Programme

Welcome and introduction

Alison Mitchell, Director of Development, Vitae

Leaders in all environments

• Researchers as leaders of innovation
• Developing researchers for business leadership, Professor Chris Firth, Chief Scientist, Thales UK
• Researchers as leaders in policy, Sébastien Huber, Senior Policy Officer, Science Europe
• A global approach to preparing future academic and research leaders

Preparing future leaders

• What do CROS and PIRLS tell us about leadership? Dr Robin Mellors-Bourne, Director of Research and Intelligence, CRAC/Vitae
• The lived experience of principal investigators. Natacha Wilson, Research Consultant and Director of Cambridge Insights
  
  
  

Institutional strengthening for leadership

Dr Fiona Denney, Director, Brunel University London and Dr Katie Wheat, Training & Resources Development Manager, Vitae

Leaders within themselves

Diversity and values in leadership, Prof Simonetta Manfredi, Director of the Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice, Oxford Brookes Unversity