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Event What Happens in Global Value Chains when the Market Shifts from North to South? (Freeman Centre rooms G24/25, from Mar 12, 2010 02:00 pm to Mar 12, 2010 03:30 pm)
The combination of rapid growth trajectories in China and India, and prolonged slowdown in the North, means that for many developing countries their major markets shift from high income consumers in the north to low income consumers in the south. What implications does this hold for value chains in low income countries? Will it affect the degree of value they add to their exported resources? What implications does it hold for product and process standards? Raphie Kaplinsky presents …
Event Users, Super-Users and Innovation Policy: mapping and measuring the terrain of user innovation (Freeman Centre rooms G24/25, from Mar 05, 2010 02:15 pm to Mar 05, 2010 03:30 pm)
User innovation is a widespread phenomenon and has begun to attract the attention of policymakers in many countries. Although there has been an early attempt to frame policy in this area, policymakers are still some distance from being in a position to developed informed and effective policy concerning user innovation.
Event What is unique about designers? (Freeman Centre room G22, from Mar 04, 2010 01:00 pm to Mar 04, 2010 02:30 pm)
In preparation for 'Design and the Creative Industries Conference: Working Together with Universities', Mike Hobday and Andrew Grantham would like to present some ideas to colleagues relating to innovation and design.
Event Towards a More Effective Science Policy Process (Freeman Centre rooms G24/25, from Feb 26, 2010 02:15 pm to Feb 26, 2010 03:30 pm)
The widely stated calls in science policy circles for increases in community and scientific input into the science policy development process are addressed. Cognitive maps are used to identify the perceived causal relationships influencing achievement of some policy goal(s).
Event Freeman Centre seminar: Innovation in the UK Biopharmaceutical Sector (Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, from Feb 19, 2010 02:00 pm to Feb 19, 2010 03:30 pm)
Freeman Centre Seminar: Innovation in the UK Biopharmaceutical Sector presented by Paul Nightingale
Event Design Capabilities — Learning How to Design a City which is Zero Carbon and in China (Freeman Centre rooms G24/25, University of Sussex campus, from Feb 12, 2010 02:15 pm to Feb 12, 2010 03:30 pm)
This seminar explores one of the most complex forms of systems integration (Hobday et al., 2005). Andrew Davies and Lars Frederiksen examine how Arup, the engineering and design consultancy, developed the capabilities to design a new city with zero carbon emissions.
Event Human Security (Freeman Centre rooms G24/25, University of Sussex campus, from Feb 05, 2010 02:15 pm to Feb 05, 2010 03:30 pm)
Why we need to restructure defence budgets away from national security, involving conventional military force aimed at the defence of borders towards human security.
Event Peak Oil: A review of the evidence (Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, from Jan 29, 2010 02:15 pm to Jan 29, 2010 03:30 pm)
Seminar by Steven Sorrell.
Event Open Innovation Seminar 2009 (Renaissance Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil, from Oct 22, 2009 12:00 am to Oct 23, 2009 12:00 am)
CENTRIM is supporting the second Open Innovation Seminar (OIS) in which Henry Chesbrough will present to Brazilian academics and practitioners.
Event Managing Innovation training programme (University of Sussex campus, from May 18, 2009 09:00 am to May 19, 2009 06:00 pm)
Due to popular demand, CENTRIM will run an open programme at Freeman Centre in May 2009.
Event University wikis — discussion (Bookshop Café, Cockcroft Building, Moulsecoomb, from Nov 27, 2008 09:30 am to Nov 27, 2008 10:30 am)
An informal meeting of University colleagues who share an interest in the development of wikis.
Event Managing Innovation training programme (Freeman Centre, University of Sussex campus, from Oct 27, 2008 09:00 am to Nov 07, 2008 06:00 pm)
 
Event Culture, creativity and innovation in the internet age (Freeman Centre rooms G24/G25, from Oct 31, 2008 02:15 pm to Oct 31, 2008 03:30 pm)
Seminar by Alan Freeman, principal economist, GLA Economics, the Mayor of London's Economic Analysis Unit.
Event Innovation Wiki workshop (Freeman Centre cluster room G14, from Oct 20, 2008 02:15 pm to Oct 20, 2008 03:15 pm)
Training and discussion.
Event The return of 'Unlocking the enterprising genie' (Freeman Centre business lounge, from Sep 11, 2008 12:00 pm to Sep 11, 2008 05:30 pm)
A ProfitNet event at Freeman Centre.
Event The Critical Incident 2008 (Brighton, from May 13, 2008 09:00 am to May 14, 2008 06:00 pm)
A day of workshops, discussions and events all aimed at challenging mediocrity in personal life and work. A day for individuals, managers, facilitators, artists and leaders to take a fresh look at life and work.
Event Managing Innovation course (Eastbourne, from Mar 13, 2008 09:00 am to Mar 14, 2008 04:45 pm)
The March 2008 course delivered by CENTRIM at the University's Eastbourne campus.
Event Stimulating Innovation in SMEs in Transition Economies: a Challenge for Policy (Freeman Centre rooms G24/G25, from Mar 14, 2008 02:15 pm to Mar 14, 2008 03:30 pm)
Freeman Centre Seminar by Professor David Smallbone
Event The nature and dynamics of Actors within Innovation Systems: the role of Universities (Freeman Centre rooms G24/G25, from Mar 07, 2008 02:15 pm to Mar 07, 2008 03:30 pm)
The presentation will seek to explore the nature and dynamics of actors within innovation systems and how they have been classified and conceptualised over time.
Event Do engineers know what they do and do what they think? Mapping cognition and practice in engineering project teams (Freeman Centre rooms G24/G25, from Feb 29, 2008 02:15 pm to Feb 29, 2008 03:30 pm)
Freeman Centre Seminar by Dr Nick Marshall, Senior Research Fellow, CENTRIM