Media Invite: Knowledge, Innovation, Technology, Enterprise - Introducing the K.I.T.E. CLUB
22 May 2003
United Kingdom
The Club will provide opportunities to network, identify new partnerships, share best practice and explore enterprise. Furthermore it will bring greater coherence and visibility for PPARC's technology and knowledge transfer programme and provide a focal point for the range of people involved which includes PPARC funded researchers, industry, government departments and other research sector organisations., ,The launch event will comprise short presentations to highlight the benefits to the community of the K.I.T.E. Club, provide deeper insight into what has been delivered through a range of PPARC Business and Partnership schemes, as well as updates on DTI's Review of Business Support and Innovation Funding in the Universities., ,See programme below for further details., ,The formation of the K.I.T.E. Club will demonstrate that PPARC is at the forefront of the drive to realise the substantial contribution which can be made from basic science to the UK economy through knowledge transfer., ,For further information, ,Journalists are welcome to attend either all or part of the event. Registration is from 10.15 a.m. with the first session starting at 11.00.a.m. Refreshments will be available., ,There will be opportunities to talk with the speakers during the event., ,If you would like to attend please contact Gill Ormrod in the PPARC Press Office on 01793 442012 or email gill.ormrod@pparc.ac.uk,
PPARC K.I.T.E. Club,Launch Event, ,22 May 2003 in the Mountbatten Room and Lounge at the ,Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London.,
1015 - 1100 Registration and coffee, ,Morning session: PPARC K.I.T.E. Club in context, ,1100 - 1115 Introduction ,PPARC's Knowledge Transfer Strategy, Ian Halliday,Chief Executive, PPARC, ,1115 - 1130 Welcome address ,David Hendon, Director, Communications and Information Industries, DTI, ,1130 - 1200 PPARC KITE Club - the essence ,Peter Fletcher, Head, Education and Innovation Division, PPARC,* Objectives ,* Membership ,* benefits,* events ,* information sources,* contacts,
1200 - 1220 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in the context of DTI Review of Business Support, John Sutton, Small Business Service, ,1220 - 1235 The HE Innovation Fund; enhancing the contribution of higher education to the economy and society ,Adrian Hill, HEFCE, ,1235 - 1245 Short question and answer session,
1245 - 1345 Lunch,(with exhibits and posters), ,1345 - 1350 Introduction to PPARC's portfolio of funding opportunities, Nathan Hill, PPARC, ,1350 - 1435 Knowledge Transfer through Partnerships, ,* PIPSS: Compact Wavefront Sensing for the Assessment of the Refractive State Eye - David Catlin, Imperial College and Clive Burrows, Keeler Ltd, ,* CCD Detector Mechanical Development. PPARC CASE-Plus Award with e2v Technologies,Glenn Christian, Oxford University, ,* Faraday Partnerships - Generating UK Wealth and Faraday Partnerships Generating UK wealth - Smart Optics,Steve Bowater, HPRF Faraday and Phil Parr-Burman, Smart Optic Faraday, ,1435 - 1450 Tea,
1450 - 1535 Enterprise and Innovation, ,* Joint RC Business Plan Competition ,John Ellis, CLRC,* Enterprise Fellowships: Science and Surfability ,Mark Williams, SurfabilityLtd,* Rainbow Seed Fund - its place in commercialising PPARC research ,Terry Swainbank, Investment Manager, Rainbow Seed Fund,
1535 - 1600 PPARC KITE Club - Knowledge Transfer for the future, Peter Fletcher, PPARC, ,1600 - 1630 Open discussion, ,1630 FinishThe Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) is the UK's strategic science investment agency. It funds research, education and public understanding in four broad areas of science - particle physics, astronomy, cosmology and space science. , ,PPARC is government funded and provides research grants and studentships to scientists in British universities, gives researchers access to world-class facilities and funds the UK membership of international bodies such as the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN, the European Space Agency and the European Southern Observatory. It also contributes money for the UK telescopes overseas on La Palma, Hawaii, Australia and in Chile, the UK Astronomy Technology Centre at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh and the MERLIN/VLBI National Facility.
PPARC K.I.T.E. Club,Launch Event, ,22 May 2003 in the Mountbatten Room and Lounge at the ,Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London.,
1015 - 1100 Registration and coffee, ,Morning session: PPARC K.I.T.E. Club in context, ,1100 - 1115 Introduction ,PPARC's Knowledge Transfer Strategy, Ian Halliday,Chief Executive, PPARC, ,1115 - 1130 Welcome address ,David Hendon, Director, Communications and Information Industries, DTI, ,1130 - 1200 PPARC KITE Club - the essence ,Peter Fletcher, Head, Education and Innovation Division, PPARC,* Objectives ,* Membership ,* benefits,* events ,* information sources,* contacts,
1200 - 1220 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in the context of DTI Review of Business Support, John Sutton, Small Business Service, ,1220 - 1235 The HE Innovation Fund; enhancing the contribution of higher education to the economy and society ,Adrian Hill, HEFCE, ,1235 - 1245 Short question and answer session,
1245 - 1345 Lunch,(with exhibits and posters), ,1345 - 1350 Introduction to PPARC's portfolio of funding opportunities, Nathan Hill, PPARC, ,1350 - 1435 Knowledge Transfer through Partnerships, ,* PIPSS: Compact Wavefront Sensing for the Assessment of the Refractive State Eye - David Catlin, Imperial College and Clive Burrows, Keeler Ltd, ,* CCD Detector Mechanical Development. PPARC CASE-Plus Award with e2v Technologies,Glenn Christian, Oxford University, ,* Faraday Partnerships - Generating UK Wealth and Faraday Partnerships Generating UK wealth - Smart Optics,Steve Bowater, HPRF Faraday and Phil Parr-Burman, Smart Optic Faraday, ,1435 - 1450 Tea,
1450 - 1535 Enterprise and Innovation, ,* Joint RC Business Plan Competition ,John Ellis, CLRC,* Enterprise Fellowships: Science and Surfability ,Mark Williams, SurfabilityLtd,* Rainbow Seed Fund - its place in commercialising PPARC research ,Terry Swainbank, Investment Manager, Rainbow Seed Fund,
1535 - 1600 PPARC KITE Club - Knowledge Transfer for the future, Peter Fletcher, PPARC, ,1600 - 1630 Open discussion, ,1630 FinishThe Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) is the UK's strategic science investment agency. It funds research, education and public understanding in four broad areas of science - particle physics, astronomy, cosmology and space science. , ,PPARC is government funded and provides research grants and studentships to scientists in British universities, gives researchers access to world-class facilities and funds the UK membership of international bodies such as the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN, the European Space Agency and the European Southern Observatory. It also contributes money for the UK telescopes overseas on La Palma, Hawaii, Australia and in Chile, the UK Astronomy Technology Centre at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh and the MERLIN/VLBI National Facility.