End of First Year Review Professor David Butler Principal Investigator, Bridging the Gaps 25 th October 2011
To hear about activities and projects funded through BTG in its first year To discuss the benefits and challenges of working across disciplines To share best practice To identify ways to improve the project Aims of today
14.10 First panel session 15.00Second panel session Reflections on cross-disciplinary working (Myra Strober) Afternoon tea and move to Business School 16.30Keynote talk (Myra Strober) and reception Agenda
The Exeter Science Exchange Communication (Jonathan Barry) Policy (Regenia Gagnier) Development (Peter Ashwin) Innovation (John Bessant)
Official launch on 18 th Jan 2011
BTG Events – 20 so far Including: Two College ‘showcases’ Two ‘sandpits’ & Seminars for BTG-funded projects Workshops for new cross-disciplinary groups
Development Fund First round: 20 applications; 13 funded Second round: 17 applications (including 8 from Synthetic Biology Sandpit); 10 funded Three projects from CCSF Sandpit Third round: 19 applications, Panel meeting 4 th Nov Co-funding from RKT and Colleges
What’s next? First seminar for Valuing Wildness in Animals Project: Elephants – 27 th Oct CLES Showcase – 25th Nov ExIStA (Exeter Initiative for Statistics and its Applications) launch – 28th Nov