Thursday, 10 May 2012
Timetable
08.30 Registration - Cranfield University, Vincent Building (52a)
09.00 Welcome and Introduction to the Cranfield entrepreneurship accelerator
Professor Andrew Burke - Director of the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship at Cranfield
09.20 Keynote address: Sarah Willingham - Founder, Letsavesomemoney
10.00 Parallel sessions:
(1) Keeping the entrepreneurial spirit alive whilst growing
Richard Anson – CEO and Founder, Reevoo
Warren East – CEO, ARM
Gideon Hyde – Co-Founder, Market Gravity
Guy Rigby – Head of Entrepreneurs, Smith & Williamson
(2) Making an impact through philanthropy
Patrick Dunne – Group Communications Director, 3i
Andy Hunter – Founder, Invigia Ltd
Alastair Salvesen – Dawnfresh Seafoods
10.50 Tea and coffee - Networking and visit exhibition stands
11.20 Parallel sessions:
(1) Managing the family business in turbulent times
Grant Gordon – Director, Institute for Family Business
Peter Leach – Founding Partner, Peter Leach LLP
Peverel Manners – Managing Director, Belvoir Fruit Farms
Jonny Wates – Director, Wates Group
(2) Growing through franchising
Liz Appleyard - Principal, EMW
Paul Clark – The Phat Controller, Phat Pasty Company
Atul Pathak – Managing Director, Appt Corporation Ltd t/a McDonald's
(3) Corporate finance strategies for growing businesses
Brian Livingston - Director, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Smith & Williamson
Guy Rigby - Head of Entrepreneurs, Smith & Williamson
12.10 Keynote address: Entrepreneur Alumnus of the Year 2012, Richard Salvage, Managing Director, Medsa Group
12.50 Lunch and networking
13.50 Parallel sessions:
(1) Creating a winning team
Debra Charles – Managing Director, Novacroft
Marihelen Esam – Visiting Fellow, Cranfield School of Management
Mitesh Patel - Managing Director, Fifosys
Roger Philby – CEO, Chemistry Group
(2) Innovative sources of funding
Peter Harris – Co-Founder, Hotel Chocolat
Modwenna Rees-Mogg – Founder, Angel News
Anil Stocker – Co-Founder and Director, Marketinvoice
Tim Whittard – Investment Director, Business Growth Fund
14.40 Parallel sessions:
(1) Things to know when getting into bed with an investor
Karen Paterson – CEO, Acrede Payroll
Martyn Dawes – Founder, Coffee Nation
Nick Pitts-Tucker
Robert Wright – Businessman
(2) Corporate finance strategies for growing businesses
Brian Livingston – Director, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Smith & Williamson
Guy Rigby - Head of Entrepreneurs, Smith & Williamson
(3) Mentoring entrepreneurs: challenges & rewards
Chris Earnshaw – Cranfield Ventures
Alistair Heslop - Director, Ideas People Business
John Rosling – CEO, Shirlaws
15.40 Tea and Coffee - Networking and visit exhibition stands
16.00 Parallel sessions:
(1) Social media and Internet marketing
Alex Evans – Head of Content, UBM Awards
Mark Kelly – Visiting Fellow, Cranfield School of Management
Tim O’Shea – Founder, Blurtit.com
Doug Scott – Serial Entrepreneur
(2) Going global to grow
Patrick Flockhart - Successful International Business Builder
Bruce Johnstone – Lecturer, Cranfield School of Management
Daren Wallis – CEO, Cirrus Research
(3) Working with private equity: MBO, MBI and growth capital
Mark Bishop - Founding Partner, the Managment Buy-Out Centre
Del Huse - Managing Director, Oakley Capital Private Equity
Bharat Patel - Entrepreneur
Gehan Talwatte - Entrepreneur
16.50 Keynote address: Craig Sams - Executive Chairman, Carbon Gold Limited and Founder, Green & Black's
17.30 Drinks reception and closing: Professor Frank Horwitz, Director of Cranfield School of Management