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Parallel sessions

Dissemination and translation of research

The parallel sessions detailed below have been identified as falling under the theme "Dissemination and translation of research". Most sessions have this as their primary theme, but for some it is a secondary theme. Please review the description of each session for further information about what it will cover.

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407: Introduction to Knowledge Exchange

Susan Adams, Executive Officer, Allan Wilson Centre, Massey University
Dr Phil Clare, Associate Director, Research Services, University of Oxford

No longer is research undertaken purely for the sake of research; funding bodies are requiring engagement with stakeholder groups from the public to fellow researchers. Continued funding may rely on active knowledge exchange. Yet researchers are sometimes reluctant to converse with, and develop relationships with, stakeholders. This session will outline the current policy drivers for knowledge exchange in the UK and New Zealand, and will consider strategies to ensure effective knowledge exchange with all stakeholder groups.

507: Mobilising the Knowledge Base: working across boundaries and institutions in urban regeneration

Oisin MacNamara, Director, Research, Regional and European Affairs, Northumbria University
Alex Williams, Associate Dean for Enterprise, School of Art & Design, University of Salford

  • Target Audience: Managers of research & knowledge transfer, research development officers (of particular relevance to new and emerging research organisations in any location)
  • UK/International: Not geographically specific
  • Experience Level: Any

This session will present a case study of a £3.2 million multi-institutional, multi-regional and interdisciplinary project, which mobilises academic expertise across a consortium to work with practitioners on key urban regeneration challenges. The dual aim is to enhance the impact of research carried out by the universities and also to build a long term strategic alliance between the four core university partners. This will lead to the development of a distinctive form of knowledge transfer, which is both teaching and research driven, in order to meet the needs of organisations and professionals in business and the community.

605: Evaluating and Assessing Research Outputs and Outcomes

Professor Ben Martin, Professor of Science and Technology Policy Studies, SPRU, University of Sussex
Briony Rayfield, Evaluation Advisor, The Wellcome Trust
Anne O'Neill, Research and Development Manager, Research and Development Office, The Children's Hospital at Westmead

This session considers how best to evaluate the economic, social and health benefits of research. As well as considering different methodologies that can be used to measure research outcomes including case studies and KPIs, participants will also learn how a funding body evaluates the research which it funds.

607: Putting Open Access Publishing into Practice: funding mechanisms, institutional collaboration and building repositories

Matthew Cockerill, Publisher, BioMed Central
Stephen Pinfield, Chief Information Officer, University of Nottingham
Margaret Hurley and Nicola Perrin, The Wellcome Trust
Bill Hubbard, SHERPA Manager, SHERPA

This session includes talks from experts in the field talking about putting open access publishing into practice covering policies, institutional collaboration and funding mechanisms. It will include an introduction to the open access business model and how the success of the model is reliant on sustainable funding from research funders. The session features a presentation on how to set up an institutional repository from the point of view of policy, process and practicality. A case study will be presented on why and how to set up a central institutional fund for authors wishing to publish their work in open access journals. Representatives from the Wellcome Trust will discuss how to comply with their open access policy and the funding they provide for open access publishing.

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