This document summarizes an i-Teams program at UEA that helps postgraduate researchers and early career scientists commercialize their research. Some key details:
- i-Teams has been running for 9 years and involved over 500 students working on 80+ projects, resulting in 24 student-led startups.
- An i-Team consists of 7 students who work with an inventor for 9 weeks to identify real-world applications of a technology and get feedback from industry experts.
- The program involves weekly evening sessions and around 4 hours of work per week. Business mentors and panels of entrepreneurs provide guidance to the students.
- The goal is to help researchers transform their ideas into real products and businesses that
15. what does an i-Team
DO?
Look for real-world uses
that solve real
customer problems
Analyse & recommend
best target
applications for new
technology
Use real feedback
from industry experts
16. 18:30 – 19:00 19:00 – 21:30
+ ~ 4 hours/week
Where & When did it
HAPPEN?
Tuesday
34. INVENTORS
Dr Lisa Tedesco Triccas
(School of Health Sciences, UEA)
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HANK
Dr Sean Bew
(School of Chemistry, UEA)
CHEMTECH
Prof Stephen Cox
(School of computing)
Mr John Philips
(NNUH)
&
MEDTECH HEALTHTECH
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35. ENTORSM
Dr Amanda McMurray
(Amanda McMurray Associates)
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CHEMTECH
Prof Jim Gazzard
(School of Health Sciences, UEA)
MEDTECH
Mrs Pauline Hough
(Saffron Housing)
HEALTHTECH
36. Andrea Finegan
Part time Finance lecturer UEA
Freelance Fund Consultant
Andrew Stoddart
Principal consultant
CenterView Solutions Ltd
James Leeds
CEO Pupil Asset
CEO Klik
Curator John Peel Archive
Amy Weatherup
Cambridge i-Teams director
Serial Entrepreneur
Mark Aspinall
MD Thurton Ethical Investments Ltd
Director Goodholm Finance Ltd
Director Extremis Technology Ltd
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