Boosting and Measuring Regional Innovation and Pan-University Partnerships

Wed Jun 28 2023 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

The Exchange | Birmingham

City-REDI, University of Birmingham
Publisher/HostCity-REDI, University of Birmingham
Boosting and Measuring Regional Innovation and Pan-University Partnerships
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Dr Helen Turner and Tyler Rickard present a hybrid seminar about innovation policy and pan-university innovation partnerships.
About this Event
Boosting and Measuring Regional Innovation, Adoption, and Pan-University Partnerships
Speakers:

Dr Helen Turner, Director of Midlands Innovation

Tyler Rickard, Economic Advisor, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

About the event:

This seminar will give an overview of the big challenges facing innovation policy: measuring and boosting the adoption and diffusion of innovations. Tyler Rickard will outline how innovation policies are adopted and used to commercialise innovations and build networks.

Dr Helen Turner will draw on the experiences of a collaborative university partnership, Midlands Innovation. Through a series of case studies it will highlight the local and regional role that university partnerships can both strengthen the innovation ecosystem and support the creation of collaborative projects which bring increased investment into the region. The vital contributions of research enablers, sometimes referred to as PRISMs, in delivering these types of complex research collaborations will also be highlighted.

WMREDI warmly welcomes you to attend this seminar about innovation policy and pan-university innovation partnerships.

Speakers Details:
Dr Helen Turner:

Dr Helen Turner has spent majority of her career developing and managing collaborations within a university setting both between universities and between universities and industry. Helen moved to the Midlands in 2008 to manage the Midlands Energy Consortium, whilst there, Helen played a critical role in the successful proposal for the £60m Innovate UK funded Energy Research Accelerator. The Energy Research Accelerator secured £120m in co-investment and created 23 new research assets in the Midlands.

In 2015 Helen took up the role of Director of Midlands Innovation; a partnership of the eight Midlands research intensive universities. In 2020, Helen became the Co-Vice Chair of the Midlands Engine Partnerships Board. In recent months Helen has contributed to the work to establish the new patient capital investment company, Midlands Mindforge, which was announced in April 2023.


Tyler Rickard:

Tyler is the lead analyst on innovation policy at the UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT). His work focuses on developing the evidence base on adoption and diffusion; commercialisation; networks; and socioeconomic background. He applies data science techniques to uncover policy relevant insights. He is also the UK Delegate for the OECD Working Party on Technology and Innovation Policy.

Online Zoom link will be avaliable at a later date.


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The Exchange, The Assembly Room, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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