BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Innovation Seminar Talk: "\;Innovation - a real life water pur ification case study- and how UK Ecosystem can support your commercialisat ion efforts."\; - Graeme Cruickshank\, CPI-Formulation DTSTART:20220601T150000Z DTEND:20220601T161500Z UID:TALK174698@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Dr Alexandra Huener DESCRIPTION:"Innovation - a real life water purification case study- and h ow UK Ecosystem can support your commercialisation efforts."\n\nDr Graeme Cruickshank\, CTIO & General Manager\, CPI-Formulation\n\nHear how Innovat ion is considered in FMCG corporates\, the tricks learned over years of “learning experiences” to help you be more impactful with your innovat ion and learn more on what support mechanisms exist in the UK to help you develop your own products on your journey to commercialisation.\n\nAbout t he Speaker\n\nGraeme is responsible for supporting the development of the Technology and Innovation (T&I) culture within CPI and ensuring the integr ation of CPI’s full innovation capability across “Healthtech and Susta inable Materials” development is available as part of the High Value Man ufacturing Catapult.\n\nHe originally joined CPI as the Director of the Na tional Formulation Centre in 2015 after 20 years at Procter and Gamble\, w here he had a range of product design and technology innovation roles acro ss FMCGs (e.g. Fairy Automatic Dishwashing products) and in Corporate R&D developing new product categories e.g. Sleep-care and Water purification. Most recently he led the Global Strategic Alliances with appliance manufac turers to ensure domestic appliances and detergents innovated together to ensure consumers got sustainable ideal end results. In parallel he also le d the Global Methods Team bringing more robust and consumer predictive met hods for global product evaluation\, which is key in accelerating innovati on\, allowing faster decision making.\n\nAbout the Company\n\nCPI acts as a catalyst bringing together academia\, businesses\, government and invest ors to translate bright ideas and research into the marketplace. They do t his by giving their customers access to the right experts\, equipment\, ne tworks\, funding and more – connecting the dots for effective innovation .\n\nCPI is a leading independent technology innovation centre and a found ing member of the UK Government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult. The y work with partners across diverse markets in the UK and around the world \, driving their innovations forward and helping them to reduce the risk a nd cost associated with product development.\n\nInnovation Seminar Series\ n\nThe joint NanoDTC-Impulse-Maxwell Innovation Seminar Series has a serie s of brilliant speakers who are at different stages in their Innovation an d Entrepreneurship journey.\n\nCome and join the talk with Graeme. LOCATION:Zoom meeting END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR