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Speakers’ Biographies
Dr Sarah Macnaughton
Dr Macnaughton completed her PhD
in Microbial Ecology at the University of Newcastle in
1992.
After three years in post-doctoral research at Newcastle she became the senior
researcher at a US environmental analysis business. Following this she joined the
Centre for Environmental Biotechnology at the University of Tennessee before moving
back to the UK in
2000
to join AEA Technology Environment and its Momenta operating division. At Momenta Dr
Macnaughton worked on a number of projects including research into bioremediation,
management of a UK site for contaminated land research, a review of environmental
science and training in the UK and the DTI BIOWISE Programme. Her final role at
Momenta was as regional manager on the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships programme. Dr
Macnaughton joined Isis Enterprise
in October
2006.
Isis Enterprise,
established in
2004,
offers consulting expertise and advice in technology transfer. Technology transfer
includes the management of intellectual property and its transfer from research to
commercialisation. Isis Enterprise
is a division of Isis Innovation Ltd. It offers consulting
expertise and advice in technology transfer to clients from the public and private
sectors, in the UK and internationally.
Isis Innovation Ltd
is the technology transfer company of the University of Oxford. Working with Oxford
University researchers, Isis now files one patent application a week on average, has
assisted in the formation of more than
40
spin-out companies, negotiated over
200
licence and option agreements, and managed over
100
consulting contracts for University researchers.
http://www.isis-innovation.com/enterprise/index.html
Allan Mayo
Allan Mayo was responsible for
developing the concept of a Technology Strategy in the UK Government’s Innovation
Report (published in December
2003),
and is now advising the business led Technology Strategy Board on its
implementation. In particular, he advised the Board on its
2005
Annual Report, and prepared the “Developing UK Capability” document which was
recently published (www.dti.gov.uk/technologystrategy)
and sets out priorities for technology development.
He is an industrial economist
by background, and his interest in developing communities of interest in technology
stems from his work on technological innovation over the past
20
years, which includes co-ordination of UK policy on European research programmes and
responsibility for developing the DTI’s international technology service, Global
Watch.
Dr. Andreas Moleskis
Dr Andreas Moleskis was born in
1948. He studied Economics at
the University of Athens and followed post-graduate studies in India and the U.K. He
got his doctorate in Manpower Planning at the University of UMIST in U.K. He worked
at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, at the Ministry of Labour and
Social Insurance, and at the Department of Labour. In
1988 he started working at the
Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and since March
2003 he has been appointed as
the Secretary of the Council of Ministers. As of
2004 he has been appointed to
the post of the Permanent Secretary of the Planning Bureau. He is also the Chairman
of the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation and Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Cyprus Development Bank.
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