Knowledge Transfer Partnerships: Powering Innovation
Interactive Webinar
Thursday 9 July at 11:00am
Innovation is the lifeblood of any business. Never more so than in today’s challenging economic climate.
But how do you access and embed the leading expertise, facilities and thinking that are needed to make innovation happen? Whether the knowledge required is in management skills, new technologies, or manufacturing processes,
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) may be the answer.
One of the UK government’s longest running and most successful knowledge transfer programmes, KTPs help companies big and small to innovate for growth and profit, linking forward-thinking organisations with leading academic teams to deliver new products, services and capabilities.
Join us for an interactive webinar with Knowledge Transfer Adviser Dr. Mick Card to discover:
- How KTPs work
- Why a KTP could be beneficial for the growth of your business and workforce
- How to use KTPs to leverage more from your relationships with academia
- What other people in your sector are doing with KTPs
- The costs involved
- How to secure a KTP and the support available along the way
We'll also be joined by Professor Andrew Thomas, Head of the Aberystwyth Business School who will share with us his experiences with KTPs and let you know how companies can now benefit from Management Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (mKTPs) with Aberystwyth University.
Format: 45 mins presentations of slides, 15 mins for Q&A.
Where: Online over Zoom (no downloading or signing up required).
Spaces are limited to ensure a smooth delivery so reserve your space early to avoid disappointment!
Meet the Speaker
Mick Card
Knowledge Transfer Network
Mick is Knowledge Transfer Adviser for North & Mid Wales, Merseyside and West Cheshire. Mick has been working with businesses, government and universities since 2005 to deliver R&D and economic development programmes across Wales and the North West.
A former consultant to the North Wales Business Council, member of the Welsh Optoelectronics Forum and a Non-Exec Director of several businesses, Mick has a background managing strategic development, new business ventures, and finance in private and public sector organisations. He has set-up over £2bn of multi-party projects and served on executive boards of G.E Capital, Stagecoach Holdings and Abbey National companies, before leading business development and commercial activities at Bangor University, OpTIC Technology & Incubation Centre and Glyndwr University.
He is KTP support adviser to Aberystwyth University, Bangor University, University of Chester, Coleg Cambria, Grwp Llandrillo Menai, Liverpool John Moores University and STFC Daresbury.
Meet the Speaker
Professor Andrew Thomas
Aberystwyth Business School
Professor Andrew Thomas is currently Professor of Engineering and Management and the Head of Aberystwyth Business School.
Having previously entered academia in 2002 following a career initially with the Royal Air Force and then later with BE Aerospace, Andrew has vast experience of roles in aerospace, manufacturing and production engineering.
In more recent years Andrew has committed himself to senior management positions within Higher Education such as Associate Dean, Dean, Head of School and Director.
To date, Professor Andrew Thomas has published over 200 research articles, journal papers and has delivered many keynote speeches covering his experiences, including supervising over twenty KTP projects. This includes the management of a number of ERDF, EPSRC and EU FP7 projects.