Thursday 30 July 2015 9:30am to 2:00pm
Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
About
CambPlants Hub invites you to a Translational Funders Day, where you learn about the latest funding schemes in plant sciences, agriculture, animal health and conservation.
This Funders Day will be an excellent opportunity to network with academics, industry and research council representatives and find the right collaborator!
Are you an Academic thinking of translation of basic plant science into crop science research?
Are you thinking of integrating the latest bioscience and modelling techniques into practice?
Do you want to create collaborative work opportunities with industry?
Are you a Business interested in finding solutions from academic resources?
This Funders Day will be an excellent opportunity to network with academics, industry and research council representatives and find the right collaborator!
Seminar Programme:
9:30 - Registration and Tea/coffee
9:55 - Welcome and Introduction
10:00 - BBSRC Translation Funding Schemes (Adam Bowen, Senior Innovation Manager for BBSRC)
10:20 - Innovate UK and KTN opportunities (Tristan Eagling, Knowledge Transfer Manager for Biosciences KTN)
10:40 - Tea/coffee break
11:10 - H2020 Funding Schemes (Renata Schaeffer, European Policy Manager for University of Cambridge)
11:30 - Agri-Tech East – a model for regional agri-tech collaboration (Belinda Clarke, Director of Agri-Tech East)
12:00 - Elevator pitches
12:30 - Lunch
From 13:00 - Bookable 1:1 sessions with speakers from funding research councils.
Register for an Elevator Pitch & increase your chances of Networking!
To book your 1:1 session with a funder OR if you have any further questions please contact Mariana Fazenda at ml745@cam.ac.uk.
Contact
Mariana Fazenda