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Cambridge FinTech Startup Weekend 21-23 November 2014
Friday, November 21 - 23, 2014
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Cambridge FinTech Startup Weekend 21-23 November 2014
Friday, November 21 - 23, 2014
Friday, November 21 - 23, 2014
Event starts at 5:00 pm
Cambridge Judge Business School
10 Trumpington Street
Cambridge ,
UK
CB2 1QA
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You have only 54 hours of high octane customer development and pitching to transform the FinTech World. Are you be up to the challenge?
We're really excited to invite you to the next Cambridge Startup Weekend! Spend a weekend kickstarting the next FinTech Revolution in the company of awesome people like you. We've got a great line up of Mentors, Coaches and Judges for you. We'll be bringing along the best of the FinTech world to help you get your new venture off the ground. You'll be in the company of outstanding attendees who, like you, want to create an exceptional business in a weekend, shake things up and have fun while doing it.
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday November 21st
5:00 pm
Registration
Arrive at the venue and get checked in
6:00 pm
Dinner & Networking
Eat food, share ideas, get to know fellow participants
7:00 pm
Welcome & Speakers
Review agenda for the weekend and introduce speakers, coaches, and organisors
7:30 pm
Pitches Start
Optionally line up to give your pitch
9:00 pm
Voting
Attendees vote for the top pitches
9:15 pm
Form Teams
Teams start forming and discussing ideas
10:00 pm
Begin Work
Start to formalize teams and take an inventory of skills. Be honest, and direct about what resources and skills are needed for the weekend. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow
11:30 pm
Wrap Up
Venue closes, you may stay and work until midnight.
Saturday November 22nd
8:00 am
Breakfast
Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee
8:30 am
Teams Start Work
Teams start work in workspaces for the weekend
12:00 pm
Working Lunch
With Business Model Canvas by Simon Stockley
1:00 pm
Check-In
After-lunch check-in, status reports, call for help
2:00 pm
Coach Meetings
Coaches help teams one-on-one. They are here to help! They are available until 6PM
6:30 pm
Dinner
Presentation Skills by Simon Stockley
7:30 pm
Check-In
After-dinner check-in, status reports, call for help
11:30 pm
Wrap Up
Venue closes, you may stay and work until midnight.
Sunday November 23rd
8:00 am
Breakfast
Simple Breakfast at Royal Cambridge Hotel, Sign up for coaching sessions
10:00 am
Coach Meetings
Coaches arrive @CJBS… ASK QUESTIONS, they are available till 2PM
12:30 pm
Lunch
4:00 pm
Presentation Prep & Tech Check
Final hours of worktime should be focused on perfecting your presentation, tech-check for final presentations also takes place
5:00 pm
Final Presentations
7:00 pm
Judging & Awards
7:30 pm
Wrap-Up
8:00 pm
Networking Dinner!
Speakers
Simon Stockley
Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship, Cambridge Judge Business School
Simon is a Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship at Cambridge Judge Business School and Deputy Director of Accelerate Cambridge, the School’s new enterprise accelerator. Prior to his recent appointment at Cambridge, Simon spent 10 years at Imperial College Business School as director of the full-time MBA programme and a principal teaching fellow. His MBA course in entrepreneurship was ranked 3rd in the world by the Financial Times. Outside work, Simon is a social entrepreneur and an advocate for trafficked women in which capacity he has advised Parliament. He holds several non-executive directorships and has advised well over 100 technology start-ups.
Event Judges
Alan Barrell
Entrepreneur in Residence, Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship Advisory Board Member
After three score years and more than ten,
Alan Barrell finds it hard to say “no” to innovation and entrepreneurial
ideas which arrive in his life by all known communication means daily.
Biologist
with experience in NHS medical technology, turned salesman turned
businessman, entrepreneur, venture capitalist and labelled now “pracademic”,
Alan is a champion of the next generation and the vision of A World Without
Borders – through Education Without Borders and Open Innovation. Entrepreneur
in Residence at the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning Judge Business School
University of Cambridge, Visiting
Professor at University of Sunderland and in China at Xiamen University,
Shanghai University and Shanghai College of Science and Technology,
International Research Fellow at Laurea University Helsinki and Lahti
University in Finland, and at the
Tohoku Fukushi University Sendai Japan, Alan is also engaged in support of
NHS Healthcare Reforms after being Chair of NHS Health Enterprise East Ltd
for eight years. His next generation work extends to Board Membership /
shareholdings in four early stage health care companies and to being Chairman
of Trustees of NACUE – National Association of College and University
Entrepreneurs and advisor to Start Up Generation International and Youth
Business China. In his spare time raises money for the charitable causes he
supports. New book out July 2013 – co-authored with David Gill and Martin
Rigby – “Show Me The Money – how to raise the money needed to get your
business off the ground” Knighted in Finland by the President there in 2012
for services to education – Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose
of Finland having earlier been one of the first ten recipients of The Queen’s
Award for Enterprise Promotion.
Travels widely but always loves coming home to
Cambridge.
Kieran Murray
Managing Director - Business Development & Strategy, BNY Mellon Investment Management
Kieran
Murray is a Managing Director of business strategy for BNY Mellon’s Investment
Management businesses. He leads the EMEA business strategy team and is responsible
for planning and executing initiatives sponsored by both the BNY Mellon
Executive Committee and the Investment Management businesses. In addition, Mr.
Murray serves as a director of C&S Private Equity Investors GmbH.
Before
joining BNY Mellon in January 2013, Mr. Murray held a number of senior roles at
Henderson Global Investors and worked as a director at Ernst & Young
consulting, focusing on the asset management sector. While at Henderson Global
Investors, Mr. Murray was a member of the Listed Assets management team with
responsibility for the development and implementation of business unit strategy
incorporating product development, M&A and operational initiatives.
Mark Gibbons
EMEA CIO, BNY Mellon
Mark is the European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) for BNY Mellon. Before joining BNY Mellon, Mark was at JP Morgan Chase for 8 years and was responsible for EMEA Middle Office Outsourcing Technology and IT Transformation. Prior to joining two of the world's largest banks Mark was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at FundsHub.com, a funds trading platform which was subsequently acquired by JP Morgan Chase. He also helped established a Financial Products Division at Synamic Ltd, backed by venture capitalist 3i Group and bootstrapped his own Financial Services IT business which he successfully ran throughout the 90's.
Susanne Chishti
CEO & Founder, FINTECH Circle
"CEO & Founder of FINTECH Circle, Europe's 1st Angel Network focused on FINTECH opportunities
Senior Capital Markets Manager, Entrepreneur and Investor with strong financial services expertise aware of new trends across the FinTech sector, B2C and B2B growth opportunities and regulatory requirements. More than 14 years’ experience across Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, Morgan Stanley and Accenture in London and Hong Kong. Experienced leader and Non-Executive Director for FinTech Start-ups with positive “can do” attitude and enthusiasm to solve complex capital markets challenges. Focus on corporate strategy, finance and the successful launch of innovative products and services while providing access to senior leaders in the City/Canary Wharf for investment (angel investors) and business advise (Non-Executive Directors)."
Coaches and Mentors
Hanadi Jabado
Director, Accelerate Cambridge
Hanadi is passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation. She has founded and built businesses in several industries, including education, online retail and property, and has used her multicultural background and experience with new technologies to cofound Ecamb, a business accelerator aiming at helping entrepreneurs to succeed globally. Hanadi has driven the creation of Accelerate Cambridge, the new accelerator at the Cambridge Judge Business School, and is currently its director.Hanadi has been closely involved with over 100 start-ups over the globe and across industries over the last three years. Born in Lebanon and raised in France, she is fluent in English, French and Arabic and speaks another four languages. She lives in London with her four children.
Christophe Le Lannou
Co-Founder Serene Asset Management
During my 17 years in finance, I was
responsible for the development of various systematic investment strategies
and fully automatic infrastructure. I combine a pragmatic approach to
research with strong programming and data management skills. I have recently
created my own investment company.
I am passionate about investment, technologies, innovation and entrepreneurship.
I am passionate about investment, technologies, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Jeremy Sosabowski
Co-founder and CEO of AlgoDynamix
Jeremy is co-founder and CEO of AlgoDynamix a software analytics
company focusing on (financially) disruptive events. The software is used by
major asset managers in both UK and international markets.
His previous roles included data scientist (analytics, statistics
and user profiling) at a payment processing company and CTO at a
telecommunication network infrastructure company.
Jeremy co-founded several other companies including OptiSynx
(technology acquired) and Cambridge Frequency Standards Ltd.
He has an undergraduate and two post graduate degrees in
Engineering, including a PhD from the University of Cambridge (laser physics).
His interests are in ‘high tech’ entrepreneurship, including FinTech,
big data and algorithms.http://www.algodynamix.com/
Marleen Enright
Director, Business Development & Strategy, BNY Mellon Investment
Marleen
Enright is a Director of business strategy for BNY Mellon’s Investment
Management businesses. Responsible for planning and executing initiatives
sponsored by both the BNY Mellon Executive Committee and the Investment
Management businesses.
Before
joining BNY Mellon in January 2014, Ms. Enright spent three years working in
Strategy M&A at Barclays Wealth. She has ten years of experience in
execution focussed roles having worked in equity sales at Deutsche Bank,
leveraged finance at GE and deal execution at Barclays. Ms. Enright was awarded
a Master of Business Administration from London Business School and a Bachelor
of Science in economics from New York University.
Peter Hazou
EMEA Market Management
Peter Hazou is the Head of Market Management for Treasury
Services, Europe, Middle
East and Africa ("EMEA") responsibly for the
development of BNY Mellon’s Payments and Trade Finance solutions and
propositions
Previously, from 2008 – 2012, Peter was based in Milan Italy as
Head of Strategy & Business
Development, Global Transaction Banking, at
UniCredit. Prior to that, Peter was the Regional Head for the UK
& Europe for Transaction Banking
at HSBC, London. From 1998 to 2001, Peter was Regional Manager
for Citibank’s GTS business across the
CEEMEA Region.
He began his career in 1978 as a Correspondent Banking
Relationship Manager at
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank in New York, and has served in
a number of product
and sales roles at both Chemical Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank.
Andrew Dunn
Andrew Dunn was a co-founder of Broca Networks, a Cambridge startup company providing innovative speech recognition services to dot.com companies in the UK. He headed the software development team, inspiring engineers to develop a novel framework for constructing speech recognition services and delivering solutions for notable customers like Lastminute.com.
Before that Andrew ran a software consulting company working with customers such as the New York Stock Exchange, Rover Cars, Royal Mail and SRI Consulting.
Most recently, Andrew managed the low level engineering team for XenServer, - the market leading server virtualization engine that powers the world's largest computing clouds. He is currently the Head of Engineering at Metail, another Cambridge startup who develop a virtual fitting room that allows users to create an online version of themselves that matches their real measurements to get size and fitting advice when buying clothes online. This involves a combination of front end web development, 3D visualization, and big data analysis.
Before that Andrew ran a software consulting company working with customers such as the New York Stock Exchange, Rover Cars, Royal Mail and SRI Consulting.
Most recently, Andrew managed the low level engineering team for XenServer, - the market leading server virtualization engine that powers the world's largest computing clouds. He is currently the Head of Engineering at Metail, another Cambridge startup who develop a virtual fitting room that allows users to create an online version of themselves that matches their real measurements to get size and fitting advice when buying clothes online. This involves a combination of front end web development, 3D visualization, and big data analysis.
James Cork
Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, BNY Mellon Investment
James Cork is a Vice President of business strategy for BNY
Mellon’s Investment Management businesses. Responsible for planning and
executing initiatives sponsored by both the BNY Mellon Executive Committee and
the Investment Management businesses.
Before joining BNY Mellon in January 2014, Mr Cork spent three years working in Private Equity and Corporate Finance at a private boutique. A former officer in the British Army, Mr Cork has also worked in Corporate Finance and Leveraged Finance at NM Rothschild & Sons and in the strategy team at BAE Systems.
Mr Cork was awarded a Master of Business Administration from London Business School, a Master of Arts in economics from the University of Cambridge and is a chartered accountant. He is also an alumnus of Cambridge Judge Business School as he completed The Management Studies Tripos (MST) back in 2001/2.
He is currently involved in three financial technology companies through investments made by his family and he also has experience of cryptography through his military experience.
Before joining BNY Mellon in January 2014, Mr Cork spent three years working in Private Equity and Corporate Finance at a private boutique. A former officer in the British Army, Mr Cork has also worked in Corporate Finance and Leveraged Finance at NM Rothschild & Sons and in the strategy team at BAE Systems.
Mr Cork was awarded a Master of Business Administration from London Business School, a Master of Arts in economics from the University of Cambridge and is a chartered accountant. He is also an alumnus of Cambridge Judge Business School as he completed The Management Studies Tripos (MST) back in 2001/2.
He is currently involved in three financial technology companies through investments made by his family and he also has experience of cryptography through his military experience.
Mark Gibbons
EMEA CIO, BNY Mellon
Mark is the European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) for BNY Mellon. Before joining BNY Mellon, Mark was at JP Morgan Chase for 8 years and was responsible for EMEA Middle Office Outsourcing Technology and IT Transformation. Prior to joining two of the world's largest banks Mark was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at FundsHub.com, a funds trading platform which was subsequently acquired by JP Morgan Chase. He also helped established a Financial Products Division at Synamic Ltd, backed by venture capitalist 3i Group and bootstrapped his own Financial Services IT business which he successfully ran throughout the 90's.
Event Sponsors, and Partners
The Cambridge FinTech Startup Weekend 21-23 November 2014 team is grateful for the support of local community partners without whom this event would not be possible.
Learn how to become a sponsor here.
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Organizing Team
Techstars Startup Weekend Cambridge is 100% led by volunteer community leaders.
Learn how to get involved here
Facilitators
Hanadi Jabado
Director, Accelerate Cambridge
Hanadi is passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation. She has founded and built businesses in several industries, including education, online retail and property, and has used her multicultural background and experience with new technologies to cofound Ecamb, a business accelerator aiming at helping entrepreneurs to succeed globally. Hanadi has driven the creation of Accelerate Cambridge, the new accelerator at the Cambridge Judge Business School, and is currently its director.Hanadi has been closely involved with over 100 start-ups over the globe and across industries over the last three years. Born in Lebanon and raised in France, she is fluent in English, French and Arabic and speaks another four languages. She lives in London with her four children.