UiB Innovation Festival: From research to change
September 20 @ 09:00 - 14:30
You are invited to the UiB Innovation Festival that will take place on September 20th from 9 to 14:30 at Nygårdsgaten 5. The festival is your opportunity to engage with the broad spectrum of innovation emerging from our university, discuss how to balance the open science with protecting intellectual property, and reflect on how UiB can contribute to Vestland’s green transition. The event is a part of the InnovasjonsukenOPP and will be a meeting place for people from academia, businesses and public sector in the region.
One of the program’s highlights is the session on responsible research and innovation by Dr. Anne Blanchard, Researcher at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, Faculty of Humanities:
“Was Oppenheimer a responsible scientist or not? Was he responsible for the impacts of his research on nuclear fission? In this session, I will focus on responsible research and innovation (RRI). What does it mean, to do research in a responsible way (without going as far as playing with weapons of mass destruction)? What do we need to pay attention to, in our everyday research practices? Everyone welcome!”
- Registration to UiB Innovation Festival 2024 for employees and students
- Registration to UiB Innovation Festival 2024 for participants outside UiB
We look forward to welcoming you to a day filled with inspiration, learning, and networking.
Programme:
09:00 – 09:30 Festival opening and keynote speech
“Building social impact at scale: experiments in arts, humanities and social science commercialisation at the University of Cambridge”
Dr Emma Salgård Cunha, Senior Associate Commercialisation Director, Cambridge Enterprise, University of Cambridge
09:30 – 10:15 Innovation relay: 8 pitches on different types of innovation at UiB
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break and stands
10:45 – 11:15 Parallel sessions, first round:
Session 1 – How to balance publishing and protecting intellectual property (IPR)?
Session 2 – Student Innovation: resources and tools for success
Session 3 – Effective use of AI: crash course in prompt writing
11:15 – 12:15 Lunch and exhibitions
12:15 – 12:45 Parallel sessions, second round:
Session 1 – Do you work at UiB and have an innovative idea? Learn how to proceed and what resources are available to you
Session 2 – Mini-design sprint – innovation tool for quickly creating and testing new solutions
Session 3 – Responsible innovation – what is it and how to do it?
12:45 – 13:15 Coffee break and stands
13:15 – 13:55 Panel discussion: Innovation for green transition and UiB’s role in the region
13:55 – 14:30 Award Ceremony for UiB Idé 2024 with project presentations
Among the stands, in addition to inspiring innovation projects, you can have one-on-one consultations to:
- Explore what patents filed in the world have cited your publications
- Quickly scan your research project for innovation potential
- See how to improve your visibility online
Most of the day will be in English, whilst the panel discussion and the UiB Ide Award will be in Norwegian.