Bioscience for Industry Strategy Panel
Provides strategic input on industrial user needs and knowledge exchange activities.
Scope
The Panel will:
- Contribute to and advise on BBSRC strategies for business interaction, knowledge exchange and commercialisation (KEC), and innovation
- Advise on business needs (research, postgraduate training and skills) and relevance of BBSRC research strategy and the current research training portfolio to business
- Advise on the performance of BBSRC Institutes and Research Organisations with major investments from BBSRC in delivering knowledge exchange and commercialisation
- Advise on the performance of the BBSRC portfolio of mechanisms to support collaborative research, knowledge exchange and commercialisation including relationship with Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and impact
- Advise other BBSRC advisory bodies on issues relating to the above that are relevant to their activities
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Reporting annually to Strategy Advisory Board on key issues relating to the above
Methods of working
- Two formal meetings per annum
- Ad hoc working groups (in collaboration with other BBSRC advisory bodies where appropriate) and discussion by correspondence
- Regular reports from and to BBSRC advisory bodies e.g. sector strategy groups, Bioscience Skills and Careers, Bioscience for Society as appropriate to enable the Panel to meet its responsibilities
- Regular reports from and to, as appropriate, other relevant bodies e.g. Follow-on Fund Assessment Panel, Club Steering Groups, Advanced Training Partnership Panel, Rainbow Seed Fund Board, TSB, Office of Life Sciences (OLS) as appropriate to enable the Panel to meet its responsibilities
- Regular reports on performance and evaluations of KEC mechanisms
Members
The Panel will comprise 12 members and a Chair drawn from business sectors of relevance to BBSRC and experts in KEC (including business finance). In addition there will be observers from TSB and OLS.
Dr M Carver (Chair)- Fujifilm DiosynthBiotechnologies
Dr M Berry - Unilever
Dr J Burke - Genetix
Dr N Bradshaw - University of Bristol
Dr N Carey - Pfizer
Dr M Lant - Syngenta
Dr S Martin - TMO Renewables
Professor J Murray - Cardiff University
Mr K Norman - Velcourt Ltd
Professor H Sang - University of Edinburgh
Dr R Solari - GSK
Dr S Walker - Campden BRI
Mr C Warkup - Biosciences KTN
Dr S Webster - Avacta Ltd
Meeting dates and minutes
2012
19 April
2011
7 March
2010
29 April
30 September/1 October
2009
2 March
15 June
9/10 November
2008
29 April
22/23 September
2007
23 May
14/15 November
2006
23 February
23 May
14 November
2005
23 February
28 June
6 October
Contact
Andy Cureton
andy.cureton@bbsrc.ac.uk
tel: 01793 413284
fax: 01793 413203