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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 from 10:00 AM - 1:15 PM (GMT)
Perth, Perth and Kinross
Driving Innovation in Scotland
NESTA would like to invite you to attend the launch of our policy briefing ‘Driving Innovation in Scotland’. This will outline a number of policy recommendations on how to support innovation in Scotland to tackle economic and social challenges as well as ensuring that it fully benefits from the opportunities of globalisation.
09.00-10.00: Registration – Tea and coffee(Exhibition of NESTA supported businesses in foyer)
10.00-10.10: Welcome by Jonathan Kestenbaum, CEO, NESTA
First Session - What are the drivers of innovation?
10.10-10.20: Innovation and Business -Tom Ilube - Chief Executive of Garlik, a new consumer company which pioneers a range of services to help give people real power over their personal information in the digital world, using semantic web technologies. Until recently, Tom was Chief Information Officer, member of the Executive Committee and original Launch Programme Manager with Egg plc – the world’s largest pure online bank.
10.20-10.30: Innovation and Young People/Education - Roy Leighton - With a reputation for linking creativity, commerce and learning to assist individuals and organisations in transforming their level of achievements in many areas, Roy was also part of the team who devised and created the highly successful BBC series ‘Confidence Lab’. Roy’s reputation particularly amongst schools and colleges nationally is very high and he is one of the most inspiring speakers in education today.
10.30-10.40: Driving Innovation through Commercialisation - George Boag - Manages Technology Ventures Scotland (TVS) Forum and is the Chief Executive of Targeting Innovation Ltd; he will focus on commercialisation and innovation.
10.40-10.50: Social Innovation - Colin Burns - A Professor of Design Innovation at Dundee University and a Director of Participle, a new public service innovation group that harnesses user-led creativity to create new strategic business and social value. He is the former Global Head of Interaction Design and Managing Director of IDEO London, the international design and innovation consultancy famous for its user-centred, interdisciplinary approach.
10.50-11.20: Q & A panel
11.20– 11.45: Coffee Break
Second Session - Innovation Policy Drivers for Scotland
11.45– 12.00: Starter for 6 Presentation Introduced by Helen Gresty, Executive Director, Innovation Programmes, NESTA Helen will talk about our work in Innovation Programmes and introduce Tanya Ewing.
Tanya Ewing Founder of Ewgeco. (www.Ewgeco.com) is a NESTA awardee company. Tanya will talk about Ewgeco's experience as an innovative start-up company, followed by:
A five minute film following Scottish Entrepreneurs' journeys.
12.00– 12.30:
Barry Ayre - Founder Chair of Firstport and an active trustee of both Scotland UnLtd and Columba 1400. In addition he is a board member of Mercy Corps Europe - An international aid agency. Barry will speak about innovation in the social sector and consider whether innovation policy in Scotland should recognise and support the needs of the social entrepreneur.
Tom Tumilty - Head of Innovation Policy Unit at the Scottish Government will speak about the new Scottish Government’s plans around business innovation and the policy drivers for Innovation in Scotland.
Ian McCoull - Director of Industry Innovation, Scottish Enterprise will speak about Scottish Enterprise's focus on innovation.
12.30-13.10: Q & A Panel
13.10-13.15: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP - Closing remarks and thanks.
13.15-14.00: Buffet lunch - A great networking opportunity over lunch.
If you have any queries please contact starterfor6@nesta.org.uk
Jonathan Kestenbaum is Chief Executive of NESTA, The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. With assets under management of £350 million, NESTA is the largest single endowment in the UK, exclusively dedicated to fostering innovation. He previously worked as Chief of Staff to Sir Ronald Cohen, the Chairman of Apax Partners. Together with Sir Ronald, Jonathan built The Portland Trust, which most recently developed a $500 million fund for small and medium sized businesses in the Middle East. Born in Japan to American parents and brought up in the UK, Jonathan graduated from the LSE and Cambridge. He completed an MBA with distinction from the Cass Business School.Before becoming active in business, Jonathan started his career in education, building an international training programme for promising young educators. He also completed an MA in Education with distinction. He subsequently helped establish and build a large family commodity trading business, which was a ring dealing member of the London Metal Exchange. The company was successfully sold in a management buy-out. Jonathan then moved to public service, becoming Chief Executive of the Office of the Chief Rabbi, Professor Jonathan Sacks. Together, they worked on a number of prize-winning publications, including the 1990 BBC Reith Lectures, 'The Persistence of Faith'. In 1996 he was appointed Chief Executive of the UJIA, one of the largest voluntary organisations in the UK. Jonathan is a trustee of a number of foundations. He is a board member of the Design Council and the UK's Technology Strategy Board. Jonathan is also a tutor at the Cass Business School and on the planning group of the World Economic Forum. He is a graduate of the Cabinet Office Top Management Programme, has been an advisor to BAE Systems and was, until this year, Non-Executive Chairman of Quest, a large financial services business.
Tom Ilube is Chief Executive Officer of garlik, a new consumer company pioneering a range of services to help give people real power over their personal information in the digital world, using semantic web technologies. Until recently Tom Ilube was Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the world's largest pure online bank, Egg plc and a member of the Executive Committee. In 2005 Tom left Egg plc to found garlik, in partnership with Mike Harris, the Founding CEO of Egg plc. Egg plc was launched in 1998 and Tom was the original Launch Programme Manager. Today Egg is one of the worlds largest and most innovative online banks with over 4 million customers. Prior to this role, Tom was Chief Executive of Lost Wax for six years, a software company that he founded in 1996. The company was recognised as one of the UK's most innovative technology firms, being listed as a top technology firm by The Sunday Times, Computing Magazine, Real Business and others. Tom's technology career spans 20 years with a range of blue chip organisations in London including Goldman Sachs International, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, The London Stock Exchange, Cap Gemini and British Airways.
Roy Leighton has developed a reputation for linking creativity, commerce and learning to assist individuals and organizations in transforming their level of achievement in many areas. He has recently commenced a seven year neurological research project with Dr Andrew Curran, the UK’s leading neurology doctor at Liverpool Medical School.Roy divides his time as a visiting lecturer at the European Business School and as part of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA). Roy also works with national and global corporations (BP, Sotheby’s) and educational institutions (including Oxford and Cambridge Universities). He has recently been approached to join the Governments team of ‘Enterprise Advisers’ who will assist some of the more challenging schools in the U.K. to raise their vision, innovation and creativity in order to improve not only exam results but their social skills and personal confidence as well. Roy was part of the three person team who devised and presented the highly successful six-part BBC series ‘The Confidence Lab’. The book of the series ‘Confidence in just seven days’ went to the top of the Amazon list of best sellers and was recently translated into German. His second collaborative work ‘The Big Book of Independent Thinking’ was published in 2005, and ‘Success in the Creative Classroom’ was published in May 2007. Roy’s next publication ‘Happy Families – Insights into the 21st Century’ will be launched next year. Roy has been requested by many people attending his programmes to put his ideas, understanding and experience down in print. He is therefore currently writing the first of three books drawing on linking the worlds of philosophy, science and the arts.
George Boag is Chief Executive of Targeting Innovation Ltd and manages the Technology Ventures Scotland (TVS) Forum on behalf of Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Funding Council. The Forum was revamped in 2004 to review and advise on the implementation of policies and projects relating to commercialisation and technology transfer in line with the Scottish Executive’s Smart, Successful Scotland. Over the last fourteen years with Targeting Innovation he has led the delivery of a number of innovation support programmes and has worked directly with over a 1000 businesses in key technology sectors to assist with business start-up, university spin out and business growth. His early career started through a variety of development, consultancy and sales roles in the IT industry and has managed the IT function in both UK & US listed public companies. George is a member of the ‘Industrial Advisory Board’ at two Universities, a director of the Kelvin Institute and a member of the UK Trade & Investment ICT sector advisory panel.
Colin Burns is a designer, entrepreneur and educator. He runs a one-man agency - Martach Associates, as a hub to a network of leadinginnovation professionals and consultants. He is a pioneer in Transformation Design, a methodology that harnesses user-led creativity to create new strategic business and social value. Colin has spent most of his career working at IDEO – the international design and innovation consultancy, famous for it’s user-centred, interdisciplinary approach. During his 10 years at IDEO he worked in California and Germany, as well as the UK. He held posts during this time as IDEO’s Global Head of Interaction Design and the Managing Director of IDEO London. He is currently a director of several innovative businesses, including Participle, a new public service transformation agency with Hilary Cottam and Charles Leadbeater. Colin has worked globally for companies such as Vodafone, Prada, Procter & Gamble, Egg, British Airways, Nokia, the BBC and the Design Council. He is Visiting Professor of Innovation Product Design at Dundee University. He graduated as a B.Sc. in Industrial Design (Technology) from Napier University in 1985 and as an M.Des.(RCA) from the Royal College of Art in 1987.
Tanya Ewing’s clever device Ewgeco will give consumers and business owners a better understanding of their utility bills, while encouraging them to use less energy and reduce their carbon emissions. Ewgeco is a self-installable Real Time Visual Display Unit that shows exactly how much electricity, water and gas you are using at any given time. It uses a LED display, which changes like ‘traffic lights' to indicate energy use. The green bars mean energy use is low, changing to amber then red when consumption is high. Ewgeco is designed to save consumers' money by revealing the "hidden" appliances in the house that continuously drain money, such as leaving the microwave clock on or boiling a full kettle for one cup of tea. Tanya, from Perth in Scotland was awarded a grant through NESTA’s Starter for 6 programme and is using it to develop an Educational Box for schools so that primary school children can learn about energy usage and its effect on the environment. The kit aims to engage pupils by showing them how much energy they're using – and teaching them how they can reduce this. For example, setting the washing machine to 30 rather than 40 degrees or choosing low-voltage bulbs. The first version of Ewgeco which has global patents pending, is expected to be available to purchase from spring 2008.
Barry Ayre After an early career with BP in the UK, Barry moved to the US where, over a 13 year period, he built a successful national business from a one man start up. Returning to Scotland he went on to apply business principles to the voluntary sector, leading the financial turnaround of Children 1st - Scotland’s leading children’s charity over a four year period. Now involved in the social enterprise sector, he is founder Chair of Firstport – A support and funding organisation for start-up and emerging social entrepreneurs, and an active trustee of both Scotland UnLtd and Columba 1400 - An international leadership centre based on Skye. In addition he is a board member of Mercy Corps Europe – an international aid agency.
Tom Tumilty is Head of the Innovation Policy Unit within the Enterprise, Energy and Tourism Directorate of the Scottish Government. Since 1995, he has led the unit in providing briefing and policy advice for Ministers on all aspects of Innovation, the Knowledge-Based Economy and the industrial/commercial aspects of Science and Technology, including Research and Development and Knowledge Exchange. As part of the EU Innovative Actions Programme, Tom commissioned reports on the the Scottish Innovation System, Actors, Roles and Actions and The Scottish Innovation System, Review and Application of Policy. As Secretary to two Scottish Ministerial taskforces on the Knowledge Economy, he managed the Executive's policy input and the production of the final reports. He is the lead policy contact on internationally recognised projects such as the Proof of Concept Fund and the Intermediary Technology Institutes (ITIs). Before joining the public sector, Tom was Managing Director of a medium-sized international travel company. He is a graduate of Strathclyde University Business School and holds a Masters degree in Business Administration.
Ian McCoull is Director of Industry Innovation at Scottish Enterprise. In his previous role as Director of Innovation Operation he was involved in the creation of a number of innovation programmes covering areas such as large company research and development support, ITI Scotland and the Intellectual Asset Centre. He is currently involved in looking at innovation from the perspective of Scotland priority industries. Ian is an electronic engineer and worked as a designer for Ferranti and Unisys before setting up his own software company. Prior to joining Scottish Enterprise he was Technical Director at Scottish Design.NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. We are the largest single endowment devoted exclusively to supporting talent, innovation and creativity in the UK. Our mission is to transform the UK’s capacity for innovation. We invest in early stage companies, inform innovation policy and encourage a culture that helps innovation to flourish.
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