Future CEO – July 2025
Timetable Week 1 (21 – 27 July)
Select a date to view the schedule for that day.
Monday
21 July
Tuesday
22 July
Wednesday
23 July
Thursday
24 July
Friday
25 July
Saturday
26 July
Sunday
27 July
Residential (boarding) students only
ARRIVALS, AIRPORT TRANSFERS (ALL DAY)
15:00 – Room check-in
18:30 – 19:00 – Dinner
21:45 – 22:30 – Evening sign in
09:00 – Breakfast, dining room
ROOM HUX LT 311
10:00 – 10:50 – Course Orientation (Residential staff)
ROOM SKEM 307
11:00 – 11:50 – Introduction to the course (Oleg Nemodruk)
12:00 – 12:50 – Basics of Economics (Oleg Nemodruk)
12:50 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 14:50 – How a business is structured (Oleg Nemodruk)
15:00 – 15:50 – Business cycle of the enterprise – from start-up to closure (Oleg Nemodruk)
16:00 – 16:50 – Case Study – Nokia (Oleg Nemodruk)
16:50 – 18:30 – Free time
18:30 – 19:00 – Dinner
19:00 – 19:30 – Free time
19:30 – 21:30 – Southbank tour
21:45 – 22:30 – Evening sign in
09:00 – Breakfast, dining room
ROOM HUX LT 140
10:00 – 10:50 – Introduction to Business Strategy (Oleg Nemodruk)
11:00 – 11:50 – Tesla Business Strategy – a primer (Oleg Nemodruk)
12:00 – 12:50 – Strategic Assessment of a company (Oleg Nemodruk)
12:50 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 14:50 – Business Operations (Oleg Nemodruk)
15:00 – 15:50 – Debottlenecking case (Oleg Nemodruk)
16:00 – 16:50 – Guest Speaker (Hamish Scott)
16:50 – 18:30 – Free time
18:30 – 19:00 – Dinner
19:00 – 19:30 – Free time
19:30 – 21:30 – Tour of local area
21:45 – 22:30 – Evening sign in
09:00 – Breakfast, dining room
ROOM HUX LT 140
10:00 – 10:50 – Introduction to marketing (Oleg Nemodruk)
11:00 – 11:50 – Marketing campaigns and marketing wars (Oleg Nemodruk)
12:00 – 12:50 – Constructing a marketing campaign (Oleg Nemodruk)
12:50 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 14:50 – Guest Speaker (Sean Ruane)
15:00 – 15:50 – Guest Speaker (Sean Ruane)
16:00 – 16:50 – Guest Speaker (Sean Ruane)
16:50 – 18:30 – Free time
18:30 – 19:00 – Dinner
19:00 – 19:30 – Free time
19:30 – 21:30 – Quiz night (ROOM SKEM LT 207)
21:45 – 22:30 – Evening sign in
08:00 – Breakfast, dining room
DAY IN INDUSTRY
11:00 – 12:30 – Financial London Walk
Lunch
14:00 – 16:30 – Amplify Trading Simulation
19:00 – 19:30 – Dinner
19:30 – 21:30 – Guest speaker (ROOM HUX LT 140)
21:45 – 22:30 – Evening sign in
09:00 – Breakfast, dining room
10:30 – 12:30 – Science Museum
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:30 – 18:00 – V&A Museum
18:30 – 19:00 – Dinner
19:00 – Free time
21:45 – 22:30 – Evening sign in
09:00 – Breakfast, dining room
CAMBRIDGE TOUR
10:00 – Departure from Imperial College
Walking tour
Punting
19:30 – 20:00 – Dinner
20:00 – Free time
21:45 – 22:30 – Evening sign in
Timetable Week 2 (28 July – 2 August)
Select a date to view the schedule for that day.
Monday
28 July
Tuesday
29 July
Wednesday
30 July
Thursday
31 July
Friday
01 August
Saturday
02 August
09:00 – Breakfast, dining room
ROOM HUX LT 140
10:00 – 10:50 – Basics of Corporate finance (Oleg Nemodruk)
11:00 – 11:50 – Company valuation (Oleg Nemodruk)
12:00 – 12:50 – Financial markets and types of investors (Oleg Nemodruk)
12:50 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 14:50 – Growing a company (Oleg Nemodruk)
15:00 – 15:50 – Planning and reporting, Introduction to Accounting (Oleg Nemodruk)
16:00 – 16:50 – Investor relations – Press conference (Oleg Nemodruk)
16:50 – 18:30 – Free time
18:30 – 19:00 – Dinner
19:00 – 19:30 – Free time
19:30 – 21:30 – Guest speaker – ROOM HUX LT 140
21:45 – 22:30 – Evening sign in
09:00 – Breakfast, dining room
ROOM HUX LT 140
10:00 – 10:50 – Starting up a business (Rafael Peters / Kristian Mackie)
11:00 – 11:50 – Constructing a business plan (Kristian Mackie)
12:00 – 12:50 – Fundraising – surviving the shark tank (Kristian Mackie)
12:50 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 14:50 – Insights from the industry (Yusuf Karabag)
15:00 – 15:50 – Insights from the industry (Yusuf Karabag)
16:00 – 16:50 – Building a budget (Oleg Nemodruk)
16:50 – 18:30 – Free time
18:30 – 19:00 – Dinner
19:00 – 19:30 – Free time
19:30 – 21:30 – Final Project Preparation (ROOM SKEM LT 207 / SKEM 240)
21:45 – 22:30 – Evening sign in
09:00 – Breakfast, dining room
ROOM HUX LT 140
10:00 – 10:50 – Mergers, Acquisitions and Financing (Oleg Nemodruk)
11:00 – 11:50 – Corporate turnarounds (Oleg Nemodruk)
12:00 – 12:50 – What it takes to be a CEO – soft and technical skills (Oleg Nemodruk)
12:50 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 14:50 – Financial crises and other shake-up stories (Oleg Nemodruk)
15:00 – 15:50 – Enron, Lehman, Theranos and other shenanigans – what went wrong (Oleg Nemodruk)
16:00 – 16:50 – Self management and goal setting (Oleg Nemodruk)
ROOM Hux Clore LT – all students
17:00 – 18:00 – Global Space Design Competition – Welcome and opening presentation
COMPANY ROOMS
Students have been split into three companies – check your Teams files to find out which company you have been assigned to
18:00 – 18:30 – Company Elections (Check your company in the Teams channel)
18:30 – 19:00 – Dinner
19:00 – 21:30 – Company sessions
21:45 – 22:30 – Evening sign in
09:00 – Breakfast, dining room
COMPANY ROOMS
10:00 – 12:50 – Global Space Design Competition – Company sessions
12:50 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 – Global Space Design Competition – Company sessions
ROOM Hux Clore LT
15:30 – 18:00 – Global Space Design Competition – All students
18:30 – 19:00 – Dinner
19:00 – 21:30 – Free time
21:45 – 22:30 – Evening sign in
09:00 – Breakfast, dining room
Career taster group 1
- 10am – 12:50pm – Medicine – ROOM HUX 342
- 2:00pm – 5:00pm – Engineering – ROOM SKEM LT 207
Career taster group 2
- 10am – 12:50pm – Medicine – ROOM HUX 342
- 2:00pm – 5:00pm – Social Sc – ROOM HUX 503
Career taster group 3
- 10am – 12:50pm – Engineering – ROOM SKEM LT 207
- 2:00pm – 5:00pm – Social Sc – ROOM HUX 503
Uni prep group 1
- 10am – 12:50pm – ROOM HUX LT 140
- 2:00pm – 5:00pm – ROOM HUX LT 140
Uni prep group 2
- 10am – 12:50pm – ROOM HUX 503
- 2:00pm – 5:00pm – ROOM HUX LT 140
16:50 – 18:00 – Preparation for Gala Dinner
18:30 – 21-30 – Gala Dinner/Graduation Ceremony
21:45 – 22:30 – Evening sign in
Residential students only
09:00 – Breakfast, dining room
10:00 – Room check-out
DEPARTURES, AIRPORT TRANSFERS (ALL DAY)