Academic - Industry

The academic community has always been known for a stream of innovative, pioneering and exciting products, discoveries and inventions which have helped in paving the way for the wireless era.

This SIG is championed by: Dr Ian Wassell of University of Cambridge, David Roberts from Ogma Solutions, Claudio Marinelli of Scannerfutures, Alex Butler from Microsoft Research and Marc Bailey of Nokia Research Center.

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Ultimately, this forum aims to:

  •  promote further research through more effective interaction between the wireless industry and the academic research network 
  •  help to match-up university departmental work in wireless technology to industry R&D needs 
  •  stimulate commercial incentives and enhance research activities. 

The Academic and Industry SIG is a forum at which participants can illustrate and discuss current applications and concepts, including projects in development which may be searching for collaborators. 

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Joint ICT KTN and Academic and Industry SIG Event

'Academia and Industry Working Together: More than a letter of support'

In the past the traditional approach to academic-industrial partnerships was for the academic to ask a company to write a letter supporting a grant proposal and then for both to quietly forget about each other until it was time to write the next grant proposal. In 2003 Henry Chesbrough published the classic book “Open innovation: the new imperative for creating and profiting from technology” which described successful industrial-academic partnerships and set out a vision for greater collaboration. ‘Academia and Industry Working Together’ will describe best practice for collaboration between industry and academia and how to increase the benefits to all partners, giving perspectives from different players within the open innovation environment, including academics, large industry, small companies, technology transfer offices and funding bodies. We look forward to a lively discussion!

Confirmed speakers for this event are Professor Andy Hopper of Computer Lab - University of Cambridge, Julian Peck of Cambridge Enterprise and Neil Crockett of Connected Digital Economy Catapult.

With the traditional letter-of-support method into academic-industrial partnerships proving to be less than efficient, many other approaches to building and maintaining these pairings have emerged over the last decade to secure their success. So what works, what doesn’t and how can it be improved?

Join this insightful half-day event set in esteemed Cambridge surroundings to discuss how these approaches have evolved and what this means for future partnerships. As well as the day’s hot topics, there will be ample networking opportunities and lunch shall be provided from 1pm. We look forward to a lively discussion!

Confirmed speakers:

The Academic and Industry SIG is championed by Marc Bailey of Nokia Research Centre, Dr Ian Wassell of University of Cambridge, David Roberts of the University of Cambridge (CARET), Claudio Marinelli of Scannerfutures and Alex Butler from Microsoft Research. We are also extremely grateful to ICT KTN for supporting this event.

To follow this SIG on Twitter, @CambWireless, please use #CWAI

Please note that delegates attending this event are welcomed to join the Founder Dinner pre-dinner drinks reception, taking place on site at Newnham College, Cambridge, courtesy of ICT KTN.

Join us for this FREE joint event organised by Cambridge Wireless and ICT KTN. To be able to attend this event for free you'll automatically be registered as an ICT KTN member. Please note membership of ICT KTN is free. To join Cambridge Wireless as a member and attend future events for free, please visit: www.cambridgewireless.co.uk/sign-up

 12/12/13