The UK Innovation Research Centre (UK~ IRC) is a collaborative venture between Imperial College Business School and The Centre for Business Research at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. The Centre is co-funded by Department for Innovation Universities and Skills (DIUS), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB). Over the next five years the Centre will carry out the highest quality research into how innovation can make businesses more competitive, improve public services delivery and help the UK meet the social, environmental and economic challenges it faces. This workshop is part of the Knowledge Hub activities. To find out more about UK~IRC read the press releases at: http://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/news/index.htm

The one and half day workshop on "How universities can influence business, innovation and competitiveness" explored various aspects of university-business interactions and had an invited audience from business, academia and the policy community.

A copy of the agenda is available here.

Workshop presentations, papers and podcasts can be viewed here

Speakers included:

• Ammon Salter, Imperial College London
• Alan Hughes, University of Cambridge
• Ursula Kelly, University of Strathclyde
• Markus Perkmann, Imperial College London
• Jeremy Howells, University of Manchester
• Robert Huggins, University of Wales
• Alessandra Faggian, University of Southampton
• Bill Baxter, Strategic Technical Advisor, Inca Digital Printers
• Jeff Patmore, Head of Strategic University Research, BT Innovate
• David Gill, Managing Director, St John's innovation Centre