UK's First Ever Professor of Technology Transfer in the Physical Sciences Announced
| Date Captured | Monday March 26, 2007 11:08 PM |
| Keywords | QinetiQ | Imperial College | technology transfer |
Monthly news to keep you up to date with coming sensing activities and events
| Date Captured | Monday March 26, 2007 12:34 PM |
| Keywords | KTN | sensors | newsletter |
Space spinout attracts major new investor
"Orbital Optics Ltd, a spinout located on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, today announced a major new investment."
| Date Captured | Monday March 26, 2007 11:08 AM |
| Keywords | CCLRC | Rutherford Lab | spinout | Harwell |
Edinburgh Science Triangle Makes Key Appointment
"Barry Shafe has been named project director for the Edinburgh Science Triangle, and will take forward the second phase of the project to increase the profile of the seven science parks and encourage collaborative working."
| Date Captured | Thursday March 22, 2007 10:07 AM |
New Chief Executive for Patent Office
"Malcolm Wicks, Minister for Science and Innovation today announced the appointment of Ian Fletcher as Chief Executive of the Patent Office. Ian is currently Managing Director, International Directorate in UK Trade and Investment."
| Date Captured | Tuesday March 20, 2007 7:02 PM |
University spin-outs: catch 22?
"If they don't spin out companies, they are accused of failing to commercialise their technology, but if they spin out too many they are accused of overemphasis on commercial work and of spinning out poor quality companies."
| Date Captured | Monday March 19, 2007 4:23 PM |
| Keywords | spinout | Library House | university |
This publication highlights the successes of UK based research. Impacts provides a vivid account of how research findings are not only resulting in new products and services but also forming the basis of thriving companies attracting millions of pounds of investment. It was published jointly by Research Councils UK, Unico and Universities UK.
| Date Captured | Sunday March 18, 2007 5:03 PM |
| Keywords | UNICO | RCUK | Universities UK | UK | research |
Universities, Innovation and Economic Growth
Presentation and speeches from a meeting held in November 2006
| Date Captured | Wednesday March 14, 2007 1:28 PM |
| Keywords | USA | Midwest | conference |
Recommended Rules of Engagement for University Tech Transfer
"It is the opening day of AUTM’s 2007 annual conference in San Francisco, the largest gathering ever of individuals from around the world interested in university technology transfer. Academe’s role in helping to commercialize technology has been under attack during the past few years by multinationals complaining institutions are too difficult to work with, by those who think Bayh-Dole needs to be tweaked and by others within academia who believe the university’s fundamental mission and culture is compromised by increased partnerships with industry."
| Date Captured | Wednesday March 14, 2007 1:22 PM |
AUTM Releases 2005 U.S. and Canadian Licensing Survey Summaries
"The Association of University Technology Managers?, the premier nonprofit group for academic technology transfer professionals, announces the release of both the 2005 U.S. and Canadian Licensing SurveyTM Summaries - quantitative data and real-world examples about licensing activities at U.S. and Canadian universities, hospitals and research institutions."
| Date Captured | Wednesday March 14, 2007 10:52 AM |
| Keywords | AUTM | USA | Canada | university licensing |
Inter-firm technology transfer: Partnership-embedded licensing or standard licensing agreements?
| Date Captured | Monday March 12, 2007 7:06 PM |
Coventry University Wins £3.5-Million to Launch New Employer Engagement Programme
| Date Captured | Sunday March 11, 2007 3:49 PM |
CDO2 partners with University of Surrey to develop next generation Financial Grid
| Date Captured | Sunday March 11, 2007 3:14 PM |
Consultation on Knowledge Transfer and Economic Impact Strategy
"EPSRC’s 10-year vision is for the UK to be equally renowned for knowledge transfer and innovation as it is for research discovery."
| Date Captured | Sunday March 11, 2007 11:36 AM |
DETE - Minister Martin announces 76 New High Growth Potential Start-Ups in 2006
| Date Captured | Friday March 9, 2007 12:49 PM |
| Keywords | Ireland | startups | Enterprise Ireland |
NESTA launches £20m initiative to stimulate innovation in response to major social issues
"The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is today launching a new £20 million initiative designed to encourage innovative solutions to some of the UK’s most pressing social issues including chronic disease, mental health and climate change."
| Date Captured | Thursday March 8, 2007 10:51 AM |
| Keywords | NESTA | innovation | climate change | social issues |
University of Southampton Science Park welcomes new chief executive :: University of Southampton
"The University of Southampton Science Park has appointed Peter Birkett as its Chief Executive with effect from 2 April 2007. Peter joins the highly successful science park from defence research group Qinetiq and is taking over from Don Fox, who will retire on 31 May after 11 years at the helm."
| Date Captured | Thursday March 8, 2007 12:30 AM |
| Keywords | Southampton, University, Science Park |
Nokia and University of Cambridge to partner on research
"World-changing telecommunications research projects centred on nanotechnology will be the initial focus of a major new research group at the University of Cambridge West Cambridge site."
| Date Captured | Thursday March 8, 2007 12:29 AM |
Cambridge University Entrepreneurs sweep the board in Monaco
"A team of Cambridge students has triumphed in an international competition for young entrepreneurs with a product designed to help blind and partially-sighted people."
| Date Captured | Thursday March 8, 2007 12:28 AM |
Nokia calls on Cambridge University for nanotech R&D
Mobile phone maker Nokia is investing £40 milliion in a joint venture with Cambridge University on projects that will initially focus on nanotechnology.
| Date Captured | Wednesday March 7, 2007 11:43 PM |
| Keywords | Nanotechnology, Nokia, Mobile Phones, University of Cambridge, Professor Mark Welland, R&D, Collaboration, Nanotechnology Centre |
Check the forthcoming conference, and read their latest newsletter
| Date Captured | Wednesday March 7, 2007 1:23 PM |
Buoyant outlook for jobs in European tech sector
"The outlook for employment in the European technology sector is buoyant, but the haemorrhaging of jobs to lower-cost locations looks set to accelerate. These are the findings of the annual IT confidence survey by global PR network Eurocom Worldwide in association with its UK member agency, Six Degrees."
| Date Captured | Wednesday March 7, 2007 11:45 AM |
| Keywords | IT | employment |
DoD invests $41.2 million in university research
The Defense Department said it will invest $41.2 million to help university researchers purchase laboratory equipment needed for military-related research.
| Date Captured | Wednesday March 7, 2007 12:30 AM |
| Keywords | Defense University Research Instrumentation Program, Defense Department, 41.2 million, University Research, Laboratory Equipment, Military Research, Invest, DoD, Pentagon, Research, Equipment, Instrumentation, R&D, Lab, Military, U.S. |
New bursaries for Mediator Skills Training from CEDR
| Date Captured | Tuesday March 6, 2007 6:17 PM |
ESA - Navigation - GIOVE-A2 to secure the Galileo programme
Today, ESA awarded a contract to Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (UK) for initial activities leading to the construction of a second spacecraft for the Galileo satellite navigation system. Named GIOVE-A2, the new satellite (estimated total value 25 to 30 million Euros) will be based on the company’s proven GIOVE-A technology. From now on, there will always be a European navigation satellite in space.
| Date Captured | Monday March 5, 2007 11:14 PM |
| Keywords | Contracts | ESA | Surrey |
DTI funds R&D into LED lighting
Dialight Lumidrives, in collaboration with the University of Manchester, has been awarded a £330,000 grant by the Department of Trade and Industry-led Technology Programme to develop advanced LED lighting modules
| Date Captured | Monday March 5, 2007 2:00 PM |
| Keywords | DTI | Technology Strategy | University of Manchester | Dialight Lumidrives |
Patent Office will become UK Intellectual Property Office
"The Patent Office will change its name to the UK Intellectual Property Office on 2nd April. The change, recommended in the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, is designed to reflect the wider role the Office will take in the future."
| Date Captured | Monday March 5, 2007 12:37 PM |
| Keywords | Patent Office | IPR | OUT-LAW.COM |
IP Group - Board and senior management changes
"IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) (“IP Group” or “the Company” or “the Group”), the intellectual property commercialisation company, is delighted to announce that it has appointed Mike Townend to the Board as Director of Capital Markets with immediate effect."
| Date Captured | Monday March 5, 2007 11:19 AM |
| Keywords | IP Group | IP2IPO | university |commercialisation |
The ABB Group: ABB-Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair launched at Imperial College
ABB is sponsoring a five-year research program at Imperial College in London that will look for new ways to enhance productivity and efficiency in the process and power generation industries.
| Date Captured | Sunday March 4, 2007 5:27 PM |
| Keywords | ABB | Imperial College | sponsored chair |
European Innovation Scoreboard 2006
"The 2006 European Innovation Scoreboard was published on 22 February 2007. It is the sixth edition of the EIS series published by the European Commission."
| Date Captured | Saturday March 3, 2007 8:05 PM |
| Keywords | EU | European Union | innovation | scoreboard |
The innovation gap with the US keeps narrowing
"For the fourth consecutive year, the innovation gap between the US and the EU has decreased. The Nordic countries and Switzerland continue to be the innovation leaders worldwide, while many of the new Member States are steadily catching up with the EU average. These are some of the main findings of the European Innovation Scoreboard 2006, published today. The report presents a comparative analysis of the innovation performance of European countries, the US and Japan."
| Date Captured | Saturday March 3, 2007 6:57 PM |
| Keywords | European Commission | European Union | EU | innovation | US |
EurActiv.com - EU countries closing innovation gap with US | EU - European Information on Innovation
"Nearly all member states are experiencing much faster growth in their capacity to innovate than the US, thereby closing a long-standing 'innovation gap' between the two, according to a 2006 'scoreboard'."
| Date Captured | Saturday March 3, 2007 6:55 PM |
| Keywords | Europe | innovation policy | EU | US| Lisbon objectives |
Bright Outlook For The Norwegian Biotechnology Industry
"According to a recent study, the majority of Norwegian business leaders view biotechnology in a positive light, and three in five Norwegians believe that biotechnology will improve their everyday lives. Such attitudes form a good basis for the further development of biotechnology-based industry in Norway."
| Date Captured | Saturday March 3, 2007 11:33 AM |
| Keywords | Europe | biotechnology | Norway | regions |
Bristol’s SETsquared Business Acceleration Centre moves up a gear!
Greville Commins, formerly Marketing Director of STMicroelectronics (UK), has been appointed part-time Entrepreneur in Residence at the SETsquared Business Acceleration Centre in Bristol.
| Date Captured | Friday March 2, 2007 1:00 PM |
| Keywords | SETsquared | Entrepreneur in Residence |
CERAM Launches Knowledge Session Scheme for Legal Professionals
"CERAM has launched a new initiative to assist legal professionals involved with cases reliant on materials analysis and interpretation."
| Date Captured | Friday March 2, 2007 10:07 AM |
| Keywords | law |
Plastic electronics innovation wins top prize
| Date Captured | Thursday March 1, 2007 4:28 PM |
Venture capital cleans up after investing in climate technology-Business-Industry Sectors-Banking &
<p> Venture capital groups invested €400 million (£270 million) in Europe’s so-called clean-tech sector last year, tapping into the potential for technologies that will help the world to tackle climate change. </p><p> The figure marks a surge of interest in the area and accounts for 40 per cent of all funds invested in the sector, which develops technologies such as solar panels and fuel cells to reduce carbon emissions.
| Date Captured | Thursday March 1, 2007 12:44 PM |
insight is the business magazine of the University of Leeds
The University of Leeds posts the PDF files of its business magazine.
| Date Captured | Thursday March 1, 2007 12:40 PM |
IP Group makes first investment in University of Glasgow spin-out company
"IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) (“IP Group”), the intellectual property commercialisation company, is delighted to announce that it has made its first investment in a University of Glasgow spin-out company called Wireless bioDevices Limited (“Wireless bioDevices” or “the Company”)."
| Date Captured | Thursday March 1, 2007 12:30 PM |
| Keywords | IP Group | University of Glasgow | spinout \ Wireless bioDevices Limited |
Profile of the head of the UK Knowledge Transfer Unit
A look at the career of: Kevin Knappett MIET, head of the UK Knowledge Transfer Unit, Department of Trade & Industry
| Date Captured | Thursday March 1, 2007 12:20 PM |
Impressive research in Dutch Electrical Engineering
An international evaluation committee has passed a positive judgment on the Electrical Engineering research in Delft, Eindhoven and Twente. The committee is impressed by the scope and the quality of Dutch Electrical Engineering research. Committee chairman prof.dr. Joos Vandewalle, MSc, will present the report to President of the TU/e Executive Board Amandus Lundqvist on Thursday March 8.
| Date Captured | Thursday March 1, 2007 12:06 PM |
| Keywords | Chemistry/Physics/Materials Sciences Electromagnetics Technology/Engineering/Computer Science Electrical Engineering/Electronics Electromagnetics Superconductors/Semiconductors Telecommunications |
University-Industry Demonstration Partnership
"The purpose of the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) is to nourish and expand collaborative partnerships between university and industry in the United States."
| Date Captured | Tuesday February 27, 2007 1:21 PM |
European Angels Join R&D News Network
| Date Captured | Monday February 26, 2007 1:50 PM |
Granthams to fund Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London
| Date Captured | Monday February 26, 2007 1:49 PM |
SEEDA announces plans for clear business funding approach for entrepreneurs
"The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) - www.seeda.co.uk - plans to set up a simple four stage funding escalator taking companies from feasibility to growth. Innovative new companies, particularly those with high growth potential, often require some form of funding to fuel the future success of their business."
| Date Captured | Thursday February 22, 2007 3:33 PM |
| Keywords | SEEDA | innovation | funding |
The cluster benchmarking project
"This pilot project report outlines how clusters can be benchmarked in the knowledge based economy. "The aim of the Cluster Benchmarking Project is to develop an internationally standardised tool for analyzing cluster performance and cluster-specific policies across countries and regions."
| Date Captured | Thursday February 22, 2007 1:49 PM |
| Keywords | Report | Innovation | Nordic Innovation Centre |
3rd International Nanotechnology Conference on Communication and Cooperation, April 16-19, 2007
"For the third year in a row, global senior researchers, industry leaders and policy makers will gather at the International Nanotechnology Conference on Communication and Cooperation. In 2007, Brussels, the heart of Europe, will be the communal ground for in-depth discussions and technical sessions on a variety of issues related to the future of international collaboration in nanotechnologies."
| Date Captured | Thursday February 22, 2007 1:19 PM |
| Keywords | event | nanotechnology |
High-technology patent applications to the European Patent Office
"The publication shows the current trend in various fields of patenting activity like biotechnology and high-tech patenting. It also shed light on the patent applications to the European Patent Office by ICT group and by economic activity (NACE). It also shows the slightly decreasing trend in foreign ownership of patent applications."
| Date Captured | Thursday February 22, 2007 1:11 PM |
| Keywords | European Patent Office | EPO | IPR | patents |
Northwest businesses to utilise £34bn fund
"Businesses in the Northwest are gaining access to €50 billion (£34 billion) of European Funding through a new initiative, it has been revealed." "The Northwest Regional Development Agency and its Frameworks Northwest project are aiding businesses in their funding proposals, giving companies a greater chance of securing the European Union funding, designed at promoting knowledge economies."
| Date Captured | Thursday February 22, 2007 11:51 AM |
| Keywords | North West Science | FP7 | EU | Framework Programme | Northwest Regional Development Agency |
Further support for Business Bridge – North West Science
"Merseyside's universities are set to expand their links with the region's business sector thanks an award of £425,000 from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA)." "The funding has been awarded to Business Bridge, one of the UK's most successful knowledge exchange centres, and follows the recent award of £500,000 from the Higher Education Innovation Fund."
| Date Captured | Thursday February 22, 2007 11:42 AM |
| Keywords | north west | Merseyside | NWDA | Business Bridge | Higher Education Innovation Fund |
Critchleys will be new Sponsor of Oxford Early Investments Network
Oxford Early Investments (OEI), the business angel investment network that helps innovative companies at the early stages of commercial development to raise funding, has announced that Critchleys has agreed to sponsor the Network.
| Date Captured | Wednesday February 21, 2007 3:55 PM |
| Keywords | Oxford Trust | network | Critchleys | investment | angels |
Varsity Pitch winners announcement
Cambridge took home to main prize.
| Date Captured | Tuesday February 20, 2007 5:17 PM |
| Keywords | Oxford Trust | innovation | awards | Oxford |Cambridge |
Enterprise Hub Showcase Event : February 22nd 2007
"A unique opportunity to meet 40 of the most promising, pioneering, fast-growth potential companies in the South East"
| Date Captured | Tuesday February 20, 2007 5:09 PM |
| Keywords | SEEDA | hubs | regions |
"Meet the Spinouts 2007 will bring together people interested in keeping up-to-date on the latest developments in technology ventures spun out from the leading universities and research institutes in the UK and Europe." 8th March 2007, 8:30am - 1:30pm
| Date Captured | Tuesday February 20, 2007 4:32 PM |
| Keywords | Library House | spinouts | spin-outs |
Bristol spin-out Revolymer raises £2M for polymer R&D
| Date Captured | Tuesday February 20, 2007 4:30 PM |
| Keywords | spin-out | Bristol | materials | polymer | Science|Business |
Unilever partners with Cambridge University on new Open Innovation project
Cambridge University Press Release
| Date Captured | Tuesday February 20, 2007 11:59 AM |
| Keywords | Cambridge | IfM | Unilever | innovation |
The Varsity Pitch - Oxbridge Business Idea Competition
Forget about the boat race – so 19th century – today's student battle with their business plans. "Oxford vs Cambridge in The Varsity Pitch - business idea competition."
| Date Captured | Tuesday February 20, 2007 10:51 AM |
| Keywords | competition | university entrepreneurs | Oxford | Cambridge |
SETsquared event - Internationalising Your Business: First Steps to Export
This event will feature contributions from people who have successfully traded overseas; highlight the support UK Trade and Investment can provide; as well as exploring some of the legal, regulatory and cultural issues you would need to tackle. Thursday 8th March 2007
| Date Captured | Sunday February 18, 2007 3:26 PM |
The latest issue of "MRC network," the newsletter from the Medical Research Council, has a short item on a new initiative. "Evaluating the impact of investing in medical research" says that "the MRC is working with several top UK universities to try to find out the impact of its spending". This is in line with a general move in Government to find out if the money it has thrown into publicly funded research is delivering anything of value beyond the science itself. The article says that "The MRC is currently working with several universities on pilot projects to evaluate the impact of local MRC grants. These pilot projects aim to develop and test new methods of economic evaluation by bringing together medical researchers and economists." Doubtless, they will call on their knowledge transfer specialists to provide them with evidence.
| Date Captured | Sunday February 18, 2007 1:57 PM |
| Keywords | MRC | technology transfer |
The Launch of the European Research Council
Will this be yet another body that gets involved in knowledge exchange?
| Date Captured | Sunday February 18, 2007 12:34 PM |
| Keywords | European Research Council |
IfM students win Cambridge University Entrepreneurs £1k Business Idea Competition
University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing news and press releases
| Date Captured | Saturday February 17, 2007 11:23 AM |
| Keywords | IfM | Institute for Manufacturing | Cambridge University | competition |
British scientists tackle climate change
"Three British scientists have today won Royal Society awards for innovative work to develop ways of taking carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere. The projects could help put the UK at the forefront of the scientific battle against global warming." "The awards were part of the Royal Society's annual from labs to riches' event, which encourages innovation in science and technology and promotes its commercial application."
| Date Captured | Friday February 16, 2007 7:13 PM |
| Keywords | Royal Society | climate change | global warming |
Science Is The Key To Unlock Northern Ireland's Commercial Advantage
MATRIX, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel, is a business led expert panel, was formed to advise the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment on how Northern Ireland’s R&D and science and technology strengths can be used to better commercial success. The Panel held its second meeting today in W5 at the Odyssey, Belfast.
| Date Captured | Friday February 16, 2007 11:48 AM |
| Keywords | Northern Ireland | Matrix |
Logitech and EPFL Launch Innovation Incubator
"LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Feb. 13, 2007 — Logitech and EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) today announced the creation of the Logitech EPFL Incubator. This collaboration will offer a select number of students and researchers each year, financial, educational and functional support to develop their innovative ideas into the significant technologies and personal peripherals of tomorrow."
| Date Captured | Friday February 16, 2007 11:22 AM |
| Keywords | Logitech | EPFL | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | incubator | innovation |
Science and Innovation Awards 2007
"Outline proposals are invited for the fourth annual call for Science and Innovation Awards. The scheme aims to build research capacity in strategic areas for UK science. The areas this year are: Analytical Science, Energy, Operational Research, Structural Ceramics and tribology."
| Date Captured | Friday February 16, 2007 11:00 AM |
| Keywords | EPSRC | awards |
"The EUROTRANS-BIO second call will be launched on March, 15th, 2007. The strategic objective of the second ETB call for proposals is to foster the competitiveness of European’s biotechnology industry by supporting the research intensive small and medium sized enterprises and their strategic partnerships."
| Date Captured | Friday February 16, 2007 10:27 AM |
| Keywords | EU | biotechnology | CFP |
Science, technology and innovation in Europe
The statistics and indicators presented in this publication report on Europe's recent performance on R&D, innovation, high-tech industries and knowledge-based services, patenting and human resources in science and technology.
| Date Captured | Friday February 16, 2007 10:24 AM |
| Keywords | EU | Eurostat | satistics | R&D |
League of European Research Universities - About us
| Date Captured | Wednesday February 14, 2007 1:47 PM |
| Keywords | League of European Research Universities | LERU |
Spin out company bought for 150m dollars
"A biotechnology company co-founded by Newcastle University has been bought for 150 million dollars by the pharmaceuticals giant, AstraZeneca."
| Date Captured | Monday February 12, 2007 12:43 PM |
| Keywords | biotechnology | Newcastle University | AstraZeneca | spin out |
Chairman and President
Sir Brian was appointed as IKT's first Chairman in 2005 to oversee the establishment and development of the Institute
IKT Executive Director
Dr Graham is responsible for executive leadership of the Institute .
IKT Chairman of Membership and Professional Standards Committee.
Ian Harrison retired as Director, Innovation Diffusion, Office of Science and Innovation, DTI in July 2006.
IKT Corporate Services
Kim is responsible for corporate services including finance and membership administration.
Brian is the Institute's Company Secretary but also leads on the development of the Institute's on-line presence and services. He chairs the IKT ICT sub-committee. 
IKT Membership Services
IKT External Affairs