About
How do you turn scientific research into a company? Where's the right place to start? And once you've started, how do you get your idea funded at the earliest stage?
In collaboration with Conception X, CERN's Entrepreneurship team invites you to meet and learn from academic founders who have successfully translated their research into companies creating real-world impact. You'll hear first-hand about how they navigated the transition from scientist to founder, how they decided when their research was ready to build on, the strategies they used to secure their first grant or investment, and more.
The session will also include a short presentation of CERN Entrepreneurship Academy, our entrepreneurship training programme for CERN members of personnel.
If you're a researcher wondering whether now is the right time to build something, come and find out.
For one night only, we are bringing together an ambitious community of entrepreneurial scientists, researchers and academic founders at CERN.
📍 774/R-013 (Prévessin, In person only)
📅 16 April, 2026, 17:00-18:30
📌 In person only
What you'll learn:
First-hand insights into how scientific research can evolve into a venture, and the journey to get there
An overview of CERN Entrepreneurship Academy, our entrepreneurship training programme for CERN members of personnel.
The opportunity to meet people who are actively building and supporting science companies across Europe and the UK
The talk
Credits and licence
- Institution
- CERN
- Year
- 2026
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Business and management
- Source
- CERN
- Licence
- CERN, as CERN states it. CERN's terms
- Attribution
- © CERN. CERN provides its audiovisual media free of charge for educational and informational use, credited to CERN; this lecture is shown in CERN's own player.
- Who can watch
- CERN gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Tweens profiles and older, judged from what the source says about it. How courses are placed