Leeds Industry Academy: Maximising Engagement with Industry (P2D 2017)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Technical Summary
The MRC Proximity to Discovery scheme awards universities funds to help develop new collaborations, and ways of exchanging knowledge and skills. The awards can be used to support activities that promote the value of academic-industry partnership, and enhance academic and industry researchers’ understanding of each other’s needs and capabilities. This may be through people exchanges, creation of technology demonstrators, showcase events, commercialisation workshops and ‘entrepreneurs in residence’ schemes. Such exchanges of knowledge and skills will boost the most fruitful collaborations between UK universities and life science companies.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Description | Leeds Personalised Medicine in partnership with Leeds City Region Medical Technologies; London Showcase Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | : A series of presentations addressing different strengths in the Leeds City Region. These talks were then followed by Networking opportunities where delegates could meet the speakers to discuss collaboration and engagement opportunities. The presentations were separated into two categories, the first section of speakers (Dixon-Hardy, Messenger, Herbert & Stow) spoke on strengths in the Leeds City Region, focussing their presentations on the wider academic strategic objectives with industry engagement. The second session saw presentations from the remaining speakers where Discovery Science Infrastructure (Digital Pathology , Pre-clinical & Experimental Imaging, and Biostructure capabilities) were highlighted, ending with Real World Data and Health Economics. Participants, Feedback & Follow-on • There were close to 100 delegates registered to attend the event, the majority of which were from industry, angel investors and entrepreneurs in addition to academic support members from the University of Leeds. • During the networking times, delegates could meet with the speakers in additional to other organisations which can help academic and industrial collaborations. These were; Leeds Enterprise Partnership, Yorkshire and Humberside Academic Health Science Network, The Northern Health Science Alliance, the National Institute for Health Research in addition to the Leeds Industry Engagement Academy. • Following on from this event, there are a number of interactions which involved industry interest to the University of Leeds which are currently being developed for further iteration. This includes companies interested in joining and/or relocating to Leeds through Nexus; companies interested in health economic expertise as well as an individual interested in how to embed entrepreneurism with health care professionals. • BioCity to visit Leeds to understand Leeds capabilities in more detail which will enable more targeted industry engagement opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |