Conference Agenda
Pre-Conference Activities - 16th October
12:00- 13:00
Registration & Tours
Radcliffe Hotel
13:00- 16:00
Technical Tours
UWSP/UoW Campus/Various
19:00- 19:30
Coaches
Radcliffe Hotel
19:30- 22:30
Welcome Drinks & Dinner Reception
British Motor Museum, Gaydon
22:30- 23:00
Return Coaches
British Motor Museum, Gaydon
Day 1 - 17th October
8:30
Conference Registration
The Slate Reception
8:30-9:00
Tea & Coffee, Networking & Exhibition
The Slate Exhitbition Room
9:00-9:15
Conference Opening & Welcome
The Slate Conference Room
John Leake, UKSPA Chair & James Chaffer, UKSPA Chief Executive
9:15-10:15
Opening Keynotes
The Slate Conference Room
Dame Jessica Corner – Executive Chair, Research England & UKRI
Jordan Cummins – UK Competitiveness Director, CBI
Angeline Woodland – Chief Customer Officer, British Business Bank
10:15-10:45
Tea Coffee, Networking & Exhibition
The Slate Exhibition Space
10:45-11:00
Insights
The Slate Conference Room
Andrew Greenhalgh- Head of Marketing, Surry Satellites Technolofy LTD
11:00-12:20
Plenary Session 1 - Science Parks Celebrating the past and looking ahead to the future
The Slate Conference Room
11:00-1140- Science Parks Celebrating the past.
Chair: Catherine Johns – Executive Director Dance City
Johnathan Burroughs – Consultant, Joint Founder Creative Places
Malcom Parry – UKSPA Co-Founder
Nigel Shaw – UKSPA Companion
The Slate Conference Room
11:40-12:20 – Science Parks looking to the future
Chair: John Leake – Business Growth Director/UKSPA Chair, Sci-Tech Daresbury
Ebba Lund – CEO, IASP
Richard O’Boyle – CEO, Pioneer Group
Dean Cook – Director, Place and Levelling UP, UKRI
12:20-13:15
Lunch, Networking & Exhibition
The Slate Exhibition Room
13:15-14:15
Plenary Session 2 - Sustainability – The Issues
The Slate Conference room
Plenary 2: Sustainability – The Issues
Chair: Jonathan Gibson – Head of Sustainability, Avison Young
Caroline Fleming – Director, Surrey Innovation District/Surrey RP
Alex Edwards – ESG Director, Bruntwood Sci-Tech
Jason Richards – Group Managing Director, Silcok Leedham and ZED
Dorothea Mangels – Programme Lead – Technical Services, University of Warwick
14:15-15:15
Plenary 3: Life Sciences
The Slate Conference Room
Plenary 3: Life Sciences – The Life Sciences Market
Chair- Prof Sir Mark Caulfield – Vice Principal Health, Queens Mary’s Faculty of Medicine
Adrian Toutoungi – Partner, Taylor Wessing
3.1 Life Sciences – Life Sciences Policy Backdrop
Chair- Prof Sir Mark Caulfield – Vice Principal Health, Queens Mary’s Faculty of Medicine
Matthew Whitty – Director of Commercial Partnerships, MDClone
Irene Graham – CEO, ScaleUp Institute
Kristin-Ann Rutter – Executive Director, Cambridge Health Partners
Dame June Raine – Chief Executive, MHRA
15:15-15:45
Tea coffee, Networking & Exhibition
The Slate Exhibition room
15:45-17:15
Extended Parallel Sessions
Radcliffe Breakout Rooms
Sustainability
Sustainability: Energy Performance, Benchmarking & Tools
Chair – Tim Fry – Business Leader Science UKIMEA – ARUP
Tom Randall – Associate Director, ARUP
Phil Macdonald- Board Member – Oberlander’s Architects
Brad Cochran – Director, I2SL
Phil Kelly – Partner, Ridge
Sustainability: Facilities and Infrastructure
Chair – Tim Fry – Business Leader Science UKIMEA – ARUP
Martin Humphreys – MACE
Frazer Osment – Director, LDA Design
Rebecca Rosling – Head of UK R&D Future Energy Systems, EDF
Life Sciences
Life Sciences: The UK Scientific Edge
Chair: Prof Sir Mark Caulfield – Vice Principal Health, Queens Mary’s Faculty of Medicine
Alice Tuff-Lacey – Geonomics England
Joe Healey – Nanosyrinx
Karen Sayal – Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Hitesh Sanganee – Astra Zeneca
Sam Windsor – Chief Executive Officer, Ignota labs
Life Sciences: Translating, Scaling and Manufacturing
Chair: Andy Williams – Chair Oxford-Cambridge Supercluster Board
Stephen Ward – Chief Manufacturing Officer, Gene Therapy Catapult
Orestis Tzortzoglou – Biomed Realty
Peter Ward – Director of Real Estate Development, Kings College London
Digital Innovation
Chair – Nick Sturge – UKSPA Honorary Member
Pauline Norstrom- Founder, Anekanta AI
Caro Ames – Data Science Strategy Leader, Digital Services ARUP
Varvn Aryacetas – UK AI Strategy Practice Leader, Monitor Deloitte
19:00-19:45
Drinks Reception
The Slate Exhibition Space
19:45- 21:15
Gala Dinner
The Slate Conference room
VIP Speaker: Jim Al Khalili
21:15- 22:15
Awards Presentations
Day 2 - 17th October
8:30
Conference Registration
8:30- 9:00
Tea Coffee, Networking & Exhibition
9:00- 10:00
Plenary 4: Innovation Clusters & Hotspots
The State Conference room
Chair – John Leake – Business Growth Director/UKSPA Chair, Sci-Tech Daresbury
Prof Tim Vorley – PVC & Dean, Oxford Brookes Business School
Andrew Carter – Director, Centre of Cities
Christine Dole – SQW
10:00- 11:30
Extended Parallel Sessions (5-8)
Radcliffe Breakout Rooms
Future of Work
Venture Capital
Venture Capital: Bridging the Gap
Chair – Dr Rebecca Todd – Longwall Venture Partners
Dr Imdela Juniarsih – Investment Director, Pioneer Group
Umerah Akram – Chief Operating Officer, FLOWW
Dr Sandy Reid – Mercia Ventures
Tej Panesar – Partner, Prism Ventures
Venture Capital: Funding Life Science from Public Markets.
Chair- Prashant Shah- CEO, O2h Group
Marcus Stuttard – Head of Primary Markets/Head of AIM, LSE
Paul Cuddon – Director Healthcare Equity Research, Deutsche Numis
Mick Cooper – Life Sciences Specialist, Office of Life Sciences DSIT
Samantha Jackson – Marketing and Business Development Manager, Babraham Research Campus
Sally Basker- CEO, Exeter Science Park
Dr Abigail Gilbert – Director, Institute for the Future of work
Ben Harris – Global Sales Director, Equiem
Innovation Clusters & Hotspots
Chair – Jo Stevens – Managing Director, Oxford Innovation Space
Phil Carvil- STFC
Dr Angela Kukula – CEO, MedCity
Placi Espejo– Lead: Innovation & Economy, Oxford to Cambridge Partnership
Josh Hawkins- Head of Global & Investment, Midlands Engine
Making Science Parks Inclusive
Chair 1: Alice Reeve – UNIP
Dr David Hardman – Director, Digital Innovators West Midlands
Jane Hutchins, Director, Cambridge Science Park
Chair 2: Alice Reeve – UNIP
Roz Bird – CEO, Anglia Innovation Partnerships
Kat Mack, Head of Engagement, SRP
James Sheppard – Executive Director, Kadans Science Partner
Chair 3: Dr Grant Bourhill – Managing Director, Barts Life Science
Susannah Goh – Director Research & Innovation, University of Nottingham
Dr David Hardman – Director, Digital Innovators West Midlands
Jodie Eastwood – CEO, Knowledge Quarter
Jasmine Ceccarelli-Drewry – Montagu Evans
11:30- 12:00
Tea Coffee, Networking & Exhitbition
The Slate Exhibition space
12:00- 13:00
Closing Keynotes
The Slate Conference room
Danielle Stewart – Project Director/Project Union Hydrogen, National Gas Transmission
George Freeman – MP, Conservative Party
Paul Monks – Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Energy Security & Net Zero
13:00- 13:15
Conference Summary & Close
The Slate Conference room
13:15- 14:15
Lunch, Networking & Exhibition
The Slate Exhibtion space
14:15- 16:30
Technical Tours
UWSP/UoW Campus/Various
Meet Our Esteemed Speakers
Phil Laycock
Master of Ceremonies
Jim Al Khalili
VIP Gala Dinner Speaker
Networking Opportunities & Tours
Gold Partner
17th-18th October 2024
Silver Partners
17th-18th October 2024
Technical Tours
16th & 18th October 2024
Pre Conference Dinner
16th October 2024
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