UKSPA Conference - December 2021
Thursday 2nd December and Friday 3rd December 2021
Kindly hosted by Innovation Birmingham Campus, participants from over the UK came together at our first face-to-face UKSPA conference since March 2020. The two days saw a vibrant programme covering numerous issues facing UKSPA members as well as the wider science and innovation sector.
PRESENTATIONS
Plenary 1 (Thursday)
David Hardman, Managing Director – Birmingham, Bruntwood Sci Tech
Jo Birch, Director Innovation Enterprise Employability and Business Engagement, Birmingham City University
John Street, Founder and Director, free@last
Plenary 2 (Friday) – panel session
Plenary 3 (Friday)
Charles Toogood, Principal & Managing Director, Offices, Midlands, Avison Young
Eugene Sayers, Partner, Sheppard Robson
Jane Holt, Business Development Director, University of Southampton Business Park
Cliff Dennett, Head of Commercial, Bruntwood Sci Tech
Parallel session (Life Sciences)
Steve Taylor, Director of Strategy and Operations, Birmingham Health Innovation Campus
Dann Cooley, Operations and Facilities Manager, National Horizons Centre
Parallel session (Incubation & Business Support)
Ian McFarlane-Toms, Business Ready Programme Manager, University of Warwick Science Park
Richard Scutt, STEAMincubator Programme Manager, STEAMhouse Incubator
Final Plenary
Dr Séamus O’Neill, Chief Executive, Northern Health Science Alliance
Dr David Wilkes, Director of Place, Centres & Networks Governance, Innovate UK
Conference venue: Atrium of iCentrum Building
Innovation Birmingham Campus, Holt Street, Birmingham B7 4BP