2025 CALENDAR
Here is our 2025 events calendar. We mainly organise two types of gatherings: member-only pub dinners in London, and larger regional dinners that welcome a broader network including local companies, investors, and public or private agencies. Further events and workshops are sometimes held during the day. Professional service providers or independent consultants can only attend as sponsors and if their offerings match the event’s theme.
Bessemer events are curated for our diverse CEO and founder membership and take place in historically significant venues, echoing the Society’s Victorian heritage and sense of mutual association. These dinners foster a confidential atmosphere ideal for building valuable connections, business opportunities, and collaborations.
| Date | Type | Title | Focus | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Feb | Workshop London | “Industrial Strategy for HardTech Manufacturing” | Members’ feedback as basis for a report by Civitas Think Tank to Govt | Policy heads and Bessemer members |
| 19 Mar | Dinner London | “Celebration of Driving the Electric Revolution” | A showcase of the best in Power Electronics, Motors and Drives | Innovate UK |
| 2 Apr | Dinner Sheffield | “Defence and Re-Industrialisation: Innovation at war-time pace” | Drawing the metal alloys and innovation communities together to deliver at pace | Leaders of the Sheffield Metals Cluster, MoD, and Bessemer innovators |
| 9 Apr | WebDinAr | “National Champions” | Open innovation strategies of leading domestic companies | Rolls-Royce, TATA, BP, Johnson Matthey, Airbus and others |
| 30 Apr | Dinner Cardiff | “A Re-Industrial Revolution in South Wales” | Stimulating regional assets, including the compound semiconductor value chain, fomented by a startup culture | Advanced manufacturing leaders and innovation change-agents |
| 15 May | Dinner London | “Hardship and Recovery Stories” | Inspiring stories of coming out of administration to start anew | Bessemer veterans who have earned the stripes |
| 4 Jun | Dinner Sheffield | “Advanced Manufacturing Cluster in a New World Order” | Benefits of post-globalisation for a manufacturing centre | Local leaders in the value chain, including CEO of City Council |
| 8 Jul | Showcase London | “HardTech & National Security in a Changing World Order” | Resilience and Security – Economic, Energy, Defence | Plenary Conference Speakers, Warren East, Anne Glover |
| 18 Sep | Dinner London | “Scale up UK” | Key proponents of Scale Up Funding in discussion | Tom Adeyoola, Exec Chair of Innovate UK, and Stan Boland, Serial Entrepreneur |
| 25 Sep | Private Dinner, London | “Defence Innovation” | Introduction of Bessemer members with dual-use technologies | MoD and Defence Investors |
| 2 Oct | Dinner Durham | “North East Region’s Re-Industrial Capabilities” | The repositioning and strengthening of critical industrial assets | Chris MacDonald MP, Graham Love, Chair of Octric Semiconductors |
| 29 Oct | Dinner & Workshop Sheffield | “Sheffield’s Place in the World” | Bringing together the key stakeholders for a State of the Cluster Review | Senior Sheffield Figures in Government and Industry |
| 26 Nov | Dinner London | “10th AGM and Awards Evening” | A 10-Year Review, and Looking Ahead | VIP guest and other luminaries |
The format of a meeting
Meetings typically comprise:
Short Presentations by Members
Drinks and networking
Dinner
Discussion
Event Payment
Alternatively please transfer money online to the Bessemer Society’s bank account by BACS transfer:
Barclays Bank
Sort code: 20-60-38
Account number: 23051609
Please advise by email if you would like a receipt.
NB: By private invitation only. Contact admin@bessemer-society.co.uk for further information.