With over 400 people attending the event in London, over 300 attending events overseas, and more than 650 watching the London panel debates unfold online, the day proved to be a huge success.

The London Forum was designed around sharing ideas, networking and debating with world-leading business thinkers through lectures, masterclasses and an evening reception at the Museum of London. The masterclasses were hosted by Cass Careers and Professors Roger Steare, Dirk Nitzsche and Charles Baden-Fuller.

John Pickup, CEO and Founder of Amputees In Action and winner of the Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK 2009, finished off the evening with an inspiring speech about entrepreneurship, disability and his incredible journey.

Rekar Bek (current Cass Stelios Scholar MSc International Accounting & Finance 2009/2010) reports back on the day:  ‘Besides meeting many influential business leaders and exchanging significant contacts I was fascinated by the facts which I learnt both from the conference and the master classes. During the day, I attend two conferences. The first was the changing face of business in a post-recession world. I was able to hear first hand the impact the recession has had on the global economy and how the emerging market may have benefitted from it. I leant that whilst some economies faced negative growth, some emerging markets grew too fast and their fiscal/monetary policy was designed to deliberately slow the growth down. The second panel discussed the qualities of Entrepreneurship, I discovered that out of the 70,000 self-made millionaires in the UK 49% are actually dyslexic! Thus learning how a dyslexic brain works is worth investing your time into.  Later in the afternoon, after a delicious lunch meal of course, I attended two master classes. The first covered the secret of successful networking; I was amazed by the fact that the first 15 seconds is the most important part of contact relationships. Thus it was vital to learn how to do this right. The second master class was on happiness at work and how it matters. I learn how one can really enjoy their work and the link between happiness at work and success is stronger than we think!  Finally the evening ended with an amazing treat at the Museum of London. I got the chance to unwind the intense day by enjoying a lovely dinner with a few of  the other Cass Stelios Scholars, and I got the privilege to listen to the wisdom of an inspirational entrepreneur John Pickup CEO and Founder of Amputees in Action.

For all the details take a look at www.cass.city.ac.uk/awf/  (click on Guest Interviews - London and go to 6.20 mins to hear what John Pickup had to say about the event and Cass)