Mountain Bike Centre Scotland, Showcase at Edinburgh Napier University
The River Suite Craiglockhart: 24th April 2024
9 am Breakfast Networking
9.30 am Welcome
Professor G Florida-James
Professor G Florida-James
Professor G Florida-James
Lead Academic Mountain Bike Centre Scotland
Edinburgh Napier University
Professor Gary Hutchison
Professor G Florida-James
Professor G Florida-James
Dean of the School of Applied Sciences
Edinburgh Napier University
9.45 am South of Scotland Enterprise
Ed Shoote, Economic Infrastructure Development Specialist
Find out more about the £19 million Borderlands funded Mountain Bike Innovation Centre, which is a partnership between Edinburgh Napier University and South of Scotland Enterprise. See the current plans and find out how your discipline can work with us at the Mountain Bike Centre Scotland and hear more about the opportunities in the Trail Lab.
Models of the mill with design images will be available and Ed and G will be available to answer any questions you may have.
10.15 am Coffee & Networking
10.45 am Tom Campbell
Creating impact and opportunity through applied methods
Lead Academic Sustainability Mountain Bike Centre Scotland
11 am Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland
Graeme McLean, Head of DMBinS
Meet the head of DMBinS and find out more about the broad range of collaborative research projects where ENU has worked with DMBinS, with a combine value of over £100,000.
Brief case studies of just some of these projects, with a focus on impact: Light Up the Trails, Trail Therapy, Developing Inter-European Resources for Trail building Training and more.
There will be opportunities to discuss future research collaborations.
11.55 am Bicycle Association of Great Britain
Scott Cain
Biography:
Associate at the Bicycle Association and Connected Places Catapult. Leading innovation programmes to reshore more of the value from innovation, design, production, assembly and testing of bikes, e-bikes, e-cargo and micromobility.
Board member at Global Entrepreneurship Network (GENUK), which helps create the conditions for entrepreneurial people to thrive.
12.40 pm Lunch and Network
1.40 pm The Entrepreneurial Campus
Hosted by G Florida-James, featuring Professor Joe Little
How can this work in terms of cycling
Facilitated group discussion: What is an entrepreneurial campus? What will it mean for industry?
Featuring Professor Joe Little, co-author of Scottish Government’s Entrepreneurial Campus Report
2.40 pm Coffee and Network: Finish 3pm
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