You're a Postdoc, What's Next?
A chance to hear directly from postdocs who have commercialised their idea and created a startup or spinout at the University.
You will also be the first to hear about the launch of the 2026 Postdoc Venture Creation Challenge!
Agenda:
09.30am Registration & Networking
10.00am Welcome & Introductions
Speaker: Caroline Hyde, Head of Ecosystem Initiatives & Partnerships, Cambridge Enterprise
10.05am Software AI DeepTech Panel
Chair: Dr Emma Salgård Cunha, Director of DeepTech & Software, Cambridge Enterprise
10.15am Academic Consultancy Panel
Chair: Peri Cihan, Associate Director of Consultancy, Cambridge Enterprise
10.35am Commercialisation and IP
Chair: Anna Davies, Senior Academic Relations Manager, Cambridge Enterprise
10.50am Translational Funding Panel
Chair: Dr Tom Mentlak, Head of Technology Investment Fund (TIF), Cambridge Enterprise
11.05am Break
11.25am Postdoc of Cambridge Society presentation
Speaker: Rajbir Nath Batra, PdOC Entrepreneurial Officer
11.35am The Entrepreneurial Mindset
Speaker: Caroline Hyde, Head of Ecosystem Initiatives & Partnerships, Cambridge Enterprise
11.45am Introducing the IE Cambridge Postdoc Pathway
11.50am Launch of Postdoc Venture Creation Challenge (PVCC)
Speaker: Helen Alexander, IE Cambridge Manager, Cambridge Enterprise
11.55am Talk by Winner of the 2025 PVCC
Speaker: Omer Nivron, Founder and CEO, Otzi
12.10pm Lunch
13.00pm End