Last month, delegates from institutions as varied as Ariel University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Birmingham and New York University gathered in London for the annual GUV:Fusion conference

It has been an incredible year for the innovation ecosystem – in many ways it seems unbelievable that only a single year has passed since the last GUV:Fusion, Global University Venturing’s annual conference in London held alongside the GCV Symposium of our sister publication Global Corporate Venturing.

But that the world does not stop turning even when many of the technology transfer leaders are gathered in a hotel opposite St Paul’s Cathedral was arguably best illustrated by news the day…