Online
Conference of the Research & Innovation Support Network. If you would like to attend but are not already a member please contact Victoria Porritt.
Programme
Day 1, Wednesday 15 September
Welcome to day 1 and opening keynote
10:00 to 10:40
Innovation at Oxford: looking back & looking forward
Speakers: Professor Chas Bountra, CBE, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation, with Professor Kylie Vincent, Academic Champion for Women in Entrepreneurship
Break
10:40 to 11:00
Session 1
11:00 to 11:45
RISN communities of practice: an overview with POD
Speakers: Sophie Brotherston, Professional Development Framework Practitioner, POD, and RISN communities of practice leads
Break
11:45 to 12:00
Session 2
12:00 to 12:05
Oxford Climate Tech and Sustainability Innovation Challenge 2021
Speakers: Dr Brendan Ludden, Head of Licensing & Ventures (Physical Sciences), Dr Jane Jin, Licensing & Ventures Manager, OUI
Session 3
12:05 to 12:40
Net Zero: what Oxford is doing, our contribution to COP26 and global impact
Speaker: Dr Pete Walton, Knowledge Exchange Research Fellow, UKCIP, SOGE, with Dr Kaya Axelsson, Net Zero Policy Engagement Fellow
Session 4
12:40 to 13:00
Research Staff Hub update
Speaker: Dr Rachel Bray, Research Staff Hub Lead, POD
Session 5
13:00 to 14:00
A guide to internal funding in the University
Speakers: Adelyn Wise, Research Funding Manager, Medical Sciences Division, Dr Anuj Bhatt, Impact and Innovation Officer, MPLS Division, Jessica Hedge, Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Co-ordinator, Rebecca Launchbury, ESRC IAA Manager, Social Sciences Division, Dr Anne-Sophie Schillinger, Translational Research Manager, Medical Sciences Division, Caroline Taylor, Research Planning Coordinator, Research Services, and Dr Annaleise Wood, Engagement & Evaluation Coordinator, Research Services
Day 2, Thursday 16 September
Welcome to day 2
12:30 to 12:45
Speaker: Professor Patrick Grant, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research
Lightning talks from the RISN community
12:45 to 13:00
Project supporting collaboration with Sri Lanka
Speaker: Dina Foteinou, Oxford Antiviral Drug Discover Unit
Research Culture Enhancement Fund – New funding scheme launch
Speaker: Adelyn Wise, Research Funding Manager, Medical Sciences Division
Session 1
13:00 to 13:30
Equity in Research Funding project: initial findings
Speakers: Dr Jennifer Gladstone, Strategic Research Development Manager and Project PI, Dr Stephen Conway, Executive Director of Research Services, Dr Lisa Schipper, Environmental Social Science Research Fellow, Environmental Change Institute
Break
13:30 to 13:45
Session 2
13:45 to 13:55
EU research funding: an update on Horizon Europe
Speaker: Katie Price, Research Funding Lead, Research Funding & Contracts Team
Lighting talk from the RISN community
13:55 to 14:10
OUI Innovation Champions and Entrepreneurs Fellowship
Speaker: Dr Fiona Story, University Relationship Manager, OUI
Session 3 – Plenary
14:10 to 14:45
Is it tomorrow yet? Post-pandemic paradoxes in UK research policy and funding
Speakers: Professor James Wilsdon, Director, Research on Research Institute, University of Sheffield, chaired by Dr Sharron Pleydell-Pearce, Head of Strategic Research Development
Break
14:45 to 15:00
Keynote panel
15:00 to 15:40
Research Services update and meet the directors
Speakers: Dr Stephen Conway, Executive Director of Research Services, Dr Tanita Casci, Director of the Research Strategy & Policy Unit, Dr Tamsin Sayer, Director of Research Funding & Contracts, Heather House, Director of Research Governance, Ethics & Assurance, Dr Phil Clare, Director of Innovation & Engagement
Lightning talk from the RISN community
15:40 to 15:55
Digital Innovation at IT Services
Nandy Millan, Digital Innovation Manager
Conference overview and close
15:55 to 16:00
