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SUMMARY:Cambridge Network event: Innovation policy myths and the Small Bus
 iness Innovation Research Programme - David Connell and Karen Livingstone 
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CONTACT:Louise Rushworth
DESCRIPTION:Recent announcements by the UK Government and EU Commission co
 uld help transform the funding environment for small science and technolog
 y based businesses\, so we will hear from two Cambridge members who have b
 een involved in bringing this change about.\n\nThe first of our speakers i
 s David Connell\, University of Cambridge. David Connell has spent 25 year
 s in the technology and venture capital industries\, including as  cofound
 er and Chief Executive of TTP Ventures. The UK Small Business Research Ini
 tiative\, based on a successful US programme\, is largely the result of a 
 campaign he initiated in 2004 with Anne Campbell\, then MP for Cambridge. 
 Unlike more traditional UK grants programmes\, this provides 100% funding 
 for developments linked to the needs of public sector customers. George Os
 borne announced that funding for SBRI would be increased from £20m to £2
 00m per annum in this year’s budget. As a result of lobbying at European
  level\, a broadly similar €7 billion EC programme will be launched in 2
 014. Today David is Chairman of Archipelago Technology and a Senior Resear
 ch Fellow at the UK Innovation Research Centre at Cambridge University.\n\
 nFollowing David will be Karen Livingstone from the Cambridge University H
 ospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Karen is Director of Partnerships and Indus
 try engagement for the Eastern Academic Health Science Network and the Nat
 ional Director for SBRI Healthcare. She is supporting the Network to devel
 op its role in economic development and wealth creation.  Karen also leads
  the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) for NHS England where small
  enterprises are funded to develop technology solutions for healthcare pro
 blems and supports the work of the Innovations team in their relationships
  with industry. \n\n \n\nTo book: If you would like to attend this even
 t please go to http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/events/david-connell-univ
 ersity-of-cambridge/\n\n
LOCATION:West Cafe\, Hauser Forum\, 3 Charles Babbage Road\, Cambridge\, C
 B3 0GT
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