Register now for the RIS 2014 conference
Book early to secure your place at the 2014 Research and Innovation Support Conference: Increasing Knowledge and Opportunity.
This year’s Research and Innovation Support Conference, Increasing Knowledge and Opportunity, takes place on Tuesday 2 December 2014.
The Conference will provide an important opportunity for research and innovation professionals to engage with the new University Strategic Plan. The keynote speakers are:
- Dr Malcolm Skingle, Director of Academic Liaison at GlaxoSmithKline
- Professor Paul Stewart, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health
Held at Weetwood Hall, the conference will offer a choice of twelve break-out sessions covering a wide diversity of topics such as:
- the role of PGR students in delivering the research agenda
- the strategic initiatives underpinning the 2014:2020 Strategic Plan from a central and faculty perspective, and how we can work together to deliver them
- what academics want from research support professionals
- developing medicines through collaboration
- harnessing research networks to deliver strategy
- managing risk in research; open innovation and creative thinking techniques and clinical trials.
For further information, including details of the parallel sessions, please see the conference flyer.
Please book early to secure your place (£30 per person). To book a place, please complete the on-line form.
Bookings should be made no later than 31 October 2014. Please contact Lucy Kear with any queries.