Tabitha Goldstaub, Innovate Cambridge鈥檚 Executive Director

100 organisations, including AstraZeneca, Microsoft and Arm, have signed up to a new charter to boost the Cambridge innovation ecosystem and help it address global challenges, announced Innovate Cambridge today (8 December 2022).

探花直播charter is a really exciting next step in the development of the Cambridge innovation ecosystem, bringing together key organisations and people to help shape the future of Greater Cambridge and ensure that together we continue to contribute to society.

Andy Neely, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Relations

is an initiative to create an inclusive vision for the future of Cambridge and its innovation ecosystem. 探花直播initiative was launched in September 2022 by the 探花直播 of Cambridge, and . Organisations that have signed up to its charter include local government, start-ups, universities, science parks and investors. As well as announcing its first 100 signatories, Innovate Cambridge has also appointed an Executive Director and established a steering committee.

Tabitha Goldstaub, co-founder of festival and online platform CogX and a UK government advisor, has been appointed Innovate Cambridge鈥檚 Executive Director and the Rt Hon. Lord Willetts as Chair of its Steering Committee. Other members of the Steering Committee include Professor Andy Neely, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Relations at the 探花直播 of Cambridge, Professor Yvonne Barnett, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation for Anglia Ruskin 探花直播, Shaun Grady, AstraZeneca鈥檚 Senior Vice-President Business Development Operations and Robert Pollock, Chief Executive of Cambridge City Council.

Cambridge has been a global leader in innovation for decades, with its two universities, thriving start-up community, global businesses and strong investment network. But, 鈥渟tanding still is not an option,鈥 said Diarmuid O鈥橞rien, CEO of Cambridge Enterprise: 鈥淢any cities and regions across the world are rapidly getting organised to secure their futures. We must learn from and build on their experiences.鈥

探花直播next step, according to Michael Anstey, Partner at Cambridge Innovation Capital, is for the signatories to the Charter, 鈥渢o come together to define, and then implement, an inclusive, forward-looking vision for the ecosystem, which ensures the City continues to innovate, compete, and deliver impact on a global scale well into the future.鈥

Professor Andy Neely, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Relations at the 探花直播 of Cambridge, said: 鈥淐ambridge has made a difference to the lives of millions of people around the world. A constant source of new ideas and innovations, the Cambridge innovation ecosystem spawns new ideas, technologies and insights that change the way we live and learn. 探花直播charter is a really exciting next step in the development of the Cambridge innovation ecosystem, bringing together key organisations and people to help shape the future of Greater Cambridge and ensure that together we continue to contribute to society.鈥

Read about some of the Cambridge start-ups that are having an impact in the UK and around the world here.



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