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Cambridge Wide Open Week
Cambridge Wide Open Week (CWOW) is an annual event celebrating the life sciences ecosystem in Cambridge, featuring activities like pitch sessions, talks, and networking events.
Overview
What Cambridge Wide Open Week does
What Cambridge Wide Open Week is
Cambridge Wide Open Week (CWOW) is an annual event celebrating the life sciences ecosystem in Cambridge, featuring activities like pitch sessions, talks, and networking events.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community and event host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Event Organizer
- Structured capabilities
- Community · Event host
- Last reviewed
- April 12, 2026
Official channels
Find Cambridge Wide Open Week elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
Cambridge Wide Open Week as a community
Community overview
Cambridge Wide Open Week (CWOW) is an initiative launched by the o2h group in 2023, designed to showcase the science and technology cluster in Cambridge. The event aims to foster collaboration within the community by allowing attendees to explore various companies and facilities in the area. CWOW evolved from the Cambridge Wide Open Day, which attracted over 4,000 attendees and featured numerous talks, presentations, and tours.
Community focus
CWOW focuses on the life sciences sector, providing a platform for investor showcases, conferences, panels, talks, tours, masterclasses, and community events. The initiative aims to engage a diverse audience, including entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and local residents, to experience the vibrancy of the Cambridge life sciences ecosystem.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- June 11, 2026
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Students · Researchers
- Benefits
- network-access
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- Europe
Community activity
Events and activity
The event will feature a variety of activities, including investor showcases, conferences, panels, talks, tours, masterclasses, and receptions.
Capability profile
Cambridge Wide Open Week as an event host
Event focus
Cambridge Wide Open Week (CWOW) focuses on the life sciences sector, providing a platform for investor showcases, conferences, panels, talks, tours, masterclasses, and community events. The initiative aims to engage a diverse audience, including entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and local residents, to experience the vibrancy of the Cambridge life sciences ecosystem.
Format narrative
The event will feature a variety of activities, including investor showcases, conferences, panels, talks, tours, masterclasses, and receptions.
Format and cadence
- Event types
- summit, conference, workshop, and meetup
- Startups can present
- No
Availability
- Registration state
- Not currently accepting
- Next recorded event
- June 11, 2026
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Students · Researchers
- Regions
- EuropeUnited Kingdom
Speakers and past editions
Past editions
CWOW evolved from the Cambridge Wide Open Day, which attracted over 4,000 attendees and featured numerous talks, presentations, and tours.
Common questions
What to know about Cambridge Wide Open Week
Upseed classifies Cambridge Wide Open Week under the Event Organizer organization type. Its current public profile includes community and event host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 12, 2026
Known limits
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