Dear Colleague,
I am pleased to inform you that the ARCISS Seminar on Knowledge Exchange at
the University of Manchester has now been re-scheduled to 3rd June 2005.
Please find the seminar programme further below. Attached is the booking
form for your use.
Please note that there are special reduced rates for ARCISS members. This
applies to the research centre as a whole and not only the named ARCISS
representative.
<<ARCISS KE Sem booking-3Jun.doc>>
We look forward to see you at Manchester!
Merz Hoare
ARCISS Administrator
Web: www.arciss.co.uk
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Centre for Tourism Policy Studies
University of Brighton
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KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER SEMINAR
Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
The University of Manchester, Harold Hankins Building, Booth Street
West, Manchester M13 9QH
3rd June 2005
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PROGRAMME
09.00 Registration
09.30 Introduction
09.45 Knowledge Exchange and Social Science
Luke Georghiou, Director of PREST, University of Manchester
10.30 Break
11.00 Three Centre Case Studies
Robert Lindley, Director, Institute for Employment Research,
Warwick University
A.N.O.THER
Mike Coombes, Executive Director, CURDS, University of Newcastle
upon Tyne
12.00 Group Sessions
13.00 Lunch
14.15 HEFCE Support for Knowledge Transfer
Rama Thirunamachandran, Director (Research and Knowledge
Transfer), HEFCE
14.45 ESRC Support for Knowledge Transfer
Astrid Wissenburg, Director (Communications
and Information Directorate), ESRC
15.15 Round Table
16.00 Tea
16.30 ARCISS AGM and Reception
SPEAKERS
Luke Georghiou
Luke is a Director of PREST and has been on its staff since 1977. His
research interests include evaluation of R&D and innovation policy,
foresight, national and international science policy, and management of
science and technology. Recent projects include several studies of
industry-science relations, policy for international scientific
co-operation, evaluation of foresight, and changes in public sector research
institutions. During 1999 he chaired the Strategic Review of the EUREKA
Initiative and during 1996 he chaired the evaluation of the European Union's
Framework Biotechnology Programmes. He has recently chaired committees on
the effectiveness of Direct measures for R&D support on behalf of the
European Commission, and the Evaluation of Futur - the German Foresight
programme and TEP - the Hungarian Foresight Programme. Other committee
memberships include the Finnish Public Research Funding Evaluation
Committee, the Medical Research Council Steering Group for the Monitoring
and Evaluation of Research Funding Schemes, and the Steering Committee of
the EIRMA UK Forum. He is a consultant to several Ministries in the UK, to
the OECD, the European Commission, several foreign governments and major
companies. His current teaching activities include an MSc unit and
associated short course on Evaluation of Science and Technology Policies;
the British Council High Level Seminar on S&T Policy and Management; and PhD
supervision.
Robert Lindley
Robert is the Director, Institute for Employment Research, University of
Warwick and current Chair of Association of Research Centre in Social
Sciences (ARCISS). He was a member of the 'Groupe de Réflexion Prospective'
consisting of five European social scientists and two representatives of the
social partners appointed by the European Commission (DGV) to advise on
future labour market policy from 1991 to 1993 and a member of the UK
Employment Service Advisory Group from 1993 to 1998. He was also appointed
as Rapporteur to the Competitiveness Advisory Group in 1995, established by
the President of the European Commission to advise him and the Council of
Ministers on the progress of the EU economy. He was joint chair of EU Round
Tables on the Social Dialogue from 1994 to 1996, a Joint Editor of the
Journal of European Public Policy in 1994 and 1995 then became member of
it's Editorial Board from 1994 to 1999. Robert was also a member of the
Conseil Scientifique of Céreq(Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les
Qualifications) appointed by the French Minister of Employment from 1996 to
1999.
Mike Coombes
Mike is a Professor of Geographic Information and Executive Director of
Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS). His research
interests include the definition of local labour market areas and functional
regionalisation. His work aims at improving ways of analysing social and
economic statistics so as to maximise the 'intelligence', which they can
provide to policy-makers and others. Mike has led projects for the UK
government to define national Travel to Work Areas. He is also the Research
Co-ordinator of the NE.RRL within the national RRL.net group.
Rama Thirunamachandran
Rama Thirunamachandran worked as Acting Director for Institutions at HEFCE
before assuming responsibility for research and knowledge transfer. Formerly
HEFCE's Regional Consultant for the South East, he headed the South East
Regional Team and had Council-wide responsibility for corporate planning in
the sector and for sector strategic issues, such as diversity. He chaired
the steering group, which published the good practice guide 'Strategic
planning in higher education'. Before joining HEFCE he was Head of
Research, Enterprise and External Relations at Royal Holloway (University of
London). He has also held posts at the University of Bristol and at King's
College London.
Astrid Wissenburg
Astrid Wissenburg is responsible for overall direction and planning of the
Communications and Information Directorate of ESRC. The Communications and
Information Directorate leads the development of the Council as a
'Knowledge-Based Organisation' through the strategic development and
implementation of effective approaches to knowledge management,
communication, exchange and transfer both externally and internally within
the Council.
The directorate has four main groups, namely, Communications; Knowledge
Transfer; Evaluation; and E-Business and Information Systems.
