Student Enterprise

Virtual Enterprise Conference 2012

Want to hear about the student who set up GaBoom the UK’s first site for trading video games online?

Or how one man left a promising career in advertising at a top UK firm to pursue his passion for developing ideas and starting business?

Back for 2012, Glyndŵr University’s Virtual Enterprise Conference will host speakers with inspirational web business success stories. The UK wide event, held from Wednesday 22nd – Thursday 23rd of Feb 2012, will focus on the opportunities available for students, businesses and entrepreneurs to develop products and services online

Day 1 of the conference gives you the opportunity to hear from:
Jessica Radcliff – CEO & Founder of GaBoom the UK’s first video game trading website.
Josh Liu – Founder of MinuteBox.com a portal which allows experts to charge micro sums for their advice.
Simon Grice – Serial internet entrepreneur and founder of Belocal a website connecting local people, services and events.

Day 2 of the conference will be held in Second Life, affording the opportunity to explore this amazing virtual world and what it can offer entrepreneurs with a range of guest speakers from education and industry including John Lester, returning for his third year to discuss the changing nature of virtual worlds, Dr David Bozward serial entrepreneur and specialist in mobile communications and John Ulotti a web designer and local small business owner joining is for his first ever conference presentation.

A Cardiff University student’s blog post regarding last year’s event: http://enterprisecardiff.net/2011/03/virtual-enterprise-conference-2011/

Successful applicants will travel from Cardiff to Wrexham by train on the afternoon of Tuesday 21st February arriving back in Cardiff on the evening of Thursday 23rd February. Travel and accommodation costs are covered.

For further details or to apply please contact enterprise@cardiff.ac.uk