Hello World! We’re excited to announce a new initiative for companies across The Park! SJIC Sundowners is a series of relaxed, late afternoon events with entrepreneurs, founders, investors and inspiring people, designed to exchange know-how, take risks and drive change.

JOIN US for the pilot event with beer and street-style food taking place on Thursday, 22nd November at The Square cafe (16:30 kick off).

Dr Uday Phadke will be discussing his latest book, ‘The Scale-up Manual: Handbook for Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Teams and Firms’. This is a great opportunity to talk about scaling up and driving innovation.

We look forward to seeing you!

PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS FREE EVENT VIA EVENTBRITE LINK, THANK YOU!

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr Uday Phadke
Uday Phadke read Engineering at Trinity College, Cambridge and then went on to do a PhD in Aero-thermodynamics at the University of Sussex. He has worked in a wide range of academic, technical, commercial and strategic roles in Europe, North America and Asia over the last three decades. He has a deep technology background in a number of areas, including aerospace engineering, digital signal processing, remote sensing, electronics, computing & software, medical diagnostics, engineering design, media and telecommunications, financial technologies and digital media. He has been actively involved in the building of over 100 technology firms over the last two decades, as an advisor, mentor and investor, working closely with technology transfer offices, innovation agencies, incubators and accelerators. He has also been part of the founding team at a number of technology advisory and consulting companies since the early 1980s; since 1997 he has been Chief Executive of Cartezia, the technology business builder based in Cambridge, UK. He was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge from 2011 to 2016 and is now actively involved in several innovation policy development initiatives in Europe and Asia.