TREVOR Baylis, the inventor of the wind-up radio, will be a guest speaker at the Venturefest York exhibition at the Ebor Suite, York Racecourse, on February 5.

His is the latest in what promises to be a glittering line-up of speakers at the show for budding technology and knowledge-based businesses. Already booked to speak is Hermann Hauser, co-founder of Acorn computers, and now chief executive of Amadeus Capital Partners of Cambridge.

Updated: 09:17 Tuesday, November 04, 2003