At the Earlham Institute, we aim to adopt innovation through collaborations and partnerships.
This year, we're putting our partners and collaborators in the spotlight, showcasing how our combined efforts are tackling challenges and driving real-world impact through cutting edge research, technology development, innovation, knowledge exchange and skills development.
The programme has been designed to show the diverse ways to engage with EI.
Technology Development: Showcasing examples of technology developed collaboratively, and their applications, from crop improvement to microbiome research. Featuring projects with Agilent Technologies, Oxford Nanopre Technologies & Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, among others.
Knowledge Exchange and Transferring Skills: Demonstrating the impact of staff exchanges and student placements for capacity building and knowledge transfer. Featuring examples of projects with the British Beet Research Organisation (BBRO) and DEFRA.
Innovation Showcase: Featuring innovation projects between EI and our collaborators, from studentships to joint ventures. Featuring our work with Sun Bear Biofuture and the Natural History Museum.
EI Innovate events foster valuable conversations between academia and industry, helping us to build strategic partnerships and learn more about needs of our stakeholders. An example of an exciting collaboration that resulted from a previous EI Innovate is the Hybrid Wheat Initiative, which connects 25 breeding companies and research institutes worldwide, to resolve the critical challenge of hybrid wheat.
We will have a dedicated networking session designed to bring together attendees and EI researchers with similar interests. At registration, you will be asked to choose 1-2 topics of interest from:
- Omics technologies and bioengineering
- Software, tools and data science
- Genomics for breeding
- Genomics for health
Exhibition Area
During EI Innovate we will be hosting exhibitors showcasing technologies and services relevant to our research and innovation areas. Exhibitors will have an opportunity to discuss applications of their technology with event attendees.
If you are interested in exhibiting at EI Innovate, please contact Business Development.
Who is this event for
EI Innovate provides the platform to connect across disciplines and between academia and industry to discuss current scientific and technical advances and industry challenges.
Each year EI Innovate brings together attendees from a range of sectors including agri-food, biotech, med-tech sectors, clinicians, developers of instrumentation, tools, products and services for genomics and bioinformatics.
This event will also be of interest to funders of life science innovation, government departments, and other academic organisations.
What to expect
- We are planning a great interactive experience, with plenty of networking opportunities, including out Snap Networking event.
- Learn about our cutting-edge research, tools and technologies
- Gain insight into our ongoing collaborations
- Understand how our expertise and facilities can be accessed
- Establish new contacts and discuss potential ideas for new collaborations
- Tour our state-of-the-art platforms: Technology Genomics and the Biofoundry
*The delegate package includes refreshments, lunch, evening reception and free parking.
