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Give yourself the means, confidence and motivation to succeed in business, creating wealth for you and your company

5 June 2007, Robinson College, Cambridge, UK

	Organised by the Management Network in association with ARM Ltd
	Sponsored by Mentor Graphics and Cre8 Ventures
	Supported by The Engineer
	Supported by Keyworth Institute

Introduction

Programme

Registration

Introduction
The Entrepreneurial Engineer recognises that the knowledge and experiences of the delegates are as important as those of the speakers. This forum will help you to solve your most pressing business problems, combining key presentations from respected business leaders with opportunities to discuss the issues that affect you the most with other like minded individuals.

You should attend if you are....

• An engineer who wants to transform your ideas into commercial success
• Frustrated with your efforts so far, and looking for further inspiration
• Already successful, and keen to share what you have learned
• A current or aspiring entrepreneur, from student to director!

About the seminar
Being a business leader means more than technical ability. This event will explore how to turn good technology into successful business.

A series of thought-provoking lectures highlighting key contributors to the success or failure of business ideas will be followed by an extended “Open Space” session, a simple but effective structure to create high levels of engagement for conference audiences.

Open Space will allow you to identify themes from the morning session that you’d like to explore further, or to raise other matters that you feel are important but haven’t yet been addressed. It also creates an excellent opportunity to network with others who share your interests.

Key topics to be covered include

Unlock your inner entrepreneur
Contrary to popular belief, innovation is as strong in established companies as it is in startups, and is more likely to succeed if given a chance. But established companies tend to be highly risk averse. You will discover how to overcome barriers to entrepreneurship within companies; learn to embrace risk as a positive state, and how to use support of your company’s structure to best advantage.

Learning from mistakes
You will learn why failure is often as important as success. The Short Circuit will give you guidance on how you can turn your mistakes into successes and why going through the process will bring better long-term results.

It’s who you know that counts
This age-old saying continues to hold just as true in today's networked, always-on world - personal networks play as large a part as ever in personal and business success. You will learn about the whats, whys, whos, hows, whens and wheres of personal networking, and how you can combine old-fashioned person-to-person networking with new online systems.

Three reasons why you should attend

• Discover how entrepreneurship is not exclusive to start-ups but can thrive in established companies. Identify and overcome the barriers to innovation, working within your company’s structure.
• Learn how the inevitable mistakes and failures that accompany entrepreneurship can inspire and drive success.
• Identify the delegates with similar challenges and potential solutions through our Open Space sessions. Find key contacts and partners that often get missed through ordinary networking.
  

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You will learn about how you can combine old-fashioned person-to-person networking with new online systems.<br /> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>11.15</strong> </td> <td valign="top" align="left"> <p><strong>Learning from Mistakes<br /> </strong>Gareth Rhys-Williams, Chief Executive, <a href="http://www.vitecgroup.com" target="_blank">Vitec Group</a><br /> <br /> You will learn why failure is often as important as success. The Entrepreneurial Engineer will give you guidance on how you can turn your mistakes into successes and why going through the process will bring better long-term results.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>11.45</strong></td> <td valign="top" align="left"> <p><strong>Provocative Speakers<br /> </strong>To prepare for the Open Space, this short session will give a select group of delegates the opportunity to highlight important themes and share their own experiences in order to provoke new thinking and help suggest conversations for the afternoon. If you would like to be one of the speakers, please contact the organisers at: <a href="mailto:eventsa3@theiet.org">eventsa3@theiet.org</a>, citing &##8220;Short Circuit Provocative Speakers&##8221; in the subject line.<br /> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>12.15</strong> </td> <td valign="top" align="left"> <p><strong>Lunch</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>13.30</strong></td> <td valign="top" align="left"> <p><strong>Introduction to Open Space<br /> </strong>Moderated by Johnnie Moore, Facilitator and Consultant</p> <p>Open Space is a simple but effective structure to create high levels of engagement for conference audiences. Developed in the US in the 1980s it is now used worldwide by leading organisations.</p> <p>In Open Space, any delegate has the opportunity to host a conversation on a topic they are interested in, concerned about or on which they want to learn more. The audience is polled for topics and delegates are then free to join the conversations that most interest them. There is also flexibility to move between conversations if you wish.</p> <p>We&##8217;re looking forward to a lively, stimulating debate.<br /> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>14.00</strong></td> <td valign="top" align="left"> <p><strong>Open Space Round 1</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>15.00</strong></td> <td valign="top" align="left"> <p><strong>Open Space Round 2</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>16.00</strong></td> <td valign="top" align="left"> <p><strong>Refreshments</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>16.15</strong></td> <td valign="top" align="left"> <p><strong>Plenary Session</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><strong>17.00</strong> </td> <td valign="top" align="left"> <p><strong>Close of event</strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p></div>