LabNotes

In February, Gregor Rae, Chairman and CEO of BusinessLab, gave an inaugural lecture to the International MBA student cohort at the University of Aberdeen. "The Art of the Pitch" is the first of two modules intended to help students improve and finesse their presentations to potential investors and employers. The second module is entitled "The Science of the Pitch".

The future is in Newcastle

Technology Watch website lauds the Microsoft Corporation - ActiveAge presentation at the Gerontological Society of America's annual conference in New Orleans, and cites Newcastle upon Tyne as 'the future' in terms of ageing.

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ActiveAge

The ActiveAge team has started another wave of research into robotics, which will provide the theme for the next ActiveAge publication. A Newcastle partner meeting has also been scheduled for the 26th of January, when plans for the 2011 ActiveAge Summit will be finalised.

Renewables

The BusinessLab research team has been looking into the growing renewable energy sector. The team is particularly interested in the markets and business models that are developing within this area - and the strategies and processes that are being deployed to capitalise on the opportunities.

More Agents for Swansea

The City and County of Swansea Council are training up a new cohort of Signature Agents. A total of 36 new Agents are being trained to deploy the Family Learning Signature with families across the city.

Peter Cockhead

Peter Cockhead

ActiveAge associate

Peter Cockhead brings to the BusinessLab team a wealth of experience of working at the interface between the public and private sectors in delivering joint projects.

His academic and professional background is in land use planning, economic development and transport planning, largely in the public sector but also in academia and consultancy.

Prior to his retirement from local government in 2007 he occupied Director level posts for 20 years. From 2002-2007 he was Director of the North East Scotland Transport Partnership (Nestrans), from 1995-2002 Director of Planning and Development at Aberdeen City Council, and from 1988-1995 Head of Regional Planning and Development at Grampian Regional Council. In each of these different roles he was instrumental in establishing and promoting public/private sector partnerships to achieve area economic development, with many notable successes in securing funding and delivering projects. His contribution to transport planning was recognised by the Scottish Transport Award for Outstanding Contribution to Local Transport in 2007.

 

In his association with BusinessLab he is particularly involved in the ActiveAge project and contributes in an advisory and planning role to other public/private sector collaborative projects.