1. Business School Showcase
Introduction
Professor David Butler
Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Transfer, CEMPS Principal Investigator, Bridging the Gaps
1 July 2013

2. Aims of today
To hear about the diversity of research and current collaborations in the Business School
To identify those with similar interests & discuss ideas for new collaborations, particularly Business School + STEM/M 2

3. Agenda 09.30 Introductions 09.45 Business School presentations
10.45 Break - coffee & tea
11.15 Presentations continued
12.45 General discussion
13.00 Lunch 3

4. About Bridging the Gaps
£500k + £100k EPSRC funding; 3 years from Oct ‘10
Exeter Science Exchange:
bringing researchers together to trade
ideas across discipline boundaries
PI: Professor David Butler, Engineering
Expert Panel & Management Board (including IBM & Met Office)
BTG Team: Helen Butler, Lois Spence, Mike Mullan 4

5. Details: www.exeter.ac.uk/btg
BTG activities
70+ events (next on 3 July: ‘Flood Research at Exeter’)
68 development fund awards
Meetings for new cross-disciplinary groups/networks
Virtual environments: Elgg, Second Life etc.
PGR workshops and funding
Evaluation
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