Confronting global challenges - leadership, innovation, technology

Industrial Symposium: 16th and 17th September 2010, the Møller Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK

Programme details

Thursday 16 September

09.00 - Registration

10.00 - Workshops (Click here for details)

Acquiring early-stage technologies

Dr Letizia Mortara and Dr Simon Ford, Centre for Technology Management, IfM, University of Cambridge

Financing innovation in new industries

Dr Nicky Dee and Dr Tim Minshall, Centre for Technology Management, IfM, University of Cambridge

Visual strategy

Dr Rob Phaal and Dr Clive Kerr, Centre for Technology Management, IfM, University of Cambridge

12.30 - Lunch

13.45 - Welcome and Introduction

David Probert, Head, Centre for Technology Management, IfM

14.00 - Keynote session

Choosing and scaling alternative energy businesses

Dr Dominic Emery, Chief of Staff, BP Alternative Energy

Wind energy in China: innovation and policy

Professor Jun SU, Director, Social Science Development Office, Tsinghua University

15.30 - Refreshments

16.00 - Case Studies (Click here for details)

1 - Disruptive technologies in cleantech - Chairman: Dr Simon Ford, IfM

Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, Managing Director, Breathing Buildings

Asim Mumtaz, Founder and Principle Engineer, Enecsys

2 - Networks - Chairman: David Probert, IfM

Professor Derek McAuley, Professor of Digital Economy, School of Computer Science and Director of Horizon, Nottingham University

Nick Ford, Senior Consultant, Frost and Sullivan

17.30 - Close

19.00 for 19.30 - Symposium Dinner at Christ’s College

After-dinner speaker – Professor Mike Gregory, IfM

Friday 17 September

08.30 - Registration

08.45 - Welcome

David Probert, Head, Centre for Technology Management, IfM

09.00 - Keynote session

Dealing with grand challenges: example of Philips' research

Dr John Bell, Head of Strategy and Partnerships, Philips Research

Harnessing the power of many: distributed innovation and leadership in global health

Professor Joanna Chataway, Director, Innovation and Technology Policy, RAND Europe

10.30 - Refreshments

11.00 - Case Studies (Click here for details)

3 - New models of innovation management - examples from healthcare - Chairman: Dr Tim Minshall, IfM

Mark Wilson, Director, Collaboration Management, Europe, GSK

Marcel Dissel, formerly CEO, AO Foundation; now CEO Treffet Group

4 - Mobility - Chairman: Dr Rob Phaal, IfM

Lambert Dopping-Hepenstal, Engineering Director Systems & Strategy, BAE Systems plc

Professor Duncan McFarlane, DIAL, IfM, University of Cambridge

12.30 - Lunch

13.30 - Keynote Session

The networked city: networking impacts on personal mobility and smart energy

Nick Ford, Jonathan Robinson and Siddharth Saha, Frost and Sullivan)
Abstract (MS Word document)

Innovation at Network Rail

Steve Yianni, Director of Engineering, Network Rail

15.00 - Discussion

15.30 - Close and Refreshments