2. End of First Year Review Professor David Butler Principal Investigator, Bridging the Gaps 25 th October 2011

3. 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

4. 14.10 First panel session 15.00Second panel session 15.50 Reflections on cross-disciplinary working (Myra Strober) 16.05 Afternoon tea and move to Business School 16.30Keynote talk (Myra Strober) and reception Agenda

5. The Exeter Science Exchange Communication (Jonathan Barry) Policy (Regenia Gagnier) Development (Peter Ashwin) Innovation (John Bessant)

6. Official launch on 18 th Jan 2011

7. BTG Events – 20 so far Including: Two College ‘showcases’ Two ‘sandpits’ Energy@Exeter & Water@Exeter Seminars for BTG-funded projects Workshops for new cross-disciplinary groups

8. 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

9. 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 www.exeter.ac.uk/btg/newsandevents/