Turning research into innovative enterprise
Workshop | 15:45 – 17:05 | Seminar Rooms 1 + 2
Main Themes
Innovation | People
The Session
Transforming research into innovative solutions and products, designed to solve real-world problems, requires fundamental business and enterprise knowledge that is often unfamiliar territory for researchers. Bringing innovation to market can be hugely challenging and daunting.
In this session, Impact Hub will lead an interactive workshop to introduce researchers, and professionals managing research programmes, to the process of transforming research into marketable innovations, from understanding the problem, to creating a business model, and finding relevant entrepreneurship support.
The Speaker
DEVI CLARK, Managing Director, Impact Hub London
Devi is Managing Director at Impact Hub London (IHL), a leading social enterprise support and co-working organisation. Drawing on 20 years’ experience in social enterprise work, she has grown IHL business-support activity five-fold, introducing a strategic focus on climate and inclusive entrepreneurship. She is the founder of two businesses, produced TEDx Aylesbury, and her book, People, Planet, Passion, reached #2 in the Amazon Kindle Nonprofit store.
The Organisation
