iVentureTuesday- Building a Global Market Leader

Location: University of Edinburgh Business School
Venue: University of Edinburgh Business School
Start Date: 31/01/2012 Start Time: 18:30
End Date: 31/01/2012 End Time: 20:30



The iVentureTuesday Speaker Series features a new programme of talks given by prominent members of the business community. The programme seeks to inspire and motivate those who wish to develop their careers in different directions or have entrepreneurial ambitions. January's iVenture Tuesday sees Dr David Milne, Founder and Non-Exec Director Wolfson Microelectronics Plc, speak.

Dr David Milne was educated in Edinburgh and graduated in Physics from Heriot Watt University in 1965. He completed his PhD at Bristol University in X-ray Optics in 1968 where he worked on a new fundamental determination of the Avogadro number using X-ray interferometry. In 1970 he was appointed to the Wolfson Microelectronics Institute in Edinburgh where he became director in 1973. He took the Institute private in 1985 forming a company specialising in integrated circuit design for third parties

The company transitioned into a fabless semiconductor company in 1995 addressing the emerging market for digital consumer applications and has since established a world wide reputation for its audio products used in many iconic digital consumer products. It listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2003 reaching a market capitalisation in excess of $1bn in 2006.

Format

19:00 - Registration & Networking drinks
20:00 – Lecture
40mins lecture
20min Q & A
21:00 – Close of event
Preceding the David Milne talk and as part of this Enterprise Evening there is an Entrepreneurship Club joint event with Archangels Informal Investments

Visit the Informatics Ventures website for further information.