All E-Lab events

Join us on the 23rd of October as we host Peter Harris, CEO and Co-Founder of Hotel Chocolat, to discuss everything from The Chocolate Tasting Club’s unique method of growth funding, ‘The Chocolate Bond’, and Project Chocolat’s unique tree-to-bar visitor experience on the oldest cocoa farm in St Lucia, to how a casual comment can transform a company’s direction and how to have the perseverance to put ideas into practice.

HealthTech sounds like the perfect career path for the ambitious entrepreneur. A chance to improve lives and build a successful business. But most founders quickly learn: selling into the NHS is nothing like traditional startups. In this fireside chat, HealthTech founder, CEO Coach, and Chairman Kevin McDonnell shares the hard truths about NHS entrepreneurship with E-Lab Research Associate Coco Newton.

AI is rewriting scientific discovery. But the path from research to real-world impact isn't always clear. Join us to hear directly from founders and builders at the intersection of AI and science, driving this next wave of progress. They’ll share practical insights, hard won lessons and tangible next steps for how to build an AI for Science startup. 

Join the E-Lab as we host renowned fresh produce journalist Chris White, Managing Director of Fruitnet Media International, to reflect on managing a global media business for over 30 years—without any formal business education. Chris shares how instinct, storytelling, and experience have shaped his journey, and what he might have done differently with a structured business foundation.

Entrepreneurial thinking can be applied across a variety of contexts, from academia to the private sector, from the public sector and beyond. In each case, how it is applied throws up sector specific similarities and differences. Join the E-Lab as we speak to the Chief of Staff to the Master of the Royal Household, Jenny Ward-George, about her work in all of these different spaces and about how the lessons from these experience can help us to think about the advantages to such a such mindset.

Join King’s College Provost Gillian Tett for a conversation with Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Factory Brent Hoberman.

In partnership with Beckn and the Innovation Hub at the University of Cambridge, the E-Lab will host a day summit to shape the Digital Energy Grid — which revolutionises energy markets through real-time coordination, universal access, and scalable sustainability — a transformation as profound as the mobile and internet revolutions.

Join King’s College Provost Gillian Tett for a conversation with Pinterest CEO Bill Ready as they explore the role of positive social media platforms, Pinterest's use of AI, particularly in visual search, and the need for safe online environments, particularly for young people.

Join us to talk for an evening with Nigel Newton, Founder and Chief Executive of Bloomsbury Publishing.