UKSPA members and stakeholders will gather at Rothamsted Enterprises for the UKSPA Summer Conference 2025. The Conference will have keynote and plenary sessions taking place at their dedicated conferencing facilities. There will also be opportunities to tour their state-of-the-art facilities.

Throughout the two days, leading speakers from the UKSPA network and key partners and stakeholders will discuss in-depth the challenges, opportunities, and innovative ways the sector continues to engage, inspire, and grow through a series of plenary and best practice sessions.

In addition to hearing from numerous key stakeholders in the South East and nationally, the Summer Conference will be looking at subjects including Innovation, Science Parks and BBSRC, Life Sciences, Balancing Supply and Demand Innovation, Local Growth and Devolution, Public attitudes to R&D Investment, Talent, Skills & The Innovation sector and much more!

 Innovation, Science Parks and BBSRC

The five BBSRC campuses are each distinct and at a different stage of development. CEOs from each campus reflect on their individual campus’ journey. Val Hughes-White, RIC & Agritech Innovation Director of  Roslin Innovation Centre, within Midlothian Science Zone, will be one of the Panellists in this session on 3rd July.

Roslin Innovation Centre is at the heart of the University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Campus and a unique business gateway to innovation; designed to nurture entrepreneurship, growth and collaboration within the dynamic environment of the Campus.

About UKSPA

UKSPA supports, promotes, represents and encourages the continued growth of Science Parks, Technology Incubators, Innovation Centres and other Innovation locations and Areas of Innovations.