Theme: Cross sector
Time: 10:30
Room: B

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The political and economical landscape in which we do business is changing.  This coupled with increasing competition from overseas, means there has never been a more important time for businesses to innovate and invest in their future.  But how can you do this?  How can you access expertise that can take your business forward, put you ahead of the competition and do so in a cost effective way?

For over 35 years, the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) programme, which is part funded by Government, has been helping businesses to realise their full potential.  By addressing strategic and tactical business needs, KTP has a proven track record having helped over 7,000 businesses to improve their competitiveness, productivity and performance through collaborative partnerships with Further and Higher Education institutions.  Through these partnerships, businesses have been able to increase their profitability either through improved quality, operations, increase in sales and/or access to new markets.

The impacts of a KTP also go beyond the commercial sector. KTP has also benefited many charities and third sector organisations through improved efficiencies and more generally enables culture change and enhances the skills of existing staff.  So, how do you get involved, what are the risks, what types of KTP projects can you do, what can you achieve?

Key benefits of attending:

• Understand more about how KTPs work from shorter to classic, flagship to supply chain
• Find out more about the funding and support network available
• Hear first hand from businesses who have undertaken a KTP and what it has enabled them to do since (they have done since?)

Hosted by the Knowledge Transfer Partnership and with insight from businesses that have benefited from the KTP programme this interactive panel session is aimed at anyone who is interested in finding out more about KTP. Whether you work in a manufacturing business or creative industries - the door is open to all.

Speakers to include:

Andrew Budgen - Spacelabs, London                             
Mark Saw - Authentix, York            

Elaine Martin - Newcastle university, Newcastle                            

Fiona Nightingale - KTP Senior Advisor

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Theme: Cross sector
Time: 10:30
Room: B

By disruptive technologies we mean technologies that allow something to be done that was not possible before, or was possible only in theory. The term was coined for very good reasons:  lives, and businesses, are simply not the same after its introduction. Neither are the business models used in its exploitation. In taking disruptive technologies forward it is a challenge to match technologies to potential markets, build critical mass in capabilities and systems, and produce sufficiently compelling results to allow investors and funders to provide the necessary backing. But if successful, entirely new markets, or even new industries, can result.

In this session we will explore some of the markets which have been created by technology-inspired disruptive technologies and we will look at the routes taken to their market. And therein lays an opportunity to look at what we can learn from these routes and how the Technology Strategy Board’s Emerging Technologies and Industries Strategy can help UK business disrupt the World.

Key benefits of attending:

• To learn more about the approach being taken in the UK to the commercialisation  of disruptive technologies
• Discuss key issues around routes to market
• Make your input and suggestions on how the strategy could best be implemented

This session will be hosted by John Collins, Lead Technologist, Emerging Technologies & Industries, Technology Strategy Board, and will be joined  by

Dr Alison Fielding, CTO, IP Group plc.

To download the session presentations

Click here - CCaLC A User‟s perspective

Click here - CCaLC and SustainableDesign

Click here - Carbon Footprinting the Life Cycle of Supply Chains -the CCaLC Tool

Theme: Sustainability
Time: 10:30
Room: Sustainability Hall 2

With pressure to reduce environmental impact of activities throughout all its activities, industry requires simple decision-support tools for estimating the inventories of carbon-equivalents (i.e. greenhouse gases) along complete supply chains. For widespread adoption any methodology needs to consider full lifecycle and be applicable across different industrial sectors.

This session introduces the CCaLC tool which enables estimations of carbon footprint and other environmental impacts along different manufacturing supply chains. Easy to use and accompanied by extensive lifecycle databases, it helps to identify ‘hot spots’ and carbon reduction opportunities. It also enables calculations of value added in the supply chain so that trade-offs with carbon-added can be analysed. For more information on CCaLC, please visit: www.ccalc.org.uk where you can download the CCalC tool for free.

Key benefits of attending this seminar:

• Learn about the tool and how you can apply it in your own organisation
• See case studies from industry on the application of CCaLC to develop more sustainable products and supply chains
• Try and interactive demonstration of the tool for yourself and ask questions of the experts

CCaLC should be of interest to a wide range of organisations, including SMEs, wishing to estimate and manage their carbon footprint. CCaLC has been developed and tested with companies in food & drink, chemicals, polymers and bio-feedstock supply chains.

This seminar will be led by Dr Mike Pitts, Sustainability Manager for Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network and include interactive demonstrations from the CCaLC project team along with case studies from companies such as Kellogg’s, Ineos and Croda.

Speakers in this session include:

Dr Michael Pitts - Sustainability Manager                                        

Adisa Azapagic - Professor of Sustainable Chemical Engineering                           

Jason Leadbitter - Sustainability Manager, Ineos ChlorVinyls

Theme: Healthcare
Time: 10:30
Room: Auditorium

This session did not have a presentation

Dementia costs the UK economy in excess of £23 billion per year, and therefore The opportunities for business are tremendous. Already a number of new large players are already taking this on board. Key players such as Microsoft, O2 and Cisco have already seized the business opportunities afforded by the remote healthcare market.

These opportunities exist not only in supporting independent living for people with dementia, their families and carers but also in supporting well older adults to enhance and sustain their health and quality of life.

This session brings to life the real impact of dementia to the lives of those affected through the award winning drama ‘A Life Sentence’. It will set the debate for a lively discussion on the possibilities and opportunities for technological innovation and business opportunities.

By attending this session you can expect to:

• Gain deeper insights into the experiences and challenges of everyday living of people affected by dementia for enhanced understanding of the context for technological innovation
• Be challenged to think creatively as to how their discipline or sector can contribute to the imperative for technological innovation
• Participants will be afforded the opportunity to contribute to the debate on assisted living  and the creation of a viable economy in the sector

Hosted by the Technology Strategy Board this session is aimed at attendees from all technology and industry sectors but may be of particular use to representatives from the creative industries, built environment, ICT, academia, SMEs, photonics and electronics, motor industry.

Speakers to include:

Keren Down  - FAST      

Christine Asbury - AT Care
Madeleine Starr  - Carers UK
Sue Bott  National Centre for Independent Living
Sue Dunkerton - Co-Director Healthtech and Medicines KTN                                                             

Theme: Healthcare
Time: 10:30
Room: E

What are the key messages of the session?

• Innovation drivers in healthcare – the view from a ‘commercial clinician’. Particular emphasis on medical devices
• Innovation drivers and trends in Pharma
• Innovation drivers and trends in Biotech

Who will benefit from attending?

• Life Science R&D Managers
• Biopharma companies
• Medtech companies

Hosted by the HealthTech and Medicines Knowledge Transfer Network and joined by representatives of the Nanotechnology KTN the session will include insight from      Prof. Leonard Fass, Director Academic Relations, GE Healthcare

Dr Peter Luke, Senior Director, Strategic Alliances, Pfizer 

Melanie Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Syntaxin Ltd.

Theme: Digital
Time: 10:30
Room: Sustainability Hall 1

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Innovation is a contact sport so how can Social Media help deliver your Open Innovation strategy? How are organisations and individuals using social media to solve challenges, source ideas and exploit their IP?

How research organisations are using Social Media and online communities to deliver their knowledge transfer strategies - Is Knowledge Transfer 2.0 a reality or just hype?

What the Technology Strategy Board is doing now and plans to do in the future to facilitate Open Innovation using Social Media and online communities of practice - What could the future of Open Innovation look like in the UK?

Accepting your organisation may have to be more open and relinquish control – How to manage this change and not just focus on the technology.

This session will be hosted by

Brian McCaul - Commercialisation Director, University of Leeds

Mark McNally - Founder, Mindcloud 

Rob Walsh – Founder, Simply Change

Theme: Digital
Time: 10:30
Room: D

Digital technology will evolve more over the next five to seven years than over the past 20. Businesses will need to understand what these changes are and how they can harness them to drive growth and new opportunities.

This session will contextualise the challenges facing the sector and provide an exciting insight into the opportunities being driven by developments in digital technology for anyone who works in the creative industries.

Key benefits of attending:

• Learn about the Technology Strategy Board’s Creative Industries strategy and activities
• Understand metadata and convergence: the two key areas that the Technology Strategy Board will be investing in over the next year
• Gain insight into the latest areas of digital innovation
• Realise the opportunities to work with creative businesses

Hosted by Alex Stanhope from the Technology Strategy Board, speakers in this session include:

• John Cass, Director of the Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network
• Jeremy Silver, Serial Entrepreneur and Lead Specialist for the Creative Industries, Technology Strategy Board
• Frank Boyd, Theme Champion for Convergence, Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network
• Simon Hopkins, Theme Champion for Metadata, Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network