sara Allen, Executive Director, The Cambridge PledgeAnne Bailey, CEO & Co-Founder, Form the Future CICCouncillor Cameron Holloway, Leader, Cambridge City CouncilSteve Rees OBE, Senior Vice-President of Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca
15:30
Cambridge as an engine for growth: delivery of the industrial strategy
Host: Professor Deborah Prentice, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge
Speakers: Lord Vallance, Minister of State for Science, Innovation, Research and NuclearMinister Pennycook MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning
16:00
Break
16:30
Innovation scaling across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Speaker: Mayor Paul Bristow, Mayor, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
16:40
Shaping the UK Advantage: Connectivity, Partnership, Growth
Host: Professor Andy Neely, Chair, Innovate Cambridge
Speakers: Professor Deborah Prentice, Vice-Chancellor, University of CambridgeLaura Citron, Chief Executive Officer, London & PartnersProfessor Duncan Ivison, President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of ManchesterTom Adeyoola, CEO, Innovate UKPaul Williamson, SVP & GM IoT, Arm
17:10
Connecting the strengths of two cities
Speakers: Professor Lou Cordwell OBE, CEO, Unit M & Special Advisor to the President and Vice-Chancellor, University of ManchesterKathryn Chapman, Executive Director, Innovate Cambridge
17:30
Round up and close
17:40
Evening Reception: Manchester x Cambridge Partnership and networking