Programme:
Day 1 – Tuesday 25th May – 11:00am to 12:30pm
Collaborating not competing – connecting Higher Education Institutions (HEI)
Session agenda:
- Introduction to The Bloomsbury SET Conference – Jessica Pavlos, Research & Knowledge Exchange Manager, SOAS
- Alexandra Anderson, PhD, Strategic Research Officer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Dr Aygen Kurt-Dickson, Research and Innovation Strategy Manager, London School of Economics and Political Science
- MedTech SuperConnector – Hiten Thakrar, Programmes Manager, MedTech SuperConnector, Imperial College London
- Panel discussion
- Audience Q&A
Session chaired by Jessica Pavlos, Research & Knowledge Exchange Development Manager, SOAS
Day 2 – Wednesday 26th May – 11:00am to 12:30pm
Developing the Knowledge Exchange Ecosystem – Partnering with Industry
Session agenda:
- Introduction to the session – Dr Frank Heemskerk, CEO, Research & Innovation Management Services
- Dr Virginia Marugan-Hernandez, Senior Research Fellow in Veterinary Vaccinology, Royal Veterinary College
- Dr Beth Bruton, Associate Project Leader, MSD Animal Health
- Dr Eduardo Pontes, Associate Director Research Alliances Europe, Zoetis
- Panel discussion
- Audience Q&A
Session chaired by Dr Frank Heemskerk, CEO, Research & Innovation Management Services
Day 3 – Thursday 27th May – 11:00am to 12:30pm
Delivering Large-Scale Knowledge Exchange Programmes – Lessons Learned
Session agenda:
- Introduction to the conference session – Dr Ray Kent, Director of Research & Innovation Services, RVC and Bloomsbury SET Lead
- Tomas Coates Ulrichsen, Director, Policy Evidence Unit for University Commercialisation and Innovation, University of Cambridge
- Dr Kirstie Cochrane, EIRA Director / Deputy Director of the Research & Enterprise Office, University of Essex
- Dr Beverley Vaughan, Programme Director, UK SPINE: Knowledge Exchange, University of Oxford
- Panel discussion
- Audience Q&A
Session chaired by Dr Ray Kent, Director of Research & Innovation Services, RVC and Bloomsbury SET Lead
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