From the 8-19th of March, London hosts its inaugural London Enterprise Festival (LEF), a unique speaker series that welcomes more than 50 influential CEOs and senior executives from EMEA, to share their vast knowledge on what it takes to start and grow successful companies in today’s business climate.
Over nine days, the LEF presents nine, individual industry keynotes, discussions, debates and workshops to connect and inspire an intimate audience of entrepreneurs and professionals with the know-how and networks they need to succeed in the industries they love, culminating in a forward-looking finale that brings everyone and everything together.
Weekday events run 18.30 – 21.45, on Sundays (8th and 15th), times change to 17:30 – 20:45.
Tickets are £20 per day in advance (Full price £52.00) and a ticket for any day also includes free access to the finale as well. LEF say that all profits will be reinvested in local enterprise initiatives to create a resounding social impact and boost entrepreneurship among Londoners.
| London Enterprise Festival Schedule | ||
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Sunday 8th March 2015 | CommunicationsGraham Goodkind, Chairman & Founder, Frank PR Nicola Green, Director of Communications & Reputation, O2 Andrew McGuinness, CEO, Freuds Jim Hawker, CEO, Threepipe Richard Sunderland, Chairman & Founder, Heavenly Moderated by Arun Sudhaman, Holmes Report |
Monday 9th March 2015 | Education & LearningBrett Wigdortz OBE, CEO, Teach First Yonatan Raz-Fridman, CEO, Kano Jan Reichelt, President & Founder, Mendeley Tom Hooper, CEO, Third Space Learning Moderated by Stephen Rosenthal, Google UK |
Tuesday 10th March 2015 | Social EnterpriseJohn Bird MBE, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The Big Issue Nick Stanhope, CEO, Shift Zoe Peden, Co-founder, Insane Logic Francesca Findlater, CEO, Bounce Back Emma Cerrone, Managing Director, Free:Formers Moderated by Dan Matthews, Black Heart Media |
Wednesday 11th March 2015 | Food & BeverageSahar Hashemi OBE, Entrepreneur & Author Jon Wright, Co-founder, Innocent Drinks Eric Partaker, Co-founder, Chilango Philip Eeles, Co-founder, Honest Burgers Moderated by Ian Wallis, Startups |
Thursday 12th March 2015 | Financial ServicesGordon Merrylees, Head of Entrepreneurship, RBS & Natwest Thomas Davies, CIO, Seedrs Rodney Schwartz, CEO, ClearlySo Damian Kimmelman, CEO, DueDil Anil Stocker, CEO, MarketInvoice Moderated by James Hurley, The Times |
Sunday 15th March 2015 | Health & WellbeingDr Ali Parsa, CEO, Babylon Health Dr Vishal Gulati, Venture Partner, DFJ Esprit Jonathan Burr, CEO, Intelesant Kelly Limonte, Healthcare Industry Manager, Microsoft UK Moderated by Richard Vize, Guardian Media |
Monday 16th March 2015 | Design & FashionWill Hobhouse, Chairman, Heal’s Peter Williams, Chairman, Jaeger Marcus Fairs, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Dezeen James Bilefield, Entrepreneur, Investor & Advisor Moderated by Richard Alvin, Business Matters |
Tuesday 17th March 2015 | Entertainment & GamingIan Livingstone CBE, Author & Entrepreneur Tim Arthur, CEO, Time Out Group Paul Burger, former President, Sony EMEA Jon “Webbo” Webster, Chief Executive, Music Manager’s Forum Lee Schuneman, Head of Studio, Lift London |
Wednesday 18th March 2015 | MarketplacesSamir Desai, CEO, Funding Circle Tom Allason, CEO Shutl / Head of Local, eBay Nicole Vanderbilt, VP International, Etsy Kjetil Olsen, VP International, Elance-Odesk Marion Gamel, VP EMEA, Eventbrite/center> |
Thursday 19th March 2015 | Finale – A look to the futureThe ultimate festival wrap-up18:30 Venue and bar opens 18:30 – 21:00 Partner-run clinics 18:30 – 22:00 International food stalls open 19:45 – 20:45 Special panel presentation: “A look to the future” 21:00 – 23:45 Live entertainment begins 23:45 Event ends |
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