Entrepreneurship and the Eco System in the UK

Location

Nottingham, The Sir Colin Campbell Building, Triumph Road

Date(s)

Wednesday 5th April 2017 (18:00-19:00)

Contact

For more information, please contact Catherine Thompson: 

Email: catherine.thompson@nottingham.ac.uk 
Tel: 0115 951 5273

Registration URL

http://bit.ly/HGIspecialseminar1

Description

The Haydn Green Institute organises and hosts a series of Special Seminars. There are open public lectures and discussions presented by professionals from business, education and the public sector. The focus of each talk is topical but with an emphasis upon areas such as sustainability, enterprise, innovation and regional development. 

Entrepreneurship and the Eco System in the UK

Our first speaker this year is Professor Tim Dafforn, Chief Entrepreneurial Adviser at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). 

Professor Tim Dafforn 

Professor Tim Dafforn (@T_dafforn) took up his post as Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in June 2015. Prior to this appointment he was entrepreneur in residence at BIS with a remit to champion activities in synthetic biology in the department.

His career highlights include:

• Head of Policy and member of the executive at the Biochemical Society
• Member of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) new ways of working strategy panel
• Member of the Synthetic Biology Leadership Council
• Former Director of Knowledge Transfer, Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham
• Founder of Linear Diagnostics Ltd and Dioptica Scientific Ltd

His career includes more than 100 publications and a lifetime research grant capture of £10 million.

Event Programme

5.30pm	Registration and light refreshments
6.00pm	Introduction and seminar
6.40pm	Q&A session
7.00pm	Light refreshments and networking

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