Event Details

To bring together colleagues across the UK who lead Research divisions to network, share good practice and discuss common challenges faced within the community. 

 This event is for those that have responsibility for leading research offices across the UK. 

Members and non-members welcome.

What to expect: 

Welcome 

Keynote speaker

• Stian Westlake, Executive Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Panel discussion – financial sustainability 

• Dr Bryony Wakefield, Executive Director of Research Services , University of Glasgow
• Dr Bryony Butland, Director of Research and Innovation, Queen Mary University London
• Ben Johnson, Senior Policy Adviser to the Secretary of State

Lunch 

Round table discussion on collective key challenges 

Panel discussion – trusted research and security  

• Dr Shabana Haque, OBE Deputy Director Research Infrastructure, Security & Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT), Department for Science Technology and Innovation
• Jennifer Johnson, Director of Research and Innovation, Loughborough University
• Jon Hunt, Executive Director, Research & Enterprise, University of Bristol