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Final Conference Notification
"The Changing Research Arena"
University of Central Lancashire 4/5th December 2002
A limited number of places are still available for this high profile national conference. The programme is as follows:
Day 1
Welcome - Malcolm McVicar Vice-Chancellor, University of Central Lancashire
Plenary Session
- The development of the European Research Arena and how this affects the framework programme, the national research programmes of member states and implications for UK Researchers.
Speakers - Chris North, Deputy Director, OST International; Martin Penny, Director, UKRO
Workshop Session - choose one of
- Long term sustainability of university research in the UK -Stephen Speed/Michael Jampel, Science and Engineering Base Group, OST
-The Wellcome Trust Policy Developments - Lee Elliot Major, Head of Policy & Communications, The Wellcome Trust
- The role of Universities in the European Research Area - Inge Knudsen, Senior Project Manager, European Univeristies Assocation
Plenary Session
-The greater integration of the Research Councils (and implications for Research(ers)), HEFCE research and business interaction funding and policy developments.
Speakers - Julia Goodfellow, Chief Executive, BBSRC, Member RCUK; Rama Thirunamachandran, Director (Research and Knowledge Transfer), HEFCE
Conference Dinner
Day 2
Plenary Session
-How the new money in the Government Spending review relates to university academia/industry relationships and builds on previous funding streams, developing Regional research priorities
Speakers - Richard Brooks, Assistant Director Exploitation and Infrastructure (OST), Lynne Taylor, Head of Innovation, NWDA
Workshop Session - choose one of:
-Case Study of the InfoLab21 Project (a project combining European, Industry and Regional funding led by Lancaster University) - Speaker from Lancaster University
-Case Study of the Formulation of the North West Regional Science Strategy - Lambert Dopping-Hepenstal, Advanced Technolgy Director, BAe Systems, member NW Science Council
-Fostering Regional HE Research Collaborations - Ian Levitt, Director of Research, University of Central Lancashire, member NWUA Research & Development Group
Final Plenary Session & Panel Questions
- Towards a Constructive and Academically Enterprise Research Future :
Imagination, Reason and Daring for Real Improvement- James Powell, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Enterprise and Regional Affairs), University of Salford
For further information and booking please contact Liz Kelly 01772 892656 or email [log in to unmask]
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