The Physics Department is launching a new series of quarterly Entrepreneur Masterclass events, showcasing the commercial journeys of successful physics-based innovators.
Each session will bring a leading science entrepreneur to campus to share insights into a key aspect of taking deep-tech ideas from labs to market.
We will be holding our first event on Tuesday 24th March at 5:30 pm in the Physics Level 8 Common Room. Refreshments will be provided.
The event is aimed at all staff, post-docs, and PhD and Masters students.
Speaker
Graham Woodgate is a serial technology entrepreneur, prolific inventor and physicist. The optical innovations he’s co-created, protected, developed and commercialised over the last 30+ years have shipped in tens of millions of display products.
Following a B.Sc. in Physics from Bristol University and M.Sc. in Optics from Reading University, he worked for Sharp Corporation through the 1990s creating the 3D displays that went on to be used in the Nintendo 3DS. He then co-founded and successfully sold two optics IP companies, Ocuity (2001-10) and Optovate (2008-19), each focussed on novel optical technologies for consumer markets.
Subsequent work for US company Rain Technology delivered a new class of switchable privacy display that is widely used in HP laptops.
Graham will relate his experiences on both customer engagement and the importance of protectable IP.
There will be an opportunity before and after Graham’s talk to network with other common-minded colleagues and to talk with the speaker.