Yorkshire Science

Invention to Innovation

Innovation is critical to business success. As part of the BA Festival of Science, Yorkshire Science and Yorkshire Forward hosted a unique event attended by 100 key decision-makers from the region's most successful innovation-intensive companies. Listen below to the conference speakers discussing the steps needed for great inventions to become great innovations and sharing the secrets of their success.

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Conference Welcome Address

Lord Chris Haskins, Yorkshire Forward Board Member

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Inspiration & Creativity

Trevor Gregory, Director of Yorkshire Science.

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Keynote Speaker
Sahar Hashemi, Founder of Coffee Republic

Sahar Hashemi founded Coffee Republic, and built it into one of the UK's most recognised high street brands. In 2005 Sahar launched her new business idea - SKINNY CANDY - a brand of sugar free confectionary. Sahar has been named one of the "20 Most Powerful Women in Britain" by the Independent on Sunday.

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Regional Case Studies

Alan McLenaghan, Site Director, St Gobain Glass.
Alan Roddis, Engineering Director, AESSEAL.
Jay Cousins, Managing Director, Flatworld

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Climate Change

Keynote Speaker

Ray Hammond is Europe's most experienced and most widely published futurologist. For over 25 years he has researched, written, spoken and broadcast about how future trends will affect society and business.

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Regional Case Study

Professor Mike Roberts, CEO, Central Science Laboratory.

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Design & Exploitation

Keynote Speaker
Wayne Hemingway, Designer and Red or Dead Founder

Wayne Hemingway is co-founder of fashion label Red or Dead and HemingwayDesign. Wayne has won the prestigious Streetstyle Designer of the Year Award in three consecutive years and has recently joined forces with building firm Wimpey to work on various housing projects specialising in affordable and social design.

Warning: Listeners are advised that this audio contains some swearing.

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Regional Case Studies

Eric Morales, Chief Technologist, PING Golf.
Robert Bolton, Commercial Director, Central Science Laboratory and Foresite Diagnostics.

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Global Innovation

Keynote Speaker
Mehmood Khan, Global Leader of Innovation Process, Unilever

Mehmood Khan is Global Leader of Innovation Process Development at Unilever. Unilever's award-winning approach to innovation and sustainable value creation has seen Mehmood take all stakeholders into account in driving Unilever's innovation process, including suppliers, customers and universities.

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