Programme Details
Programme Details PRE CONFERENCE Wednesday 31st January 2007 Exhibition set-up Exhibitors' meeting (pm) Early Registration in hotels from midday Optional tour of Rosslyn Chapel from 2pm onwards EVENING - Edinburgh City Cocktail Reception Thursday 1st February Registration and Exhibition opens Refreshments Chairman’s Welcome and Introductions Nigel Shaw, Malvern Hills Science Park Keynote Address from Nichol Stephen, Deputy First Minister for Scotland and Minister for Enterprise. Nicol Stephen was elected leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats on June 23, 2005, in succession to Jim Wallace and took over the portfolio of Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning. Mr Stephen is a former Member of Parliament for the Kincardine and Deeside constituency. He was a member of the teams which negotiated the Partnership Agreements for the coalition government after the Scottish Parliament elections in 1999 and 2003. Mr Stephen was previously Minister for Transport from 2003 and before that Deputy Minister for Education and Young People for two years. He has been Deputy Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs and Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning from 1999-2000. A member of the Liberal Democrat treasury team and spokesperson on small business during his time in the House of Commons from 1991-1992, he was elected to Grampian Regional Council in 1982 (as Scotland's youngest councillor) and served as chair of the council's Economic and Planning Committee from 1986 to 1991. Originally a lawyer in Aberdeen, he moved into corporate finance as a senior manager with Deloitte & Touche. In 1992, he set up his own project management and consultancy company, which he ran until winning a seat at Westminster. He was also a founding director of Grampian Enterprise, the local enterprise company for the North East of Scotland, now known as Scottish Enterprise Grampian. Mr Stephen graduated in law, studying at both Aberdeen and Edinburgh Universities. He is married and has two sons and two daughters. He lives in Aberdeen. Plenary Session 1 SCOTLAND Chaired by: Paul Lewis, Senior Director of Competitive Place, Scottish Enterprise. Paper 1 Scotland: Working Together to Deliver a Successful Science and Innovation Agenda - Terry Bardell, Scottish Enterprise National and George Walker, Pentlands Science Park. The Scottish proposition: past, present, academia, research and science and technology parks. Paper 2 Building Design’s Response to New Science - Malcolm Tait, K J Tait Engineers Research buildings need to be flexible to cater for changing tenant needs. The expanding range of specialist science creates challenges to the building designer to create truly flexible laboratory design. Will include a review of the approach adopted by leading designers of laboratory buildings in the US. Paper 3 Edinburgh Techopole - a meeting of minds - Alan Somerville, Grosvenor and Ian Murphy, Edinburgh Technopole Shows how Edinburgh Technopole can be presented as a case study of good practice for science park master planning. It shows how an innovative partnership between academia and the private sector can produce a long-term development strategy and deliver commercial success. Lunch Plenary Session 2 OVERSEAS Chaired by: Jane Davies, Chief Executive of Manchester Science Park, Vice Chair of UKSPA and President of the European Division of IASP. Paper 1 The Application of Science and Technology Park Good Practice in the Middle East - Dr Eulian Roberts, Qatar Science and Technology Park Qatar Science and Technology Park will be the home for technology-based companies from around the world, and provide an incubator for start-up enterprises. QSTP has been designed to provide an environment of office and laboratory space, support services, and programs which help accelerate the commercialisation process. Paper 2 The Dilemma of Flexibility in the Control of Spatial Development of a Science Park: The Case of METU Technopolis - Mustafa Ihsan Kiziltas, Metutech, Turkey. From location to the architecture of buildings, the spatial characteristics of a science park play an important role for its functional operation. The pressure of change in the macro- and micro-environment has meant that flexibility in production, planning and control have become core concepts within local and national developments. Paper 3 Science Parks and Business incubators: the Portuguese case, Technical University - Tiago Ratinho, Technical University of Lisbon Findings of a survey of all science parks and business incubators in Portugal to assess and discuss their role in the promotion of innovation. Coffee Break Plenary Session 3 TECHNOLOGY Chaired by: Tim Bacon, Project Director, Loughborough Innovation Centre and UKSPA Board Member. Paper 1 Innovation for sustainability in UK and European Chemistry-using Industries - Dr Neville Hargreaves, Chemistry Innovation The Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Network exists to promote and support innovation in the many industries that depend on chemistry. Many different demands are stimulating innovation through out the chemical supply chain. The talk will provide insight into practical opportunities that arise from UK and European technology programmes. Paper 2 Fusion Means Business - Dan Mistry, UKAEA Later this century fusion could help meet increasing energy demands and offers numerous attractive features. Achieving fusion on earth requires a wide range of technologies, much of which needs contributions from high-tech SMEs. Closing Remarks to include 10 minute presentation from Luis Sanz, Director General, IASP Black tie dinner event at the “Our Dynamic Earth” galleries including after dinner speech from UK Friday 2nd February UKSPA EGM – Members only Conference and Exhibition opens. Chairman’s Welcome and Introductions – Nigel Shaw, Malvern Hills Science Park Welcome and Keynote Address from Dr David Clarke, Head of Research Strategy and Strategic Research, Rolls Royce. Dr David Clarke is Head of Technology Strategy at Rolls-Royce plc. He has been involved in collaborative research and development of advanced technologies for over 18 years leading a range of research groups including Rolls-Royces Advanced Materials development activities and its corporate Strategic Research Centre. With the latter group he has led Rolls-Royce's evaluation and development of new technology opportunities in fields as diverse as fuel cells, electrical propulsion technologies and advanced computational diagnostics. He is currently responsible for development and management of the Rolls-Royce plc global research strategy including University and in-house activities. This includes the company’s global university network, part of which is the multi-million pound programme at the 20 Rolls-Royce University Technology Centres in the UK. Dr Clarke is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, a Chartered Engineer and Visiting Professor in Engineering at Strathclyde University. Plenary Session 4 STRATEGIC Chaired by: Dr. Malcolm Parry, Managing Director, The Surrey Research Park and UKSPA Board Member. Paper 1 Third Generation Science Parks - Professor John Allen, Pythia Consulting Presentation of the key features of a sustainable science park, in the context of the evolving understanding of the process of innovation and its contribution to successful economies. Paper 2 Science parks and competitiveness in the UK - Dr. Rob Walker The benefits of science parks on the economic competitiveness and well-being of their regions and their immediate neighbours. Paper 3 The relationship between science parks and the English RDAs and their role in regional cluster development programmes - Charles Monck of Charles Monck and Associates. This paper will explore how the relationship between science parks and RDAs in England have developed in practice and the relative contribution of science parks to the development of clusters in their region. Paper 4 Internationalisation of R&D and the proposed response of science park management - Juliette Morgan, Bidwells Research shows companies have to penetrate off-shore markets in order to survive and that NTBFs tend to internationalise their activities earlier than other firms. This phenomenon might present challenges for science park management, as their tenant base become aware of cost savings offshore. Lunch Plenary Session 5 PROPERTY Chaired by: Steve Moss, Head of UKAEA Central Property Unit, Harwell International Business Centre for Science and Technology and UKSPA Board Member. Paper 1 Designing Laboratories for Business Success - Rachel Park and Brian Kowalchuck, CUH2A Biotechnology is visionary. The capital project should be no different. Build it and they will come. Build it right and they will stay and thrive. Paper 2 Architecture from the inside out - David Leon, dlp If science parks are to attract the very best creative and innovative talents, classy external building elevations and entrance halls are not going to be enough and indeed are largely a waste of money. It will be the inside which counts. Paper 3 Hotels Without Bedrooms - Steve McDowell, Fasset, Langstone, Technology Park Total Facilities Management models should be no surprise to science park managers because they have returned to the very heart of what every business transaction should be about, which is delivering a customer-driven solution in a way that builds trust and shares risk. The convergence of trust and risk will shift the Facilities management profession from ‘involved’ with the customer property solution to ‘committed’ to invest in and provide a customer-centric solution. Coffee Break Plenary Session 6 INNOVATION SUPPORT Chaired by: Dr. Philip Graham, Executive Director of AURIL Paper 1 Emerging Trends and Tangents in International Patent Protection - Lesley Evans, Haseltine Lake A comparative review of what’s happening in Europe, the USA, Japan and China: where are these IP systems converging and diverging? Paper 2 Canada Open House: A proven concept to facilitate technology transfer between Canadian SMEs and European Science Park resident SMEs - Jean Leger, National Research Council Canada Traditional efforts to foster technology transfers and technology partnerships between SMEs are ill-designed to address the needs and resource constraints of the very small SME. The method that will generate the highest rate of success in fostering technology partnership is one that relies on established networks of SME support organisations. Paper 3 Jumping on the Financial Bandwagon into the future of technology - John Devonald, PNO Consultants Ltd. The UK falls behind other EU Member States in its use of funding for the promotion of innovation, particularly in comparison to Scandanavian countries. For businesses located in science parks that are already operating in the research and development market, being aware and taking full advantage of government funding should already be integral to any successful competitive strategy. Chairman’s Closing Remarks Conference Closes