Alumni are cordially invited to attend the launch of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship . The Centre, within the Tanaka Business School, exists to help Indian and British companies and research institutions improve innovative performance and find better ways to develop and exploit new ideas, with specific, but not exclusive reference to British and Indian markets.
A panel discussion: Discovering value from technology – Global opportunities and challenges in technology commercialisation
Date: 3 December 2007
Venue: The Rooftop Rendezvous, Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel, Mumbai
Registration: 15.15
Panel Discussion time: 15.45 - 17.45
Please note, 30 places are available for Imperial College alumni in India, and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. To reserve your place, please contact the Alumni Relations team at alumni@imperial.ac.uk.
Indian companies, universities and research institutions are moving beyond cost leadership to a bold strategy for value creation through innovation. What are the opportunities and challenges? Over the years, Imperial College London has developed a highly effective system for technology transfer, fed by research from all of its faculties.
Imperial Innovations the first majority university-owned listing on the London Stock Exchange, combines the activities of technology transfer, company incubation, and early stage venture capital. These activities creatively leverage the breadth and depth of Imperial’s strengths across multiple research disciplines to provide high impact solutions in energy, health, and environment. In this panel discussion, senior academics and executives discuss the steps to creating and leveraging value through innovation in a global business environment.
The prominent list of speakers includes:
- Professor David Begg on the launch of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre and Indo-UK partnerships in innovation
- Sir Richard Sykes on biopharma developments and implications for drug discovery
- Dr Tidu Maini on technology transfer and the role of corporate-university linkages
- Dr Susan Searle on Imperial Innovations and learning from Imperial’s pathbreaking success in technology commercialisation
- Professor Gerry George portrays the leading edge on innovation in design and the human side of innovation