MIOIR Seminar Series with Institute for Manufacturing (IfM)

Gaps and Challenges Along the Innovation Lifecycle: The Role of Innovation Intermediaries

Speakers: Dr. Guendalina Anzolin, Prof. Eoin O’Sullivan, Dr. Viktória Döme
Chair: Prof. Elvira Uyarra

Abstract:

Over the past decade, the need to sustain technological change has increasingly demanded the collaboration of diverse actors along the innovation and industrial lifecycles. While R&D activities remain central to discussions on innovation, the process itself extends to a wider range of activities that are provided by a different set of organisations. The emerging challenges on the technology side raise questions about the activities that publicly funded organisations undertake to fill the gaps, as well as about a ‘division of labour’ between organisations that act at different stages of the innovation life cycle. The way in which organisations coordinate (or not) provides preliminary evidence on the role they play in their local ecosystem. We will present the results of a comparative project examining the High Value Manufacturing Catapult in the UK and the Manufacturing USA Institute MxD in the US, as well as insights from our work on intermediaries in Singapore.

Speaker Bios:

· Guendalina Anzolin is Research Associate at the Center for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM).

· Dr O'Sullivan is a Research Professor and Babbage Fellow of Technology & Innovation Policy in the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. Eoin is the Director of the Centre for Science, Technology & Innovation Policy based at the Institute for Manufacturing.

· Viktória Döme is currently the CSTI Policy and Impact Lead at the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy at the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.

The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research runs a series of regular seminars given by visiting speakers to Manchester. These seminars are open to anybody who is interested in science, technology and innovation policy and management.

This event is in person for AMBS and UoM staff and students, with an online option available. External participants are welcome to join online via Microsoft Teams.