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Data Center Go-to-Market PodcastEp. 66 Gregory Ratcliff, Chief Innovation Officer of Vertiv | Data Center Go-to-Market Podcasthttps://www.dcsmi.com/newsletter Subscribe to the Data Center Sales and Marketing Newsletter (DCSMI)In episode 66 of the Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast, host Joshua Feinberg sits down with Greg Ratcliff, the Chief Innovation Officer at Vertiv. Greg shares his unique career journey and insights into Vertiv's innovation process, from technology transfer to collaboration with industry organizations. Listeners will gain valuable advice for early-career and mid-career professionals looking to enter or advance in the data center industry. Greg also discusses the sector's major challenges, including power and water constraints, and how Vertiv is leveraging AI to improve...
2025-01-2835 min
Beyond the Breakthrough with Thierry HelesSeason 2 RecapWe take a look back at some of the key insights shared by guests on season 2 of Beyond the Breakthrough.
Hear from Tony Boccanfuso (UIDP), Prof Jenny Kuan (California State University, Monterey Bay), Tatiana Litvin-Vechnyak (Georgetown University), Kelley Rich (University of Notre Dame), Kevin Leland (Halo), Simon Hepworth (Imperial College London), Nii Dodoo-Amoo (Osage University Partners), Rayner Lim (Innovate UK), Allison Byers (Scroobious), Jo O’Leary (UKRI), Will Caldwell (SaVia Health), Gustavo Cavenaghi (Kortex Ventures) and Kim Moore (Global University Venturing).
Read Thierry’s article on the 1842 Fund mentioned in this episode.
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2024-05-1735 min
UIDP ConversationsBrad Lukanic, CEO, CannonDesignBrad Lukanic, principal and CEO, CannonDesign, on sparking innovation across the organization and collaborating with smart clients to support their endeavors.
2024-04-2716 minBeyond the Breakthrough with Thierry HelesTony Boccanfuso: UIDP is bridging the divide between corporates and universitiesTony Boccanfuso has spent the past 17 years trying to work out how to get universities and corporations to collaborate better on research.
Boccanfuso is the chief executive of UIDP, a non-profit association between large companies and leading research universities around the world. The invitation-only organisation has more than 200 members.
It all started with frustrations over negotiating sponsored research contracts, but UIDP’s work today goes beyond this. Boccanfuso tells us: “We tend to think about things in various verticals. … We also look at strategic engagement — how do you work comprehensively between organisations? — [and] we’re spending mor...
2024-02-0900 min
EntreCamposEspecial NEI2023 - "A Antropologia vai à Escola. Qual o seu papel na Educação de hoje?"No âmbito da NEI2023 – CIÊNCIA PARA TODOS – Inclusão e Sustentabilidade, lançamos um episódio especial sobre a presença d@s antropólog@s e da antropologia no ensino e nas escolas. Refletimos sobre o papel e os lugares da Antropologia e de outras ciências sociais na educação, na formação das crianças e jovens de hoje. Falamos do futuro e de como estas disciplinas podem fazer face aos desafios que enfrentamos. Abordamos também a profissionalização e a inclusão da Antropologia nos currículos, que passa pelo aumento da presença de pessoas formadas em ci...
2023-09-2642 min
UIDP ConversationsPartnerships, partnerships, and more partnerships: An interview with Tennessee State’s Quincy QuickQuincy Quick is the associate vice president for research and sponsored programs and chief research officer at UIDP member organization Tennessee State University. Tennessee State, along with Fisk University and Meharry Medical College, is a local co-host for HBCU Engage, which will be held April 18-19, 2023, in Nashville. In a recent interview, Quick shared his vision for Tennessee State’s research enterprise and why he supports HBCU Engage.
2023-03-0706 min
Work For HumansService Science and the Impending AI Revolution | Jim SpohrerPicture two cafes that serve precisely the same coffee. The first cafe has friendly baristas, comfortable seating, free WIFI, and great music. In the second cafe, the employees are bored, the music is bad, and the WIFI is slow. Most of us would choose the first one. This is because our experience of a product goes far beyond the product itself - it's closely linked to the services that deliver it and how companies and customers co-create the value of that service. These are a few of the fundamental insights of service science...
2022-10-251h 01
UIDP ConversationsMichael Oakes, Interim Vice President for Research, University of MinnesotaMichael Oakes, interim vice president for research at the University of Minnesota, shares some of the "secret sauce" behind its culture of entrepreneurship and what it takes to achieve $1 billion in external research investment.
2022-05-1319 min
Research 2030Why no university is an island: research leaders on the rise of the engaged civic institutionFor this compilation episode, we’ve delved into our archives to explore how the role of universities in their communities is evolving and the many factors driving that change.Find our full show notes here.You will hear clips from the following Research 2030 episodes (listed in order of appearance):Societal Impact, SDG Research & Universities featuring Professor Aluísio Segurado, Head of Research at the University of São Paulo in BrazilPerspectives on rankings from a young university featuring César Wazen, Director of Scholarships and Partnerships at Qatar UniversityGlobal North-South Collaboration: A perspective from South...
2022-03-2824 minUIDP Conversationswith Eric Corey Freed, CannonDesign, on sustainability as the default for designEric Corey Freed, senior vice president, sustainability at CannonDesign. Architect, speaker, author and thought-leader in deep green buildings joins UIDP Conversations to discuss building sustainability into every design to enhance health, productivity, and societal impact.
2022-02-1716 min
UIDP Conversationswith Lubab Sheet-Davis, Lam ResearchLubab Sheet-Davis, vice president of strategy and innovation at Lam Research, joins UIDP Conversations to discuss Lam's work to keep innovation humming during the pandemic, the importance of visible female leadership in the tech industry, and how to push innovation through education, innovation infrastructure, and culture.
2021-10-2916 min
UIDP ConversationsCarlos de Brito Cruz, Elsevier, on using research and data to better humanityCarlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Senior Vice President of Research Networks at Elsevier, on the role of triple helix collaboration to advance science and technology and drive economic gains. He also considers how data can help research organizations identify strengths, weaknesses, and common ground for better partnerships.
2021-06-0417 min
UIDP ConversationsNathan Utz, Purdue University, on repositioning to maximize university-industry engagementNathan Utz, vice president in Purdue University's Office of Industry Partnerships, speaks to his new role, repositioning university-industry relations in the midst of a pandemic, and the critical importance of holistic engagement.
2021-03-1014 min
UIDP ConversationsNed Calder and Freddy Solis: Can You Say What Your R&D Strategy Is?Innosight's Ned Calder and Freddy Solis are pros at helping large organizations drive innovation and transformational change. In this podcast moderated by Alan Blatter of Edgewell Personal Care, they share research and observations about success elements every organization should include in their R&D strategy.
2021-02-1527 minUIDP ConversationsThe Digital Battlespace with Charles Johnson-BeyCharles Johnson Bay, Senior Vice-President at Booz Allen Hamilton, discusses the digital battlespace and the need for industry & academic partnership for emerging technologies. The fundamental challenge that defense leaders face today is not picking winners, but accurately seeing global technology trends and being able to translate and adapt --because it's not who has the edge this year, or even this month, but this minute that matters.
2020-12-1720 minUIDP ConversationsNatascha Eckert on long-term partnerships and promoting women in tech leadershipNatascha Eckert, head of university relations at Siemens, on the elements of mature university-industry partnerships, Siemens' philosophy of managing those relationships, and taking action to promote women in tech leadership--not just talking about it.
2020-11-0329 minUIDP ConversationsMalcolm Skingle, GSK, on the elements of successful industry-academic collaborationMalcolm Skingle, GlaxoSmithKline's director, academic liaison, discusses the critical role of industry-academic collaboration to address the world's big scientific challenges and what it takes for industry-academic collaborations to succeed.
2020-10-1326 minResearch 2030Why two heads are better than one – the power of university-industry collaborationsIn this episode, we turn our focus to university-industry collaboration, a form of partnership that is growing in popularity in many parts of the world. There are big rewards up for grabs, and both industry and academia benefit; for example, increased career opportunities, a bigger funding pot, exchange of knowledge, access to hard-to-find skills, extended networks, and the potential to speed up discoveries. Many also see these collaborations as the most promising avenue to tackle global challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. Joining us for this discussion are Tony Boccanfuso, President and CEO of the University Industry...
2020-09-2340 minUIDP ConversationsChris Austin, NIH NCATS, on the role of collaboration in translational scienceChris Austin, director of the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, on the power of collaboration for translating basic science into the cures and therapies that benefit society.
2020-09-1031 minUIDP ConversationsDavid Reed, University of Florida, on leveraging industry partnershipsDavid Reed, associate provost and director of research and collections for the Florida museum of natural history at the university of Florida, describes how the university will leverage a $50 million hardware gift from industry partner NVIDIA to expand AI research and development across university programs and extend workforce development training in AI across the state.
2020-09-0816 minUIDP ConversationsDaron Green, Facebook Research, on academic research partnership and joint hiresDaron Green, Facebook's director of research operations and academic relations, on talent development, industry-based faculty employment, and how partnerships with university-based research broaden technology exploration and the scope of industry innovation.
2020-09-0336 minUIDP ConversationsCynthia Sweet, University of Pittsburgh, on partnership intentionality and leading through influenceCynthia Sweet, the University of Pittsburgh's associate vice chancellor for economic partnerships, on partnership intentionality, building internal and external relationships, and leading through influence rather than authority.
2020-08-0709 minUIDP ConversationsDoug Maughan, NSF Convergence Accelerator, on the niche between basic science and commercializationDoug Maughan, office head for NSF's Convergence Accelerator Program, on flexibility, new topics of research interest, and what happens in that niche between basic research and commercialization.
2020-08-0610 minUIDP ConversationsJohn Bamforth on open innovation and READDI (Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Discovery Initiative)John Bamforth, director, Eshelman Institute for Innovation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on what it takes to bring the world's top pharmaceutical researchers and industry leaders in an open-science partnership to ensure we're ready for the next pandemic, the Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Discovery Initiative (READDI).
"No one would have wished, of course, for COVID-19 to have become what it is. But in another sense, it really has galvanized people to think in a more collaborative way in order to get these global problems solved."
2020-08-0518 minUIDP ConversationsMatt Ridley on innovation, serendipity, and freedomIn this wide-ranging discussion, Matt Ridley--author, journalist, businessman--dives into the role of serendipity and collaboration in innovation, why innovation itself is an "infinite improbability," and how freedom is the necessary element for innovation to flourish.
2020-07-3024 min