Eyes wide open for Cambridge science and technology showcase
The event offers visitors the chance to find out first hand about the game-changing scientific advancements and technological innovations happening in the UK’s S & T capital.
This year’s ‘Be Curious’ event is being held across four main science centres:
Cambridge North including Allia Future Business Centre King’s Hedges Rd Campus, Cambridge Science Park, St John’s Innovation Centre, Co-Laboratories, and Serendipity Labs.
Cambridge South including Cambridge Biomedical Campus with the Milner Institute, AstraZeneca and Abcam; Babraham Research Campus; Unity Campus; Granta Park; Wellcome Genome Campus; Chesterford Research Park; Mill SciTech Park; The Press Foxton; Melbourn Science Park; and The Epicentre at Haverhill.
Cambridge West including University of Cambridge West Hub, Cambridge Enterprise, Ideaspace, Cambridge Network, Cambridge Zero, impulse Maxwell Centre, IE Cambridge, Avidity IP, British Antarctic Survey, Semarion, and Cambridge Nucleomics.
Cambridge City Centre including Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Judge Business School, Mills & Reeve, Allia Business Centre at Cambridge Guildhall, and Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
The Cambridge Wide Open Day event is organised annually by life sciences and technology firm, o2h Group and Mill Scitech Park, where the o2h Group is based. It will also feature pitch events, workshop, masterclasses and demos throughout the day, followed by a garden party reception for all visitors and participants from 4pm).
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership will be showcasing some of Cambridge’s leading sustainability-focused startups with a demo event at 1pm, and a tour of their award-winning, ultra-sustainable innovation hub and co-working space.
Two special activities from Form the Future at Allia Future Business Centre will be a speed networking session for students to meet ecosystem professionals, and a drop-in clinic for employers looking to attract young people to their company or industry, with tips on education outreach, routes to work e.g. apprenticeships, and how to engage with young people.
At Cambridge Science Park, the Bradfield Centre will be hosting a series of talks and demonstrations including pioneering companies such as Raspberry Pi, Owlstone Medical, Astex Pharmaceuticals, Ignota Labs, NeuroXR, Cambridge Future Tech and TusPark.
Melbourn Science Park will be showcasing a biodiversity project and presenting some of its tenants’ clever engineering solutions to life sciences. There will additionally be community-oriented activities on the park development and round the sustainable building complex.
Unity Campus in Sawston will welcome visitors and offer the chance meet tenants including Domainex and PhoreMost.
There will be an opportunity to explore the world-class facilities at Abcam on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Abcam was acquired for $5.7 billion by US giant Danaher last December.
Prashant Shah, co-CEO and co-founder of o2h Group, said: “Cambridge Wide Open Day offers a live insight into the past, present and future story of Cambridge with a choice of tours, talks, workshops, clinics, pitches, product demonstrations, showcases, masterclasses and activities – all with leading individuals and world-class companies.
“This is a once-a-year opportunity to experience the extensive thrill of Cambridge science, tech and innovation, and all in just one day.
“The idea is that people can ‘design their own day’ and pick the locations and companies that they are most interested in. For those who are not sure, we also have a bus tour option where we will select a range of venues and people can meet other interested parties on the tour.”
• For more details about individual events, participants and event maps, visit www.cambridgewideopenday.com or the official LinkedIn page.