Why Innovation is Mostly Accidental with David Cleevely

Schedule

Tue Apr 28 2026 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The Bradfield Centre | Cambridge, EN

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About this Event

David Cleevely CBE is a serial entrepreneur, former chairman of Raspberry Pi, and founder of organisations including Cambridge Angels, Abcam, Analysys, the Cambridge Network and author of "Serendipity - it doesn't happen by chance".


17:00 Doors open

17:30 Talk with Q&A

18:30 Informal Networking

20:00 Close


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The Bradfield Centre, 184 Cambridge Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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