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SUMMARY:Engaging with Industry - what to say\, how to say it and who to sa
 y it to - Pieter Knook\, Visiting Professor of Innovation\, Cambridge Univ
 ersity Engineering Department
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DTEND:20141003T120000Z
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CONTACT:Andrea Kells
DESCRIPTION:*Are you interested in building links with industry\, but don
 ’t really know where to start?\nHave you got an idea that you’d like t
 o discuss with companies\, but aren’t sure how to approach them?*\n \nAi
 med primarily at postdocs and early career researchers\, this seminar will
  provide an informal introduction to engaging with industry\, including ho
 w to find the relevant contacts\, what to consider before speaking to them
 \, what to say and what not to say\, and what might happen next and how to
  manage it.\n \nIt will be given by *Pieter Knook*\, who has had a long an
 d distinguished career in mobile services and technologies\, including ser
 ving as Senior Vice President Mobile Communications at Microsoft and Direc
 tor of Internet Services at Vodafone Group Plc.  \n \n*Friday 3rd October 
 11am in the Computer Laboratory\, followed by lunch*\n \nIf you are planni
 ng on attending\, it is essential that you register (for catering and room
 -booking purposes) via e-mail to Andrea Kells - ark20@cam.ac.uk \nPlease a
 lso indicate if you have any special dietary requirements\n \nSpeaker Bio:
 \nPieter Knook is currently Chairman of Pulsant (a UK provider of IT infra
 structure services)\, The Institution (a Swedish mobile device management 
 company)\, and Better Generation (a renewable energy start up)\, and serve
 s on several boards\, as well as being a Cambridge Angel and a Venture Par
 tner with Octopus. He was formerly Director of Internet Services at Vodafo
 ne\, and spent 18 years in senior roles at Microsoft (including Senior Vic
 e President Mobile Communications and President of Microsoft Asia). Before
  joining Microsoft\, Pieter launched and built a systems integration compa
 ny\, and spent six years with Scicon as a programmer and project manager. 
 He is also visiting Professor in Innovation at the University’s Engineer
 ing Dept.\n
LOCATION:Computer Laboratory\, West Cambridge Site
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