EVENT PROGRAMME
Overview
The Collaboration Nation Event Programme
The Collaboration Nation - Profiting from the Next Generation of Leading Edge Technologies event offers something for everyone who is interested in technology collaboration. The programme has been designed with plenty of opportunity to make new connections and to discuss future collaborations.
Collaboration Nation - Profiting from the Next Generation of Leading Edge Technologies
opens at 0830 and closes at approximately 1630 on Tuesday 30th March 2010.
Once you are registered to attend the event you will be able to manage your own diary for the day. Use the 'register' button to select the sessions you want to attend and your personal online schedule will be updated showing when you are available (or not) for any pre-arranged one-to-one meetings.
Agenda
0830 Registration Opens
0930 Welcome & De-risking innovation and the future of commercial collaboration
David Bott, Director of Innovation Programmes, Technology Strategy Board
0945 High Follow-up Potential Projects
Understand which projects exemplify high follow-up potential from all the winners of the 'Technology Inspired' feasibility study competition. Discover the particular problems they were trying to solve, their approach and the significant progress they made using the funds available to them.
Chair: Will Barton, Head of Technology, Technology Strategy Board
Dr. Victor Higgs, Managing Director, Applied Nanodetectors Ltd - Detection of bacterial respiratory tract infections in exhaled breath using nanosensor arrays
Francesca Rosella, Chief Creative Director, CuteCircuit - High Value Manufacturing for the integration of Intelligent Textiles and Micro Electronic components into Clothing for Wearable Technology and Fashion
Dr Anthony Jarvis, Programme Manager -Materials, DataLase Ltd - Inklesss Digital Printing of Printed Electronics
Thomas Lipinski, Managing Director, Green Structures Ltd - Passive Heat Recovery Ventilation Unit
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1030 Feasibility study elevator pitches - Low Carbon Technologies
Winning project team members pitch their projects for 1-2 minutes highlighting who they are and what they are now looking for to take their projects forward
Chair: Alec Reader, Director, Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network
1110 Networking break
1135 Feasibility study elevator pitches - Life Sciences Technologies
Winning project team members pitch their projects for 1-2 minutes highlighting who they are and what they are now looking for to take their projects forward.
Chair: Chris Warkup, Director, Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network
1220 Feasibility study elevator pitches - Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing, Data, and Measurement
Winning project team members pitch their projects for 1-2 minutes highlighting who they are and what they are now looking for to take their projects forward.
Chair: Colin Tattam, Director - Projects, Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network
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1315 Lunch
Over 30 winning projects will be exhibiting at Collaboration Nation. This is your opportunity to meet and understand more about the people behind the projects, and to discuss future collaborative activities.
1415 Breakout sessions: attendees will be able to choose one of the following sessions
1) Technologies for Low Carbon and Energy
Achieving the government's target of 80% emissions reduction by 2050 will mean transforming the economy. This needs to take place in an environment of improved energy security and affordability. What are the solutions that are going to enable this target to be achieved, and what commercial opportunity will this provide for new technology? Speakers from the Technology Strategy Board and project winners will provide information on commercial collaboration opportunities.
Chair: John Morldige, Lead Technologist - Advanced Materials, Technology Strategy Board
David Grant, Senior Scientist, eminate Ltd - Coating of Powders for Hydrogen Storage UseProfessor
Tim Jones, Chief Scientist, Molecular Solar Ltd - New Materials for Improved Performance of Organic Photovoltaic Cells
Casper Gray, Director, Wax RDC Ltd - CLOSS (Closed-Loop Shower System)
Ian Crowther, General Manager, Wireless Fibre Systems Ltd - Mobile Environmental Pollution Alarm System (MEPAS)
2) Technologies for Life Sciences
Technologies inspired by the life sciences can contribute to solving the challenges of climate change, an ageing population, dwindling petroleum reserves and food security. Can an increase in the yields, variety and nutritional or energy content of crops we grow lessen the impact of a changing climate, a growing world population as well improve our energy security? Can the goal of healthy aging be achieved through technologies based on our understanding of genetics, environmental effects and human behaviour? Speakers from the Technology Strategy Board and project winners will provide information on commercial collaboration opportunities.
Joint Chairs: Melin Goldman, Lead Technologist- Biosciences; Christian Inglies, Lead Technologist - Nanotechnology, Technology Strategy Board
Dr David Aldridge, Managing Director, BioBullets Limited - BioBullets for the control of invasive mussels in shrimp farms
Lucy England, Product Manager, Metalysis - Production of low cost, high quality spherical titanium and titanium alloy powders for the aerospace and medical industries
Jon Holmes, Knowledge Transfer Manager, Michelson Diagnostics Ltd-Feasibility of highly miniaturised endoscopic OCT probe for cancer diagnosis
David Boggett, Managing Director Moor, Instruments Ltd - Hand Held Blood Flow Imager
3) Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing, Data, and Measurement
Manufacturing is a highly competitive sector where activity tends to gravitate around the countries of lowest overall cost. Manufacturing in the UK has therefore had to change radically to remain globally competitive, giving rise to a shift towards high-value, knowledge-intensive goods, and provision of lifetime service around a manufactured product. These goods and services require increased data and measurement technologies to give 'right first time' products and a competitive edge. What are the next generation of solutions and companies that will further develop a high value advanced manufacturing economy in the UK? Speakers from the Technology Strategy Board and project winners will provide information on commercial collaboration opportunities.
Joint Chairs: Robin Wilson, Lead Technologist - Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology; Tonino Amorelli, Lead Technologist - High Value Manufacturing and Transport, Technology Strategy Board
Gareth Wakefield , Group Manager - Physical Technologies, Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group plc - Nanoparticle based anti-reflection coatings on polymer substrates
Stephen Fasham, Technology Development Director, Oxsensis Ltd - Simultaneous Optical Acceleration and Temperature Sensor (SOATS)
Tony Rhoades, Director, Spiral Scratch Limited-3D Image acquisition - One touch 3D data scanning for CAD systems
Jonathan Reynolds, Founder & CEO, TouchType Limited-Adaptive Prediction for Text Entry (APTE)
1520 'The Journey' Panel Session
Two-thirds of commercial innovation stems from small business, yet one of the hardest tasks for a small business is to find experienced partners to help in exploiting their research. What are the best ways to collaborate with large business and the funding community in order to take your product to market? Confirmed panellists:
Chair: Will Barton, Head of Technology, Technology Strategy Board
Hazel Moore, Chairman for First Capital
Maxine J Horn, CEO British Design innovation
David Lever, Business Development Manager, Rio Tinto Minerals
Kevin Matthews, CEO, Isogenica Ltd
1620 The Technology Strategy Board - What Next?
David Bott, Director of Innovation Programmes, Technology Strategy Board
1630 Event close