Agenda
A background paper on the ‘innovation landscape’ will be circulated before the Summit, to help frame the issues for discussion and highlight the key controversies to be explored in the debate.
The Innovation Summit will be moderated by Richard L Hudson, CEO, Science│Business.
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| 09.15-10.00 |
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Registration and refreshments |
| 10.00-10.30 |
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Opening address
The role of the Technology Strategy Board in creating value from science and engineering research
Graham Spittle
Chair of the Technology Strategy Board |
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10.30-11.00
11.00-11.30 |
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Five provocative presentations by researchers from IPGC/UK~IRC, chaired by Alan Hughes, Director of UK~IRC
Erkko Autio, QinetiQ/UK~IRC
The importance of Gazelles as a subset of SMEs
Tim Minshall, University of Cambridge
Opportunities and challenges with open innovation
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| 11.30-11.45 |
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Break |
| 11.45-12.15
12.15-12.45
12.45-13.15 |
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David Connell, University of Cambridge
Exploding the Myths of Government Innovation Policy; Why Encouraging R&D Contracts for Customers is the Key to a Successful Innovation Economy
Oliver Alexy, UK~IRC
Harnessing open innovation
Bart Clarysse, UK~IRC
Venturing and the limits to starting up companies |
| 13.15-14.00 |
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Lunch |
| 14.00-14.45
14.45-15.30 |
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Keynote session
Maryann P. Feldman, University of North Carolina
The role of American universities in creating wealth in the 21st century
Alan Hughes and Ammon Salter, UK~IRC
The role of British universities in creating wealth in the 21st century |
| 15.30-15.45 |
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Break |
| 15.45-17.30 |
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Panel Debate
“This house believes that the narrow focus on commercial exploitation of IP in university/business relationships hampers development of vibrant innovation ecosystems”|
Chair: David Delpy, Chief Executive, EPSRC
For: Sir John Chisholm, QinetiQ, and David Gann, Imperial College
Business School
Against: Susan Searle, Imperial Innovations and tbc
Including Q&A |
| 17.30-18.00 |
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Closing address
tbc |
| 18.00 |
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Evening reception sponsored by QinetiQ |
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| Timings are provisional and speakers may change |
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