Later this month, Judge Business School at Cambridge University will welcome Internet entrepreneurs and innovators from Silicon Valley as part of the annual “Silicon Valley Comes to the UK” (SVC2UK) event. The theme of this year’s event is “Economy 2.0: rewriting the rules.”
The event, scheduled for November 16th through 19th, will take place during Global Entrepreneurs Week. Distinguished Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, including Google Vice President of New Business Development Megan Smith, LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman, and Threadless CEO Thomas Ryan, will discuss the future of technology and education through a range of keynote addresses and other events.
“This year’s focus on re-writing the rules for economic growth in a digital era speaks to the colossal power and potential of a digital world in making a real difference at a time of immense economic turbulence,” Sherry Coutu, co-chairman of SVC2UK, said in a statement. She noted that this fourth event in the Silicon Valley comes to UK series is bigger and more ambitious than all those preceding it. “We hope that by inspiring our world-class students, who are overflowing with ideas to make change happen, we will reap rewards in the not-too-distant future,” Coutu added.
In addition to delivering keynotes and maters classes examining cutting-edge technologies and business models, the star-studded entrepreneur line-up will also meet with policymakers to look for ways that entrepreneurship can contribute to growth in the UK economy. Finally, the event will feature an exhibit of innovative UK and European start-ups and a corresponding discussion and debate on the impact of data available on the outcome of these start-ups.
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