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Schedule Of Events

Day 1: 18th March 2011
Time Activity
5pm Arrival at Imperial College & Registration
6pm Prof. Cédric Villani Prof. Simon Donaldson
"Views on innovation in French & British academic research"
7pm Networking Session with Bank of America Merrill Lynch
8pm End of the day
Day 2: 19th March 2011
Time Activity
9.00am Arrival at Imperial College
9.30am Workshop with Dr. Davide Sola "Innovation & Creativity, how to radically change business models"
11.00am Mr. Zishan Khan "Innovation at Bank of America Merrill Lynch"
Additional presentation by Nihar Nanjundayya, George Rouse and Khurram Aftab.
11.45am Mr. Clive Harris "Innovation: IBM Smarter Planet and IBM SmartCamp"
12.30am Lunch
2pm Case Study 1 - Mr. Daniel Choudhury Presentation on e.quinox
3pm Workshop 1 Innovation in a recession, gamble or opportunity?
3.30pm Franco-British Comparative Project Prize Ceremony - Essays
4pm Workshop 2 Where do ethics fit into innovation?
4:30pm End of the day
Day 3: 20th March 2011
Time Activity
9.00am Arrival at Imperial College
9.30am Case Study 2 - Robert Welch and Oliver Knight Presentation on smallCARBIGCITY
10.30am 1st Debate This House Believes that the British academic model is superior to the French.
11.30am 2nd Debate This House Believes that French companies are more innovative than British companies.
12.30am Lunch
1.30pm Awards/Prizes/Closing Speech
2.30pm End of Conference