NEW: Presentations from the conference are now available for download!
Stimulating economic development, enhancing quality of life, contributing to cultural enrichment - all are potential benefits of "Knowledge Transfer" (or Knowledge Exchange), the two-way flow of ideas, expertise and people between the research base and wider users in Society. For researchers — especially early stage researchers — KT should provide an opportunity for them to both develop new skills and collaborations, and to capitalise on their research knowledge and findings in different sectors beyond academia. But how can researchers get involved with KT and how should we best be developing KT policy and practice in Scotland?
This was the third annual conference on KT designed specifically for Scotland's research community to address these and other research-KT related questions. It offered a forum to early stage researchers, research managers, KT practitioners, policy makers and research funders to come together to discuss the scope and potential of KT in Scotland, and be inspired about the skills researchers can develop and the impact they can have through the practice of KT. It took place at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh on Friday 23 April 2010.
In addition to a wide range of expert speakers from key organisations involved with developing KT policy in Scotland and the rest of the UK — including the Scottish Funding Council, the UK Research Councils, HEFCE and BIS (Dept of Business, Innovation and Skills) — this year's conference featured international speakers from the USA and Europe on facilitation of KT, as well as discussion of Open Innovation with representative from a range of industrial and business sectors. As usual, organisations offering funding and practical opportunities for researchers to engage in KT also featured throughout the programme.
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