Richard has over 20 years' experience in technology commercialisation, focusing on printed electronics and materials chemistry. As a Venture Manager at the University of Manchester Intellectual Property Ltd, he led the creation of spin-out companies, including CableSense, Arvia Technology and Nano ePrint. Previously he was a Senior Chemist at Elam-T, discovering 100 novel materials. He is co-inventor of seven patent families.
With technology from PragmatIC, it is possible to embed intelligent electronics into high volume everyday items. The PragmatIC technology opens up a broad range of applications and possibilities, where the cost of silicon ICs was previously a constraint, enabling the potential for trillions of smart objects.
Day 1: Technologies Briefing Day then Dinner evening
Day 2: Innovation Commercialisation Summit Day https://lnkd.in/dd78NNT Location: Wordsworth Building, Robinson College, Cambridge CB3 5AD, UK
Programmes (draft)
Day 1 (Technologies Briefing Day)
10.30-11.00 Registration and networking
Session 1 11.00-13.00 Introduction + Industrials
11.00 - 11.15 Chair's Opening Remarks
11.15 - 11.30 Professor Andrea Ferrari, Director, Cambrdge Graphene Centre “Developments in Graphenes”
11:30 - 11:45 Professor Kryzystof Koziol, Cranfield & Cambridge Nanosystems "Brief sprint through functional and 2D advanced materials” tbc
11:45 - 11.55 Mash-Hud Iqbal, Partner, Marks and Clerk "IPR and materials innovation"
11.55 - 12.15 Professor Richard Wilding, Cranfield University “The flexibility of supply chains with EV/materials case studies”
12.15 - 12.30 Dr Erwin Frank Schultz, IBM Energy “Briefing on Digital Twins: what are they and why should we care”
12.30 - 12.45 Dr Richard Price, CTO, PragmatIC Printing “Revolutionising electronics in everyday items"
12.45 - 13.00 Discussion & Q&A Moderators Dr Andrea Lorenz C-Tec
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
Session 2 14.00 - 15.15 Clean growth, mobility, battery technologies
14.00 - 14.15 Dr Athan Fox, CTIO, Aurelius Environmental "Journey of the molecule: from waste to paste"
14.15 - 14.30 Dr Estel Bray, Head of Research, Space Catapult
14.30 - 14.45 Dr Madeleine Morris, Imperial College Grantham "EnergyREV sprints and storage local energy systems”
14.45 - 15.00 Martin Agnew, R&T Leader, Airbus "Challenges for materials and ML in space"
15.00 - 15.15 Panel moderated by Dr Jeff Hardy, Imperial College
Tea break 15.15 - 15.45
Session 3 15.45 - 16.55 Data, ML & security technology for industry
15.45 – 16.00, Dr Elena C, Data Scientist, HSBC “A grounding in ML” (tbc)
16.00 - 16.20 NVIDIA AI "The ML Use Cases across key industrial sectors"
16.20 – 16.40 Eleanor Weaver, Technical Director, Darktrace Industrial, “Using AI for Real-Time Threat Detection”
16.40 -17.00 Session Q&A led by Moderator, Mike Handley, CEO, PolyChord
17.00 Close for Day
Dinner evening
Day 2 (Innovation Summit Day)
09.00 - 09.30 Registration and networking
Session 1 09.30 - 11.00 Introduction
09.50 - 10.05 Conference Introduction & chair's Introduction (GES)
10.05 - 10.20 James Baker, CEO, Graphene@Manchester (confirmed) "Graphene, the route to commercialisation from the
lab to the market place”
10:20 - 10:30 Dr Jennifer Peake, William Blythe “Graphene and other materials"
Health & ageing population mini-session
10.30 - 10.45 Dr PingPing Ni, Astra Zeneca, ”AI /ML challenges in Clinical”
10.45 - 11.00 Dr Thomas Moreau, Head of Research, Elpis BioMed “Advanced human cell manufacture by cellular
programming"
11.10 - 11.30 Panel with moderator Dr Claire Button, Fusion Biomed
Coffee break 11.30 - 12.00
Session 2 12.00 - 13.00 Storage & battery innovation for Mobility
14.00 - 14.20 Dr Rumen Tomov, CJET Ltd “Novel storage and battery materials”
14.20 - 14.40 Professor Vasant Kumar, Cambridge University "A brief sprint through battery technologies"
14.40 - 15.00 Matilda McAllenan, McLaren tbc “Our challenges in smart mobility for materials"
15.00 - 15.20 Panel moderated by Isobel Sheldon, UK Battery Industrialisation Centre
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch Networking in showcase area
Session 3 14.00 - 15.20 Industrials and investment
14.00 - 14.20 Neill Ricketts, CEO, Versarien plc & 2DTech “Advanced materials for industrials”
14.20 - 14.40 Emily Orton, CMO, Darktrace, "Cyber AI : a new era of defence”
14.40 - 15.00 Dr Siva Bohm, CTO, Cambridge Advanced Materials “Graphene materials: a key role in upcoming industrial
energy storage, mobility and industrial products”
15.00 - 15.20 Dr Andrew Williamson, Director, Cambridge Innovation Capital “investing in materials and 4IR
technologies"
15.20 - 15.40 Panel with moderator Dr Andrea Lorenz, CTEC and Ken Omersa CEO of Omnagen, a clean energy
innovator
15.40 - 15.45 Chair closing remarks
15.45 Summit Close and coffee networking
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