2011 UK~IRC's Innovation Summit

DRUID Call for papers

UK~IRC supports ESRC's Social Science week

Innovate show round-up

UK~IRC related Events for 2010/2011

1st & 3rd November
Managing Successful Business Model Innovation in Manufacturing,at Manchester Business School & Imperial College Business School

25 November
UK~IRC's Innovation Summit, IBM Hursley, Winchester

19-21 January 2012
DRUID Winter Conference, Moller Centre, Cambridge London

Please note these events are just a selection and are subject to change. For the most up to date details of events please go to www.ukirc.ac.uk/newsandevents/events/

The Wealth of Universities Implications for Management Research Workshop

The presenters for the afternoon event, on the 18 October, included: Maryann Feldman (AIM Visiting International Fellow, University of North Carolina), Ammon Salter (UK~IRC Research Director), Markus Perkmann (Imperial College London), Simcha Jong (UCL) and Vangelis Souitaris (Cass).

The workshop provided a springboard for future research on the changing nature of universities. Delegates from universities across the UK discussed the role of academic institutions in the economic system, how to inform public policy and how best to manage them.

The Global Economic Symposium

Professor Ammon Salter, the UK~IRC's Research Director, was invited to take part in The Global Economic Symposium. The symposium is in its fourth year and took place in Kiel, Germany, 4-6 October. Professor Salter contributed to the 'Open Innovation and Access to Knowledge' parallel panel session on the final afternoon.

This high profile symposium aims to provide a collaborative setting to analyse the world’s most important economic problems, create shared visions of the future and formulate innovative strategies to achieve these visions. The GES seeks to be a catalyst for future change and to generate strategic responses to the issues raised in the sessions.

Big Innovation Centre

The Big Innovation Centre was officially launched on 8 September 2011. This Work Foundation and Lancaster University initiative is looking to link up companies with key institutions from across the policy landscape, who are committed to innovation. The centre will look to carry out and pull together external business-oriented research. The centre has already citied a number of the UK~IRC research findings. For further details about the centre see www.biginnovationcentre.com.

UK~IRC's Innovation Summit 2011
25 November, IBM Hursley

This will be the UK~IRC's third annual Innovation Summit. This one-day conference for practitioners, policy-makers and academics will look at how organisations can leverage innovation to enable and sustain growth.

The 2011 summit will bring together leading innovators to share experiences of the opportunities and challenges of moving from innovation to growth. The program for the day is currently being finalised, however speakers have already been confirmed from international firms including IBM, Microsoft, BP, Arup & GSK, as well as representatives from government and academia. The event will foster interaction between organisations and individuals currently working in different environments with a view to maximising exchange of knowledge and learning in this important area.

The UK~IRC are pleased to announce that the sponsor for the 2011 Summit is IBM and that they have very kindly agreed to host the event at their UK R&D headquarters at Hursley, Winchester. To see the latest information on the Summit please go to the Summit event page.

Winter DRUID 2012
19-21 January 2012

The UK~IRC are delighted to be assisting in hosting the DRUID Academy winter conference in Cambridge, 19-21 January 2012. The conference is aimed at doctoral students in the area of Economics and Management of Innovation, Technology and Organizations. The Call for Papers is now open and the deadline for applications is 3 November 2011. For details on how to submit your paper go to the DRUID website. The conference is open for all PhD students working within the broad field of economics, entrepreneurship and management of innovation and organizational change. Papers are invited from those who are aiming at enhancing our understanding of the dynamics of technological, structural and institutional change at the level of firms, industries, regions and nations. For the further details about the event please see the DRUID event page

ESRC Social Sciences Week
29 Oct - 5 November 2011

To mark the ESRC's Social Sciences week the UK~IRC are co-hosting, with AIM Research, an evening event in two locations. The Managing Successful Business Model Innovation in Manufacturing workshop will run in the Manchester Business School on the 1 November and at Imperial College Business school on 3 November. If you would like to attend this workshop at either of these locations please email events@ukirc.ac.uk.

Innovate '11
11 October, London Design Centre

We would like to thank the Technology Strategy Board for inviting the UK~IRC to particpate in the Innovate '11 Conference.

The UK~IRC exhibited at the conference in the Innovation Gallery, where there was a steady stream of visitors who came to hear about the centre's work.

The UK~IRC also hosted one of the breakout sessions in the afternoon, entitled 'Open Innovation: Is it a good thing for your organisation?'. The session proved a popular choice as the room was full to capacity and was received positively by those who were lucky enough to get into the session. The session was run on an interactive basis, which worked well as the audience engaged and participated with the topics.