PROGRAMME
08:30
Registration and Coffee in the Networking Surgery
09:25
09:35
Keynote Address
David Way (confirmed)
Director of Knowledge Exchange and Special Projects, Technology Strategy Board
“Promoting Open Innovation: Building Networking Bridges Between Businesses and with Academia”
The Technology Strategy Board is the UK innovation agency, our goal is to accelerate economic growth by stimulating and supporting business-led innovation; everything we do is driven by one question: will it help UK business bring new ideas and technologies to market faster. Networking is key to helping us achieve this, building cross-sectoral and technology relations between businesses and with academia. The talk will outline how we promote this through collaborative projects, Knowledge Transfer Networks and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.
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David Way (confirmed)
Director of Knowledge Exchange and Special Projects, Technology Strategy Board
“Promoting Open Innovation: Building Networking Bridges Between Businesses and with Academia”
The Technology Strategy Board is the UK innovation agency, our goal is to accelerate economic growth by stimulating and supporting business-led innovation; everything we do is driven by one question: will it help UK business bring new ideas and technologies to market faster. Networking is key to helping us achieve this, building cross-sectoral and technology relations between businesses and with academia. The talk will outline how we promote this through collaborative projects, Knowledge Transfer Networks and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.
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09:55
Graeme Rosenberg (confirmed)
Research Excellence Framework Manager, Higher Education Funding Council for England
“Raising the Bar – How the Research Excellence Framework Can Help to Improve Research Quality and Outcomes”
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the new system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions. The assessments aim to provide accountability for public investment in research, provide benchmarking information and produce evidence of the benefits that research investments bring.
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Research Excellence Framework Manager, Higher Education Funding Council for England
“Raising the Bar – How the Research Excellence Framework Can Help to Improve Research Quality and Outcomes”
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the new system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions. The assessments aim to provide accountability for public investment in research, provide benchmarking information and produce evidence of the benefits that research investments bring.
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10:15
Dr Matthew Hallsworth (confirmed)
Head of External Relations, NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI)
“Partnership and Collaboration: Maximising the Opportunities for Life Sciences Research in the UK”
Innovative models of partnership between universities and the NHS are helping to drive forward health research in the UK. These partnerships form a strong foundation for efficient collaboration with the life sciences industry, leading to potential benefit for patients and the economy.
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Head of External Relations, NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI)
“Partnership and Collaboration: Maximising the Opportunities for Life Sciences Research in the UK”
Innovative models of partnership between universities and the NHS are helping to drive forward health research in the UK. These partnerships form a strong foundation for efficient collaboration with the life sciences industry, leading to potential benefit for patients and the economy.
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10:30 - 10:55
Question and Answer Session
11:00
Coffee in the Networking Surgery
11:45
Panel Discussion
“Shaken Not Stirred: Scholarly Communications in Ferment”
Following the recent recommendations of the Finch Report, the UK government has announced £10m of funding that will support the aims to make all publicly funded research in Britain open access. This session will explore some of the key issues and challenges of open access and ask whether it presents an opportunity for higher education to take the initiative.
“Shaken Not Stirred: Scholarly Communications in Ferment”
Following the recent recommendations of the Finch Report, the UK government has announced £10m of funding that will support the aims to make all publicly funded research in Britain open access. This session will explore some of the key issues and challenges of open access and ask whether it presents an opportunity for higher education to take the initiative.
Professor Dr Stephen Curry (confirmed)
Professor of Structural Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London
Professor of Structural Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London
12:30
Lunch in the Networking Surgery
13:30
Chair's Afternoon Address
13:45
Dr Robert Doubleday (confirmed)
Executive Director, Centre for Science and Policy, Cambridge University
“Strengthening Engagement Between Academia and Government Through Networks”
The Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) at the University of Cambridge was founded in 2009 with the aim of strengthening engagement between research and public policy. CSaP's approach has been to focus on building networks among academics and policy makers. The presentation will describe how our approach has evolved, and what we have learned along the way about how to support effective knowledge exchange.
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Executive Director, Centre for Science and Policy, Cambridge University
“Strengthening Engagement Between Academia and Government Through Networks”
The Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) at the University of Cambridge was founded in 2009 with the aim of strengthening engagement between research and public policy. CSaP's approach has been to focus on building networks among academics and policy makers. The presentation will describe how our approach has evolved, and what we have learned along the way about how to support effective knowledge exchange.
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14:05
Case Study
Professor Dan Tovey (confirmed)
Professor of Particle Physics, University of Sheffield
“Zeptoscale Science with Global Collaboration: The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider”
Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva are now answering fundamental questions about how the universe functions at scales far smaller than the nucleus of an atom. The technical challenges facing scientists and engineers at the birth of this project were immense but were overcome by developing transnational collaborations of unprecedented global scale. The history, structure and sociology of these collaborations will be discussed with a view to identifying lessons for future networks of similar size.
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Professor Dan Tovey (confirmed)
Professor of Particle Physics, University of Sheffield
“Zeptoscale Science with Global Collaboration: The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider”
Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva are now answering fundamental questions about how the universe functions at scales far smaller than the nucleus of an atom. The technical challenges facing scientists and engineers at the birth of this project were immense but were overcome by developing transnational collaborations of unprecedented global scale. The history, structure and sociology of these collaborations will be discussed with a view to identifying lessons for future networks of similar size.
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14:25
Afternoon Keynote Address
Amanda Crowfoot (confirmed)
Director of Science Europe
“International Collaboration: Maximising the Impact of the European Research Area”
The aim of the European Research Area is to give researchers, institutions and businesses access to a Europe-wide open space for knowledge and technologies and encourage cross-border cooperation. The current economic climate further underlines the problems of research funding with no single country having the sufficient resources to be competitive on a global scale. Transnational cooperation can help improve the use of national and regional resources so that research outcomes are more efficient and more effective. How can research organisations and institutions directly engage with the other projects and programmes, with the right businesses and commercial partners, and at the right level?
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Amanda Crowfoot (confirmed)
Director of Science Europe
“International Collaboration: Maximising the Impact of the European Research Area”
The aim of the European Research Area is to give researchers, institutions and businesses access to a Europe-wide open space for knowledge and technologies and encourage cross-border cooperation. The current economic climate further underlines the problems of research funding with no single country having the sufficient resources to be competitive on a global scale. Transnational cooperation can help improve the use of national and regional resources so that research outcomes are more efficient and more effective. How can research organisations and institutions directly engage with the other projects and programmes, with the right businesses and commercial partners, and at the right level?
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14:45
Case Study
Martin Yuille (confirmed)
Co-Director, Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, Manchester University
“Next Generation Biobanking: The Rise of the Networks”
New medicines and health improvements require research biobanking networks of people, things and processes. First steps in this direction will be described.
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Martin Yuille (confirmed)
Co-Director, Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, Manchester University
“Next Generation Biobanking: The Rise of the Networks”
New medicines and health improvements require research biobanking networks of people, things and processes. First steps in this direction will be described.
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15:05
Panel Debate
“Research to Innovation”
The UK punches above its weight. It produces 8% of the world's scientific papers and has a citation share of 12%, second only to the US. However, we fall short of reaching the commercial potential of our research projects. How do we get better at developing innovative products, processes and services? Will open access to research papers and scientific data soon become the norm?
“Research to Innovation”
The UK punches above its weight. It produces 8% of the world's scientific papers and has a citation share of 12%, second only to the US. However, we fall short of reaching the commercial potential of our research projects. How do we get better at developing innovative products, processes and services? Will open access to research papers and scientific data soon become the norm?
Paul Clark (confirmed)
Director of Policy, Universities UK
Director of Policy, Universities UK
Dr Jonathan Sheffield OBE (confirmed)
Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health Research, Clinical Research Network
Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health Research, Clinical Research Network
Martin Yuille (confirmed)
Co-Director, Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, Manchester University
Co-Director, Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, Manchester University
Professor Dan Tovey (confirmed)
Professor of Particle Physics, University of Sheffield
Professor of Particle Physics, University of Sheffield
Dr Robert Doubleday (confirmed)
Executive Director, Centre for Science and Policy, Cambridge University
Executive Director, Centre for Science and Policy, Cambridge University
Amanda Crowfoot (confirmed)
Director of Science Europe
Director of Science Europe
15:55
Chair's Closing Remarks
16:00
Conference Close
