• Session 1 - UK Photovoltaic Supply Chain presented by Alastair Wilson
• Session 2 - Non Technical Barriers presented by Tim Bruton
• Session 3 - Specialist Glass Processors and Solar PV Manufacturers presented by Ray Noble
• Session 3 - The Start Up Journey presented by Kevin Arthur
• Session 4 - The role of efficiency in a residential PV Market presented by Christian Comes
• Session 5 - PV Research at Northumbria University Putting PV into Practice presented by Nicola Pearsall
• Session 5 - Photovoltaic Materials for the 21st Century PV-21  by Ken Durose. *Presentation not available. Please see www.pv21.org
• Session 6 - Technology Challenges for Organic Photovoltaics presented by Steve Spruce
• Workshop - External Innovation to Drive Growth presented by Klaus Schnurr
• Workshop - Incorporating the voice of the customer into NPD presented by Paul Sutherland

 

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July 2009-SEMINAR: Watching the skies - £multi-million contract opportunities in telescope programmes

Date of Event: 28/07/09

 

Description

Extremely Large Telescopes (ELT) are considered worldwide as one of the highest priorities in ground-based astronomy. Professor Colin Cunningham of the UK Astronomy Technology Centre took the audience through the programme and Professor Ray Sharples of the Physics Department at Durham University (and Director of the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation at the NETPark Research Institute) outlined the technology spin offs from telescope programmes.

 

Downloads:

• Panel Profiles for the Telescopes Event
• Presentation of SKA in UK by Peter Wilkinson
• Presentation of Telescopes by CfAI, Durham University, Ray Sharples
• Presentation of Telescopes - Commercial Opportunities at ESO by Robert Pfab
• Presentation of Telescopes - The European Extremely Large Telescope by Colin Cunningham
• Presentation of Telescopes - The Square Kilometre Array by Phil Crosby
• Video - Buzz Graves AOshort
• Video - mbrace
• Video - POS Animation
• Podcast of Watching the skies seminar

 

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June 2009-SEMINAR: Lab on a Chip - how Microdiagnostics are revolutionising healthcare

Date of Event: 01/06/09

 

Description

NETPark Net, in conjunction with the Electronics KTN, invites you to an expert panel debate on this latest hot technology topic, its impact on existing technologies and its commercial opportunities.

 

To give us an overview of leading edge research, we were delighted to welcome Professor Jon Cooper, Wolfson Chair in Bioengineering in the Department of Electronics at the University of Glasgow, and Professor Peter Fielden, Professor of Analytical Science at Manchester University to the North East for this debate. They joined Professor Zulf Ali, Director of the Technology Futures Institute at Teesside University who chaired the debate and Dale Athey, CEO of Orla Protein Technologies gave us an insight into the commercial opportunities of microdiagnostics in our changing world.

 

Downloads:

• NETWorks Magazine - Microdiagnostics
• Panel Profiles - Microdiagnostics
• Presentation of Lab on a chip by Dale Athey
• Presentation of Miniaturised Diagnostics for Health by Zulf Ali
• Video - agitate the liquid
• Video - Bio Reactor Diffusion Mixer
• Podcast of Microdiagnostics Debate

 

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March 2009-DEBATE: Can our energy supply ever be truly sustainable?

Date of Event: 31/03/09

 

Description

A debate on the merits and otherwise of energy sources, what they are, what impact they have on our lives, and future potential.  Can we really change and start using different sources of energy? What affects the take up of renewable energy - societal barriers?  Technology barriers? Are there economic consequences? How do the different sources of energy stimulate innovation in existing technologies? What are the challenges facing existing companies?

 

To discuss these questions, NETPark has brought together this panel:

• John Barton, Director of Renew, Centre for Process Innovation

• Lynn Miles, Managing Director, Romag

• Andrew Mill, CEO, NaREC (Chair)

• Professor Dermot Roddy, Science City Professor of Energy, Newcastle University

• Professor David Wood, School of Engineering, Durham University

 

Downloads:

• Panel Profiles - Energy debate
• Podcast of Energy Debate

 

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February 2009-SEMINAR: Value Innovation

Date of Event: 24/02/09

 

Description

You could be sitting on a goldmine of untapped value in your company. Making more of what you’ve got will help to ensure growth even in this economic climate.

 

The day-to-day demands of running your business can make it difficult for you to step back and look at other opportunities you could be taking advantage of. Many businesses can underestimate the value of their intellectual property and company know-how. This is where Ideas-Lab comes in… Ideas-Lab has a proven track record in helping businesses develop, exploit and protect their know-how, what they call “Value Innovation.” Following a successful programme with 15 members of NETPark Net, the Ideas-Lab team was at NETPark to share their knowledge during this seminar.

 

Downloads:

• NETPark Net Value Innovation Case Study 1
• NETPark Net Value Innovation Case Study 2
• Podcast of Value Innovation Seminar

 

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January 2009-SEMINAR: Service Strategy

Date of Event: 31/03/09

 

Description

The most successful, most profitable products are those that are efficient and effective for the company to manufacture and are useful, useable and desirable for the customer to buy. This seminar was designed to explore how companies can align these two drivers and develop a truly effective service strategy. It looked at the possible contradictions between the product and the service aspect of the business and provided some practical advice and guidance on how to deliver a sound service strategy.

 

Downloads:

• Podcast of Service Strategy Seminar

 

 

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November 2008-SEMINAR: NETintel - Rapid response market intelligence

Date of Event: 27/11/08

 

Description

If you could get one question answered, what would it be? Members of NETPark Net working in science, engineering and technology can access a unique intelligence service by picking up the phone or online. NETintel is designed to find you answers from sources not available to the general public.

 

NETintel will help you:

• Enhance understanding of the business environment
• Access up to date information on your own industry
• Define the size and scope of your market
• Learn about competitors’ corporate and business strategies
• Find routes to market
• Forecast threats and opportunities
• Validate or invalidate industry rumours
• Update your company information library
• Make effective decisions
• Act rather than react

 

Downloads:

• Podcast of the NETIntel seminar

 

Click here to learn more about NETintel and other services

 

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November 2008-DEBATE: How nanotechnology affects us in our daily lives

Date of Event:04/11/08

 

Description

Contrary to expectations, the world has not been consumed in a "grey goo" of self-replicating nanobots - nanotechnology has turned out to be immensely useful in a range of applications from detergent to forensic science.

 

To help us explore the issues and opportunities of this technology, NETPark put together an Expert Panel who debated this in front of an invited audience:

• Dr David Robbins, Director of Atomic Layer Deposition, CPI (Chair)

• Professor John Anstee, NETPark Scientific Director

• Professor Zulf Ali, Assistant Dean, School of Science & Technology, Teesside University

• Professor David Parker FRS, Professor of Chemistry Durham University

• Harry Swan, CEO, Thomas Swan

• Professor Ken Snowdon, Director of INEX, Newcastle University

 

Downloads:

• Podcast of the Nano Debate
• Panel Profiles Nanotechnology debate November

 

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September 2008-SEMINAR: Crisis, What Crisis?

Attracting finance during economic downturns

Date of Event: 30/09/08

 

Description

Raising finance to develop technologies or to diversify can be fraught, whether you are a start-up/early stage business or a mature business looking to take the company to the next level - this seminar brought together 5 speakers who gave you all the different viewpoints: from raising seed capital and early-stage finance, development capital and bank finance through to AIM listing.

 

Downloads:

• Presentation by Barrie Hensby, NEL
• Presentation by Michael Smith, Tait Walker
• Presentation by David Allenson, Barclays Commercial Banking
• Presentation by David Lussey, Peratech
• Presentation by David Banks, Romag
• Speaker Profiles

 

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September 2008-SEMINAR: How Your Business Can Survive a Disaster

Date of Event: 18/09/08

 

Description

Less than 50% of UK businesses have any form of business continuity plan in place and 43% of businesses which experience a major disaster never recover. This workshop was designed to give an overview of risk management and business continuity.

 

What the course covered

This interactive course covered:

• Risk management and the organisation
• Risk identification, assessment and treatment
• Disaster recovery and business continuity

 

Downloads:

• Podcast of Business Continuity Seminar

 

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September 2008-DEBATE: The impact of Printable Electronics on current technologies

Date of Event: 15/09/08

 

Printable electronics has the potential to be one of the most disruptive technologies emerging in the next few years and is projected to have a global market bigger than the semi-conductor industry.  It will give us computers that can be rolled up and put in your pocket and lighting that can be printed like newspapers.

 

To help us explore the issues and opportunities of this technology, NETPark put together an Expert Panel who debated this in front of an invited audience:

 

• Dr Tom Taylor, Director, Printable Electronics Technology Centre (Chair)
• Professor John Anstee, NETPark Scientific Director
• Professor Andy Monkman, Director of Photonic Materials Institute, Durham University
• Dr Geoff Williams, Group Leader Polymer Light Emitting Diode Project, Thorn Lighting
• Dave Wall, Global Technology Manager, DuPont Teijin

 

Downloads:

• Podcast of Printable Electronic Debate

 

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May 2008-DEBATE: Biotechnology

Date of Event: 06/05/08

 

Description

A debate on the merits and otherwise of biotechnology, what it is, what impact it has on our lives and future potential.

 

 

 

 

 

Panel members:

• Mike Asher, CEO, Cels (Chair)
• Prof John Anstee, NETPark Scientific Director
• Prof Chris Hutchison, Professor of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University
• Nigel Perry, CEO, Centre of Excellence for Process Innovation
• Mike Pitkethly, CEO, Cenamps
• Prof Miles Whittingham, Professor of Neuroscience, Newcastle University

 

Downloads:

• Panel Profiles - Biotechnology Event

 

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