About the Summit
This one day Summit is intended to draw on international and public and private sector experience of best practice methodologies and practices adopted in the public and private sectors in attempting to assess the impact of innovation activities, including research expenditure and accessing external knowledge.
Attention will also be paid to the similar range of problems faced in this area by major charitable and third sector funders who have major investments in support of research.
Speakers
Speakers will be drawn from across the private and public policy spectrum and from a range of countries.
Speakers confirmed so far include:
- Liz Allen, Senior Evaluation Adviser, The Wellcome Trust
- David Docherty, Chief Executive of the Council For Industry and Higher Education
- David Eyton, Group Head for Research and Technology, BP Plc
- Julia Lane, Program Director; Science and Innovation Policy, National Science Foundation
- Mary Walshok, Associate vice chancellor for Extended Studies, University of California
- Mari Williams, Chair, RCUK Performance Evaluation Group
- Irving Wladawsky-Berger, VP emeritus, IBM; consultant on innovation and strategy – IBM and Citigroup visiting lecturer: MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Engineering Systems Division, Adjunct professor: Imperial College Business School
Programme
- An opening address from the Keynote speaker – tbc
- Presentations from an academic, policy and business perspective
- A number of international perspectives on this subject
- There will be a debate which will include academic and business representatives on both sides
- Post event networking drinks