'Making Research Relevant to Industry' - Academic and Industry SIG event - Cambridge
In reversal of the usual approach taken by the Academic & Industry SIG, technology leaders within business will ‘pitch’ their organisations future activities to research focussed academics with the intention of attracting them to work in those areas. To this end, both large and small business enterprises will present the vision that they view as key to success of their business over both the medium and long term. Hosted on the 16th July 2014 at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge, this half day event welcomes delegates to investigate the possibilities for cooperation and/or collaborative projects. Speakers confirmed for this event include Tim Minshall of IfM, George Matich of Selex ES, Carl Robinson of British Antarctic Survey and Dr Chris Winter of New Venture Partners.
Frequently it is heard from industry representatives is that university research often lacks relevance to their businesses. This issue is often quoted as a significant impediment to the success of the UK economy. This half day event, hosted by the IfM, aims to look at improving communication between the figureheads that are involved in research and development within industrial organisations, and those conducting research in academia.
Don’t miss this event which aims to explore options in improving, communication between research in academia and R&D within industrial organisations, through speaker presentations, poster board sessions and ample networking opportunities.
During the ample networking sessions, the academic researchers will then have the opportunity to engage with representatives from the invited companies with the aim of investigating the possibilities for cooperation and/or collaborative projects.
Confirmed speakers:
- Dr Tim Minshall, Reader in Technology and Innovation Management, IfM
- George Matich, Chief Technologist, Selex ES
- Carl Robinson, Airborne Survey Engineer, British Antarctic Survey
- Dr Chris Winter, Partner, New Venture Partners
We will also be joined by Claus Bendtsen, Head of Computational Biology of AstraZeneca who will be an additional panellist.
This SIG is championed by Marc Bailey of Nokia Technologies Division, Bozidar Radunovic of Microsoft Research, Claudio Marinelli of Applied Graphene Materials, Dave Roberts of Jabooh Software Solutions and Ian Wassell of University of Cambridge.
We are also extremely grateful to the Institute of Manufacturing (IfM) for hosting this event, to our lunch sponsors Microlease & Agilent Technologies, and supporters, Cambridge CleanTech.
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We are inviting academics and researchers to take up a poster board display at this event. If you are interested please get in touch at [email protected]
This event is FREE to members of Cambridge Wireless and FREE for academics and invited guests of IFM. Tickets for non-members are £180 plus VAT. To join Cambridge Wireless as a member and attend future events for free, please visit www.cambridgewireless.co.uk/sign-up
Limited FREE places for non-members: We are keen to engage with, and foster the next generation of technologists so we have limited FREE delegate places at our events for non-members who are under 30. If you would like to register for one of these places, please register as a non-member and under job title please list your date of birth. We will then confirm if you have received a place within one week of the event.
We have limited sponsorship and display table opportunities available for this popular event so if you are interested in maximising your organisation’s profile, please contact [email protected] for further information.
This event is kindly hosted by the Institute of Manufacturing (IfM). Lunch at this event is kindly sponsored by Microlease & Agilent Technologies. This event is kindly supported by Cambridge CleanTech.