Founders & Funders: Purposeful Innovation
Industry experts and researchers will try to bridge the gap between science and business.
In this session we explore the role of science, technology, and leadership in accelerating empowerment, democratisation, and equitability in extraordinary times.

Prof Bram Govaerts (Director General at CIMMYT/CGIAR), Kristoffer Gandrup-Marino (Chief of Innovation at UNICEF) and Dr Louisa Ludbrook (Vice-President Sales at Oxford Nanopore Technologies) share their vision and expertise in a conversation on what it is like to turn innovative ideas into scalable global solutions. The focus is on innovation in the areas of food security, progress for children, and democratisation of biological research.
Date: 15 June 2022, 18:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2022)
Venue: online event
Speakers: Professor Bram Govaerts (Director General of CIMMYT), Dr Louisa Ludbrook (Vice President Global Sales at Oxford Nanopore Technologies), Christiaan de Koning (Researcher at University of Oxford), Kristoffer Gandrup-Marino (Chief of Innovation at UNICEF)
Organising department: Saïd Business School
Organiser contact email address: oxfordsaid.events@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Business: the next 25 years
Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6930472011206955008/
Booking email: oxfordsaid.events@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Cost: free
Audience: Public
Editor: Alexandra Joon