BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//talks.cam.ac.uk//v3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:19700329T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:19701025T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Cambridgeshir e Area) SUMMARY:The Role of Technology Consultancies in R&\;D E cosystems: Case Studies from Medical Devices - Iai n Simpson is an Associate Director\, Drug Delivery \, Global Medical Technology Division\, Cambridge ConsultantsSpeaker to be confirmed DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150616T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150616T210000 UID:TALK59684AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/59684 DESCRIPTION:The technology consultancies are a significant par t of the UK technology community and indeed can be considered to have played a key part of the creat ion of the Cambridge Phenomenon. They seem to be l ess common in other innovation ecosystems (e.g. Bo ston and the Bay Area). Why is this?\n\nMore rece ntly there has been a rapid growth in the work the y do in the area of medical devices\, including dr ug delivery technology. What is driving this tren d?\n\nIn this talk\, Dr Iain Simpson will provide an overview of the technology consultancy sector a nd some of its successes and weaknesses. He will then focus on the medical sector and particularly on his own area of experience in drug delivery\, t o provide some examples that explain why this is s uch a growing area for organisations like Cambridg e Consultants\, and how it fits with their technic al capabilities.\n\nIain Simpson is an Associate D irector\, Drug Delivery\, Global Medical Technolog y Division at Cambridge Consultants.\n\nIain curre ntly works on drug delivery in the Global Medical Technology Division at Cambridge Consultants\, a l eading technology and product development organisa tion based in the UK and USA. He has a 30-year tra ck record of multi-disciplinary technology and pro duct development including business development\, project management and technology assessment in US and European markets\, the last 14 years of which has been gained in the life sciences sector in a consultancy environment\, with a strong emphasis o n drug delivery devices and bio-instrumentation. H is experience includes parenteral\, pulmonary\, na sal drug delivery as well as more invasive device technology in disease areas covering respiratory\, allergy\, diabetes\, autoimmune and oncology.\n\n Iain has written and presented papers on a range o f drug delivery topics including developing inhale rs for children\, technology licensing\, improving device compliance and usability. He has also chai red sessions on drug delivery at several internati onal conferences. Iain lectures on Drug Delivery t o the Cambridge University Masters in Bioscience C ourse.\n\nIain also has a wider interest in the ro le of science and technology in the economy and in society. He is currently Chairman of the London-b ased R&D Society\, an organisation focussed on mak ing the UK a better environment for R&D.\n\nIain g raduated from University College London with a Fir st Class Honours Degree in Physics and a PhD in Ex perimental Solid State Physics. He also has an MBA in Technology Management from the Open University .\n\nDate: Tuesday 16th June 2015\n\nTime: Refresh ments served from 18.30. Talk starts at 19.00. End s by 21:00 following questions and discussion.\n\n Venue: Institute for Manufacturing\, Cambridge Uni versity\, Alan Reece Building\, 17 Charles Babbage Road\, Cambridge CB3 0FS ("directions":http://www .ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/contact/). \n\nParking: Car par king arrangements have changed and all car parks n ow have barriers. Information on which car park to use will be posted "here":http://nearyou.imeche.o rg/near-you/UK/Eastern/Beds---Cambs-Area/event-det ail?id=10544 when available.\n\nFree to attend. Bo oking not required. All welcome.\n\nThis talk is o pen to the public and is suitable for young people \, students and engineers. You are encouraged to p ass on this invitation and bring with you colleagu es\, friends and family who are interested in engi neering\, science\, technology and the 'Cambridge Phenomenon'.\n\nA poster to advertise this talk an d more info is "here":http://nearyou.imeche.org/ne ar-you/UK/Eastern/Beds---Cambs-Area/event-detail?i d=10544.\n\nThis event is organised by the Institu tion of Mechanical Engineers Beds and Cambs area. LOCATION:Institute for Manufacturing\, 17 Charles Babbage R oad\, Cambridge CB3 0FS CONTACT:Publicity Officer\, IMechE Beds &\; Cambs area END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR