Academic/Industry collaboration

Am1 - Academic/Industry collaboration

• Nick Trigg – Constellation• Dave Brown – BT• Barry Hardy – Douglas Connect• Dave Medina – HP• Steve Pettifer – Manchester University• Robin Munro – IDBS• Simon Mercer – Microsoft• Richard Lingard – Thomson Reuters

Questions

• What would such a space look like?• What are the minimal and optimal

requirements for such a space?• On the assumption that it is a good idea– How to make it happen?

Why is it worthwhile?

• Money• Expertise• Data• Historic samples

• Others

Actions

• Help academia to develop what you need– List of Use Case (top priorities)• Give direction to research/academia• Funding

• Influence/persuade/tell academia to work to a Standard framework– IP– Legal– Ontologies

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Actions

• Wiki for collaboration ideas– Match partners with grant opportunities

• Remember the link to Pistoia– For refunding• Internally and externally

• This is not only for informatics• International in scope

• Advantages– Leverage intellectual input– Leverage money– Influence

• Disadvantages– IP issues– Timeline in academia is usually longer– Lose control (a bit)

• Examples (expertise)– Supernational• EBI, NSBI,

– National• Universities, smaller companies

– Charities and grants• IMI, Wellcome etc