Posted Tuesday 8 December 2009
The one day event at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, aimed to bring together all those involved in this rapidly developing field. Knowledge transfer is about transferring good ideas, research results and skills between universities, other research organisations, business and the wider community. It is often used in the development of new products and services.
The conference, 'Innovation Through Knowledge Transfer 2009: Research With Impact' (InnovationKT '09), was organised by Kingston University, the Institute of Knowledge Transfer and KES International, a worldwide association for researchers.
Forty papers on projects in fields ranging from chemical science, engineering and telecoms to public art and culture were presented to the conference. Contributions came from universities around the UK as well as Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Brazil, Taiwan and Canada. Sir Brian Fender of the Institute of Knowledge Transfer and a former chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, was the keynote speaker.
Hampton Court Palace is a particularly good location for the conference because Kingston University worked with the historic palace on a three-year knowledge transfer partnership project to mark the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession to the throne in 2009. The project involved history graduate Suzannah Lipscomb working as a research curator exploring the lives of the courtiers and servants who populated the palace in the 16th century.
InnovationKT '09 was followed by a two-day national conference on December 3-4 for knowledge transfer managers, also held at Hampton Court Palace. Although the event has been running for around 15 years, it is the first time Kingston University has hosted it.
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