Programme on Regional Innovation

Launch of the Latest Issue of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society was held on 31 July 08. Click here to view the presentations.

Click here to view videos from the Workshop on Open Innovation held on 22-23 May 2008. Presentations by HP Labs, Thomson Reuters Markets, NESTA and IBM.

Events

Previous Events

This is based on PRI Competitiveness Forum events and is also an archive of resources from previous NCN workshops and Competitiveness Summits.

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31/07/08	Knowledge, Networks and Innovation: Launch of the Latest Issue of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society publishes multi-disciplinary international research on the spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change.
27/05/08	Creating Value Seminar This seminar will discuss the UK findings from a four country study on how universities help boost business competitiveness through research collaboration and knowledge exchange.
22/05/08	Workshop on Open Innovation The workshop on Open Innovation was organised by The Programme on Regional Innovation, The Cambridge-MIT Institute Partnership Programme; the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
02/05/08	Major new report on Innovation in the UK's services sectors was launched at NESTA event NESTA launched its latest report, 'Taking services seriously' on 2 May. The report uncovers the dynamics of innovation and was written by researchers from the Programme on Regional Innovation.
12/02/08	Managing Industry-University Collaborations: Initiating, Sustaining, and Making the Most of your Partnerships The purpose of these workshops organised by The Cambridge-MIT Partnership Programme is to share good practices in Industry-University interaction. Experienced speakers from industry, university and government organisations will describe their own activities and highlight principles for effective and efficient partnerships.
05/12/07	NESTA Policy Workshop on Open Innovation with Henry Chesbrough NESTA held a half-day workshop with Henry Chesbrough of UC Berkeley, on Wednesday 5th December.
12/10/07	The Role of Universities in Regional Development and Growth The purpose of this workshop was to understand how information and knowledge is diffused within the business community and transferred between universities and firms, and how these processes might be supported and enhanced. The workshop brought together specialists from the business, policy and academic communities to provide insights on how regional knowledge exchange initiatives work and the role of universities in different spatial and economic contexts.
27/07/07	Measuring the Impact and Success of University Industry Knowledge Exchange This workshop was intended to address the key challenges in defining and designing appropriate metrics for research council and other publicly funded initiatives in the university industry knowledge exchange and commercialistion areas.
11/07/07	Spatial Econometrics Conference The 1st World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Assocation was held on 11-14 July 2007 at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge.
28/03/07	Seminar on Networks, Economics, and Innovation The Seminar on “Networks, Economics and Innovation” was held at Judge Business School on Thursday 28th March.
06/12/06	Knowledge Exchange, Networks and Regional Innovation This 2 day workshop was organised by The Programme on Regional Innovation of The Cambridge-MIT Institute in conjunction with the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, a new journal to be published by Oxford University Press.
28/09/06	Poverty and Place The Programme on Regional Innovation in conjunction with the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society held a workshop on Poverty and Place in September 2006.
12/09/06	Evaluating the Economics of New Labour This workshop was organised by The Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) in conjunction with the Cambridge Journal of Economics. The workshop assessed various aspects of recent UK economic policy and performance.
09/06/06	Interdisciplinary Workshop on Regional Innovation The Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) organised a 2-day workshop for graduate students and young researchers working on, or with an interest in, theoretical, applied and policy research on the topic of Regional Innovation.
25/10/05	Summit 2005: Enterprising & Creative Places The fifth annual National Competitiveness Summit was held at the Manchester International Convention Centre on 25th October 2005. The theme was "Enterprising and Creative Places".
26/09/05	University - Industry Linkages in Europe and North America The World Bank, in collaboration with the Cambridge-MIT Institute, convened a two-day invitation-only workshop on University-Industry Linkages in Europe and North America, on 26 and 27 September which was held at Downing College, Cambridge.
15/09/05	Poverty and Place in the US-UK: Comparisons of Experiences and Policy with a Look Toward the Future This conference was organised by the Programme for Regional Innovation at the Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) and was supported by the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, UK; the Carsey Institute, University of New Hampshire; the Social Science Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University and the World Universities Network. It look place on 15 and 16 September and was held at the Moller Centre, Cambridge.
17/06/05	Venture Capital, Finance and Regional Development A one-day Conference on finance and regional development with a College dinner on the 16th June.
30/11/04	Summit 2004: Exchanging Knowledge - Boosting Competitiveness The fourth annual National Competitiveness Summit was held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Tuesday, 30 November 2004. The theme was "Exchanging Knowledge - Boosting Competitiveness".
16/09/04	Social Enterprise and Regional Development The aim of this Forum was to bring leaders from the public and private sector together to: evaluate the state of social entrepreneurship in the UK; to share understanding on the role of social enterprise in regional development; and consider how it may be encouraged and fostered.
18/06/04	Metrics: Evaluating Research and Science Based Programmes This was the third conference in a series entitled "Competitiveness Forum". The conference considered methods of evaluating investments in science and technology and their impact on competitiveness and it brought together policy makers from central and regional government and academic specialists in policy evaluation and metrics.
07/05/04	Entrepreneurship in the Regions This was the second in a series of four entitled "Competitiveness Forum". This conference brought together leaders of the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), policy makers from central government and academic specialists in entrepreneurship.
18/03/04	Science Entrepreneurship: A Customer Perspective CMI's 11th quarterly SEC workshop will be held at and hosted by The Management School, University of Manchester. This event is one of the regular workshops held by CMI - through its National Competitiveness Network - with the Science Enterprise Centres at UK universities.
27/02/04	Knowledge Exchange and Regional Competitiveness The conference was co-hosted with the UK Regional Innovation Network (RINET) and brought together leaders of the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), policy makers from central government and academic specialists in regional analysis and policy.
11/12/03	Entrepreneurial Risk and Sustainability Entrepreneurship invariably focuses on the positive aspects of wealth creation, innovation and creativity and yet, for every successful enterprise there are several examples of failure. The various elements of this were explored in some detail and different perspectives on the process to those that are normally covered were provided.
12/11/03	National Competitiveness Summit 2003: Entrepreneurship in the UK The Summit on 12th November at the Newcastle Civic Centre provided a forum for leaders in industry, government and academe to discuss how to encourage and develop national and regional entrepreneurship.
17/09/03	Leadership and Mentoring The 9th quarterly SEC workshop was held in London, hosted by SIMFONEC. This event is one of the regular workshops held by CMI - through its National Competitiveness Network - with the Science Enterprise Centres at UK universities.
26/06/03	Science Entrepreneurship: Creating Value around ‘Dr. Smart’ CMI’s 8th quarterly NCN workshop focused on the role of the individual entrepreneur in building sustainable firms around university based research
16/06/03	Rethinking the Regions and Regional Competitiveness A critical and constructive re-evaluation of regional analysis and policy was given by a range of international specialists. The forum was in collaboration with Regional Studies, the journal of the Regional Studies Association.
21/05/03	Enterprise in the Curriculum The seminar will focus on a review of Enterprise and new Enterprise initiatives in the Curriculum.
26/03/03	e-Learning Seminar The Mercia Institute of Enterprise on behalf of the UK Science Enterprise Challenge Centres held an e-learning seminar on March 26th 2003 at Warwick University. The seminar focused on the development and practise of e-learning materials for teaching and training purposes in the field of enterprise and entrepreneurship. The objective of the programme was to demonstrate best practice within e-learning.
10/12/02	Spinning Out : The UK – US Experience CMI’s 7th quarterly SEC workshop was held at the University of Strathclyde’s Hunter Centre on the topic of “Spinning Out” firms from their university roots.
19/11/02	National Competitiveness Summit 2002: Britain's technological performance A high-level and high-profile event that evaluated the state of Britain’s technological performance.
19/07/02	Manufacturing Matters in the 'New Economy' A conference-style forum evaluating the role of manufacturing in the UK economy, in comparison with US practice.
18/06/02	Training the trainers A discussion of the issues surrounding providing programmes for the teaching of enterprise.
28/05/02	The Future of Regional Policy A conference-style forum exploring the future development and challenges of regional policy in the UK.
01/11/01	National Competitiveness Summit 2001: Competitiveness and the CMI mission The first NCN Summit, ‘Competitiveness and the CMI mission’, provided a platform for CMI to interface with leaders from industry, government and academe about supporting the improvement of the UK’s economic performance.
13/03/01	Intellectual property and technology transfer The first workshop explored issues related to intellectual property and technology transfer at universities.