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 8 | Oxford Dinner | “Quantum Computing & Technologies” | UK’s Place in the Global Race | Dr Jason Crain, IBM Research Dr Michael Cuthbert, Director NQCC Roger McKinlay, Director Quantum Challenge Fund, UKRI |
| July 18 | Bristol Dinner | “Leveraging Defence and Aerospace Assets” | Where Defence and Aerospace Sovereign Assets Intersect | Lord Willetts MoD Sir Iain Gray, Cranfield Aerospace |
| Sep 10 | Sheffield Dinner | “Levelling up with Ambition” | The Golden Triangle and Titanium Triangle | Stan Boland Tony Raven David Richards |
| Sep 25 | London pub | “Bessemer Phase 2” | Bessemer’s Five Year Plan Review | Bessemer members and a third-party commentator |
| Oct 8 | London Dinner | “New Entrepreneurs” | Presentations by 12 new first time founders for the Bessemer Award | Scott White, Pragmatic Semiconductor Bessemer members |
| Oct 31 | Gaydon, Coventry Dinner | “EV Performance Supply Chain” | Gaps and opportunities for the performance supply chain | Evtec JLR Birmingham University |
| Nov 13 | London Pub | “Working with the Gulf States” | Investment and collaboration opportunities | Gulf specialists |
| Dec 4 | London Dinner | “Bessemer Lifetime Fellowship and New Entrepreneur Awards” | Winners receive their Awards supported by sponsors | Award to Indro Mukerjee, former CEO of Innovate UK Keynote speaker, George Freeman MP, former Science Minister |
The format of a meeting
Meetings typically comprise:
Short Presentations by Members
Drinks and networking
Dinner
Discussion
Event Payment
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