RISN annual conference: 2021 & beyond

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

 

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