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Future European Structural and Investment Funds innovation workshop 13 August 2013. Pam Waddell Director of Birmingham Science City, Chair of RDTI Working Group. Context.
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Future European Structural and Investment Funds innovation workshop13 August 2013 Pam Waddell Director of Birmingham Science City, Chair of RDTI Working Group
Context • Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and partners preparing 1st drafts of European Structural & Investment Funds Strategies by October 2013 to agree final proposals with Government early 2014 • Birmingham Science City (BSC) working with West Midlands European Service (WMES) to support 6 WM LEPs and partners – BSC focus on ‘Strengthening Research, Technological Development & Innovation’ • At WMES Cross-LEP event on 4 July, ‘Innovation’ table concluded LEPs needed a better understanding of user perspectives to help with the development of the innovation strands – that is focus of this meeting • Other major issue for Innovation Priority - ‘Smart Specialisation’ – covered at WMES Workshop on 11 July. Presentations from this and 4 July events at http://www.clgwm.org.uk/?page_id=65
Aims of workshop • Starting assumption that participants are aware of SIF priorities and Government guidance on LEP strategies • To expose those writing the LEP SIF strategies to different innovation perspectives, with a particular emphasis on the demand side • Also allowing discussions with the HE sector and collaborative other collaborative research organisations generating new S&T • To extend the innovation networks of LEP innovation leads and to explore potential delivery partners
Format of Workshop Part 1: Brief (10 min) presentations on lessons from last programme and demand and supply side perspectives of the innovation priority Part 2: Representative(s) from each LEP move round tables to have further discussion with different sectors in the context of their developing strategy and proposed activities (see rotation plan;10 mins per table)
Further support/ information • Presentations from this workshop will be available on RDT&I page http://www.clgwm.org.uk/?page_id=756 , maintained by WMES • You have contact details of all participants to enable follow-up discussions • Please use BSC Working Group and networks to help you develop collaborative and cross sector activity - contact Susannah Goh (s.goh@aston.ac.uk ) or me (p.j.waddell@bham.ac.uk )