As usual a great pleasure to be at the Cambridge Network’s event for members last Friday 23 September.
EFEC is of course well-embedded as a Cambridge Network member, having project-managed the set-up of the Lingang Cambridge Network, in Lingang, Shanghai’s city of the future.
And of course, as a member, EFEC has benefitted from the networking and promotional opportunities the Network provides.
It is always rewarding to hear about the successes of The Cambridge Network as a key part of the wider Cambridge Phenomenon. The Network adds a lot that would otherwise go missing.
One of the intriguing aspects of this, is how members with expertise and interest in one field, can be introduced, via networking events, to companies with complementary interests and expertise.
A delightful example CEO John Gourd quoted, was the introduction he once helped to make between unlikely partners: cosmetics manufacturers and tomato producers.
I will leave it to your research to find the details - but the need was driven by certain qualities shared by the skins of humans and tomatoes!
Networking and innovation go hand in hand in Cambridge, with the encouragement of the Cambridge Network.
This is of course the essence of how we can help to make the Lingang Cambridge Network a real success in what is a different economic environment - but one with colossal potential.
This potential is of course about building successful UK-China partnerships for growth, particularly in the low carbon and health tech industries that are major parts of both Cambridge and Shanghai – Lingang.
Image: EFEC CSO, Andrew Thomson, Cambridge Network CEO, John Gourd and EFEFC CEO Lily Lin.
