Oxford at Saïd Seminar: Energy
Monday, June 13th 2011
In this Oxford at Saïd seminar Nick Eyre talked about an increasing energy demand versus the desire for a low carbon future. His presentation was followed by two talks on two of the most promising alternatives to our current sources of energy: Steve Cowley presented on both the potential and the problems of fusion, and Henry Snaith about progress made in harnessing the sun’s energy on a large scale with low cost solar cells.
Oxford at Saïd Seminar: Drug Discovery
Monday, May 9th 2011
This Oxford at Saïd seminar explored issues revolving around the breakthroughs and challenges in the search for new drugs. Vincenzo Libri focused on the complexity of early phase drug development and the key elements of exploratory clinical trials. Chas Bountra argued in his talk that the current system of Intellectual Property protection greatly impedes the discovery of new drugs and offered ideas for reform. Finally, Dr. Mark Sheehan discussed the ethical issues around the running of clinical trials.
Oxford at Saïd Seminar: Migration
Monday, November 29th 2010
This Oxford at Saïd seminar featured talks by Hein de Haas from the International Migration Institute and Carlos Vargas Silva from the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society. Hein spoke on myths and facts in global migration and Carlos on the economics of migrant labour.
Sir Douglas Hague Lecture: Sir Raymond Dwek
Thursday, November 18th 2010
The second Sir Douglas Hague Annual Lecture was given by Professor Raymond Dwek, Director of the Oxford Glycobiology Institute at the University of Oxford, founder of Oxford GlycoSciences and director of United Therapeutics.
Oxford at Saïd Seminar: Oceans
Monday, May 24th 2010
This Oxford at Saïd seminar brought together researchers from zoology, the earth sciences and engineering whose work highlight the interconnectedness between the oceanic ecosystem and life on land as well as the opportunities that may arise from generating energy from the tides. Ros Rickaby gave a lecture on oceans and the impact of climate change, Martin Speight offered new insights into understanding the ecology of marine diversity and Guy Houlsby debated the opportunities of tidal power for the UK.
Medical Innovation 2010 - A Global Perspective on Healthcare Innovation
Wednesday, March 17th & Thursday, March 18th 2010
Hosted by the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and The George Institute for International Health, Medical Innovation 2010 brought together over 250 healthcare professionals, managers, policy makers and researchers for a two-day conference at the Saïd Business School. Through a dynamic programme including keynote speeches, parallel sessions, entrepreneurship workshops and networking opportunities, the conference delivered a 360 degree view of the global challenge of healthcare innovation, culminating in a high level policy debate.
The following speakers have kindly agreed to make their presentations available:
Sir William Castell - March 17, Keynote Address
Dr Allan Cole - March 17, Parallel Session 4
Prof Andrew Pettigrew - March 17, Parallel Session 4
Dr Keith Ruddle - March 17, Parallel Session 4
Prof Paul Glasziou -March 18, Parallel Session 7
Dr Andrea Tobias - March 18, Parallel Session 8
Oxford at Saïd Seminar: Ageing
Monday, February 1st 2010
Three academics from Oxford University discussed the social, biological and ethical implications for an ageing society. Sarah Harper outlined the most important social consequences of population ageing and discussed potential policy implications. Lynne Cox explained current research strategies to find the genetic drivers of ageing which might eventually help to slow the ageing process and Julian Savulescu finished the seminar by discussing his manifesto on “Why we need a war on ageing” arguing that mankind had a moral obligation to strive for a longer and better life.
Speaker Event: Richard Reed
Thursday, December 3rd 2009
Richard Reed, the founder of Innocent Smoothies, gave his story at the Saïd Business School as part of the Oxford Entrepreneurs Speaker Series.
Oxford at Saïd Seminar: Stress
Monday, November 30th 2009
The seminar was dedicated to exploring the phenomenon of stress. Three Oxford University researchers from the areas of history of medicine, occupational health and physiology discussed how their disciplines’ define stress, how they approach it and what can be learned from their findings. Sloan Mahone, University Lecturer in the History of Medicine gave a fascinating insight into the social construction of mental health conditions experienced by people who had been exposed to traumatic events. Ian Brown, Director of the Occupational Health Service at the University of Oxford, posed the question to what extent employment is a major cause of stress and anxiety and John Morris, Professor of Human Anatomy and Director for Preclinical Studies explained how stress is studied from a physiological perspective.
Inaugural Sir Douglas Hague Lecture: Lord Drayson
Thursday, November 19th 2009
Lord Drayson, minister for science and innovation, gave the inaugural Sir Douglas Hague Lecture on 19 November at Saïd Business School. In his speech Lord Drayson talked about his experience of building technology companies and stressed that now is the perfect time to set up spin-outs and new businesses. “Many of the world’s most successful businesses started in the teeth of a recession,” he said. “The global economy is coming out of recession, and I know from personal experience that high-growth technology companies are often the first ones to feel the upturn.”
Oxford at Saïd Seminar: Corporate Governance
Monday, 26th October 2009
The arguable failure of the current corporate governance regime to prevent the recent financial crisis has revived the debate about good corporate governance. In this seminar, three distinguished speakers from the University of Oxford discussed the latest thinking on this topic. Lady Barbara Judge, Visiting Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation, started the seminar comparing the different philosophies of corporate governance in the UK and the US. Professor Colin Mayer, Dean of the Saïd Business School, continued with discussing the role of investors in corporate governance and finally, Professor Paul Davies, Allen & Overy Professor of Corporate Law, gave a presentation on problems in the regulation of executive compensation.
Key-Note Lecture by Lord Peter Mandelson, First Secretary & Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Friday, 16th October 2009
Ministers and markets do mix, was the message given by business secretary Lord Mandelson to an invited audience at the Saïd Business School on 16 October. In a lecture on “the enterprise-led recovery”, Mandelson outlined his view of the role government should play in fostering enterprise in the UK. He summarised the approach of Conservative leader David Cameron as old-style “rolling back the state” and suggested that this was in fact “an abdication of responsibility”.
Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 - Assessing the evolution, impact and potential of social media
Friday, 18th September 2009
With corporations, governments, newspapers and universities embracing blogs and Twitter feeds as key elements in their communication strategies, social media have finally come of age. Yet research shows that the landscape of social media use and impact is a complex one, quite unlike the simple depiction of ubiquitous use and democratisation of content production that was widely heralded with the advent of Blogger ten years ago. Organised by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) in collaboration with the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, this conference looked back at the evolution of blogs and other social media to give a more nuanced understanding of the ways in which such tools have or have not made a difference at the social, political or economic level. In addition, speakers were asked to look forwards to identify the trends and developments which will most likely shape our experience of these technologies in the near future.
Oxford at Saïd Seminar: Cancer Research
Monday, 1st June 2009
Where do we stand in understanding the causes and development of cancer and how do we translate these findings into effective diagnostics and treatment? Three leading cancer researchers gave insights into recent advances in the field of cancer cell biology, therapy and epidemiology: Jordon Raff, Professor of Cancer Cell Biology, Gillies McKenna, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Biology and Sir Richard Peto, Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology.
Oxford at Saïd Seminar: Business History
Thursday, 14th May 2009
The seminar discussed what we can learn from history about the current financial crisis. The collapse of Wall Street investment banks, large-scale financial fraud and the bursting of the housing bubble are not unprecedented. These features of the crisis were discussed from a historical perspective by three academics: Alan Morrison, Professor of Finance, Saïd Business School, Alan Bowman, Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford and Christopher McKenna, Reader in Business History and Strategy, Saïd Business School.
Speaker Event: Brent Hoberman
Wednesday, 6th May 2009
Brent Hoberman, founder of Lastminute.com and of Mydeco, Oxford graduate in French and German Literature and angel investor shared his entrepreneurial vision and discussed latest trends in web-based enterprise.