DINNER AND WEBDINAR EVENTS IN 2024
| Date | Type | Topic | Focus | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6 | London Dinner | “Shake Up the City Money Tree” | When and why will markets turn | Lord Willetts Gervais Williams |
| Feb 22 | London Dinner | “Manufacturing Manifesto” | Importance of advanced manufacturing for the economy | Senior government participation |
| Mar 6 | London Pub | “Investor Pains” | How to avoid the wrong investors | Bessemer members Corporate law firm |
| Mar 26 | London Dinner | “New Nuclear and Fusion” | Urgency to deliver base load to meet future demand | Nuclear AMRC Rolls-Royce SMR Forgemasters Tokamak Energy |
| Apr 24 | Sheffield Dinner | “ManuTech UK” | Plotting growth in the automation and robotics sectors | Factory 2050 Cutlers NPL |
| May 15 | London Pub | “Ready to Go Big” | When is the right timing to raise a major investment round | Bessemer members VC |
| May 30 | Manchester Dinner | “A National Strategy for the New and Advanced Materials Sector” | The Challenge to build on the UK’s Powerful Scientific Assets | Henry Royce Institute GEIC Manchester Innovation Factory |
| July 4 | Bristol Dinner | “Leveraging Defence and Aerospace Assets” | Where Defence and Aerospace Sovereign Assets Intersect | Lord Willetts MoD Aerospace Prime Defence Accelerator |
| Sep 5 | Sheffield Pub | “From Cambridge to Sheffield with Love” | Extending Cambridge’s reach to the North | Sheffield and Cambridge Eco Systems |
| Sep 18 | London Dinner | “Entrepreneurial Escalator” | Review available means to grow faster | Deep Tech Labs Venture Builder New Entrepreneur |
| Oct 9 | London Dinner | “TATA First Rate Encounter” | Discovering opportunities for collaboration with the Tata Group | Selected TATA Group Companies; Business with India |
| Oct 31 | Warwick Dinner | “EV Performance Car Sector” | Opportunities for the performance supply chain | WMG MIRA APC |
| Nov 14 | London Pub | “Going into the World” | Options for expanding overseas | Bessemer members DIT |
| Dec 4 | London Dinner | “Bessemer Lifetime Fellowship Award and New Entrepreneur Award” | Awarded to a HardTech leader embodying the Bessemer Spirit and to Entrepreneurs starting out | High Level Guest to Make the Award |
The format of a meeting
Meetings typically comprise:
Short Presentations by Members
Drinks and networking
Dinner
Discussion
Event Payment
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