Theme: Women shaping the future

An opportunity for men and women to explore how women think and work, communicate and collaborate, learn and lead - what this means and why it matters to all of us

A chance to view the best of the talks from December’s TEDWomen conference in Washington DC

A fantastic line-up of local speakers who will share how Cambridge women are shaping the future

Be part of a bright, dynamic audience and get to know them in the conversation breaks, where attendees and speakers delve into the ideas introduced on stage

The Møller Centre
The Møller Centre
Storey's Way
Cambridge, CB3 0DE
United Kingdom

Ann Cotton

Founder and Executive Director of Camfed International, a charity which tackles poverty and disease by educating girls and empowering young women. Camfed International has improved the school environment for over a million children in 2,295 communities in Sub-saharan Africa.

Anne Miller

Anne is one of the world’s most prolific female inventors, and author of How To Get Your Ideas Adopted (and Change the World).

Jenny Tillotson

CEO and founder of Sensory Design & Technology Ltd, merging the ancient art of perfumery with modern technologies to contribute to finding new ways of enhancing the emotional wellbeing of women.

Julie Barnes

Founder of Somaxa Ltd and CEO of new molecular diagnostics business Abcodia Ltd, Julie Barnes has over 25 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.

Rowan Harvey

Rowan is Policy and Advocacy Officer for the international development charity Plan International (UK). Rowan became a governor of the LSE aged just 26.

Sarah Outen

Sarah is a world-breaking ocean rower. In August 2009 she became the first woman and youngest person to single-handedly row the Indian Ocean, and the youngest woman to solo any ocean, raising over £30,000 for arthritis charities. Her book about the row, A Dip in the Ocean, will be published on 7 February 2011 and she is currently planning her next expedition, London to London: Via The World.

John Wroe

Executive Director of Cambridge-based charity Momentum Arts and prime mover in the Street Child World Cup in Durban, recognised as ‘one of the best ideas to come out of Cambridge in the last 800 years.’

Ian Price

Author of new business book The Activity Illusion, and an experienced leader turned business psychologist.

Anne Dobrée

Acting Head of Seed Funds with Cambridge Enterprise Seed Funds. She has a BSC in Medical Microbiology and a PhD in Immunology, followed by years of experience in the area of technology transfer.

Donna Lynas

As Director of Wysing Arts Centre since 2005 Donna has developed the Cambridgeshire-based organisation into one of Europe’s leading centres for the visual arts.

Jen Rubin

Director of the Communities, Safety and Justice Programme at RAND Europe a non-profit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.

Nicky Webb

Co-founded creative producers Artichoke, who have been responsible for some of the most ambitious and inspiring arts events of the past few years, including The Sultan’s Elephant and Antony Gormley’s One & Other.