Events
Centre for Global Eco-Innovation Showcase
Monday 04 March 2013, 1330-1630
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation brings together the expertise, resources and global contacts of Lancaster University and the University of Liverpool, together with international commercialisation consultancy Inventya Limited to undertake SME-led collaborative R&D partnerships. The centre will be officially launched at this event by Lord Drayson of Kensington (the former UK Science Minister). Lord Drayson is a highly successful entrepreneur who built his profile from start-up businesses...
The Journey to a Smarter City
Rashik Parmar, IBM Academy of Technology
Wednesday 06 March 2013, 1300-1500
C74 InfoLab21
The city infrastructure is trying to cope with unprecedented levels of demand. At the same time technology allows us to capture more information about the city and achieve higher levels of optimisation. During this talk Rashik will explore the challenges and opportunities of using this new information to evolve to Smarter cities and cope with the increased demands.
Energy and Fuels from Waste - Module 3 CANCELLED
Tue 12 - Thu 14 March 2013
Lancaster Environment Centre
This module looks at Environmental Management of Waste Derived Energy Generation
How Unilever Finds Technology Partners
Roger Leech, Unilever Discover Operations & Science Grid Director, Unilever UK Central Resources Limited
Wednesday 20 March 2013, 1300-1500
Venue To Be Confirmed
Unilever R&D has the task of finding and delivering science and technology solutions for a range of products covering personal care, home care, foods and refreshment. Today many of these solutions are related to the environmental impact of the business, and the creation of the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan sets the challenges and targets for Unilever to reduce their environmental impact while they grow the business. The talk will give examples of these challenges and how Unilever finds...
Innovation Priorities for the Chemical Using Industries
Carol Boyer-Spooner, CEO, Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network/International Business Leaders Forum
Wednesday 23 October 2013, 1300-1500
Venue To Be Confirmed
Chemicals Northwest is the industry-led, chemical cluster support organisation for the £10 billion North West chemical sector, the largest in the UK, and works in partnership with both the private and public sectors. The talk will give an overview of the innovation priorities for the chemical sector.