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Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Policy - CIMR Workshop

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Venue: Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street

No booking required

The purpose of this interactive workshop is to take forward policy debates around innovation and entrepreneurship in the UK and international contexts. This is part of a series of workshops seeking to bring together policymakers, practitioners, and academics around key subject areas.

It builds on previous CIMR events on innovation-based economic growth by debating the challenges faced by policymakers, with a view to articulating their needs where academic research can help frame future policy instruments.

The workshop will consist of two sessions. In each, a policymaker will present on their current challenges. Then, a panel of discussants will provide a critique of the thinking and practice of those themes. Finally, other workshop participants will contribute to the debate.

AGENDA

9.30am - 10.00am: Arrival - Coffee and Tea

10.00am - 10.15am: Welcome and Introductions

Session 1 – Getting Policy Right
10.15am - 11.00am: What Policymakers Need: How to develop robust studies which make use of existing academic knowledge to inform policy
Speaker: Dr Jonathan Potter, OECD

11.00am - 11.45am: InnovateUK: Supporting Innovation, Entrepreneurship & SMEs
Speaker: Professor Tim Vorley, University of Sheffield

11.45am - 12.30pm: Experience of the Changing Role of the KEC Professional in Supporting Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation (TBC)
Speaker: Dr Sarah Macnaughton, Oxentia

12.30pm - 1.00pm: Roundtable Discussion
Speakers: Helen Lawton Smith, Federica Rossi, and Jeremy Howells

1.00pm - 1.30pm: Lunch

Session 2 – Industrial Strategy and Place
1.30pm - 2.15pm: Industrial Strategy and Place: The Regions and LEPs
Speaker: Dr Rosa Fernandez, BEIS

2.15pm - 3.00pm: Firm Growth and Innovation in the UK: A Regional Perspective
Speaker: Dr Catherine Robinson, University of Kent

3.00pm - 3.45pm: Roundtable Discussion
Speakers: Marion Frenz, Rupert Waters, Jeremy Howells

3.45pm: Departure and Tea

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