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The Saïd Business School is one of Europe's youngest and most entrepreneurial business schools. An integral part of the University of Oxford, the School embodies the academic rigour and forward thinking that has made Oxford a world leader in education. The School is dedicated to developing a new generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs, and conducting research not only into the nature of business, but the connections between business and the wider world.

Associated Series

#		Episode Title	Description	Duration	People	Date
1		Building a Business: Managing People, Managing Teams	Tim Cook (Non-Executive Director of Isis Innovation) discusses managing people and teams.	0:51:28	Tim Cook	22 Feb 2012
2		Building a Business: Marketing and Product Development	Patrick Mawhood (Head of Product Manufacturing at Sky IQ) discusses marketing and developing your product or service.	0:59:42	Patrick Mawhood	22 Feb 2012
3	Creative Commons	Building a Business: Evaluating a Venture Idea	Pegram Harrison (Fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Said Business School) discusses how to evaluate venture ideas, entrepreneurial leadership and how to seize opportunities.	0:42:31	Pegram Harrison	22 Feb 2012
4		Oxford at Said Seminar: Energy	In this seminar three Oxford academics explore the role of energy demand in a low carbon future, fusion and solar energy.	1:20:21	Nick Eyre, Steven Cowley, Henry Snaith	04 Jul 2011
5		Oxford at Said Seminar: Drug Discovery	In this seminar two academics explore experimental medicine in early-phase clinical trials and reforming intellectual property.	0:59:32	Vincenzo Libri, Chas Bountra	04 Jul 2011
6		Building a Business: Entrepreneurship and the Ideal Business Plan	Fiona Reid (Former Executive Director of the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation) talks about communicating your vision and the ideal business plan.	0:56:43	Fiona Reid	24 Mar 2011
7		Building a Business: Negotiation Skills	Owen Darbishire (Rhodes Trust Lecturer in Management Studies) delivers a lecture on effect approaches to negotiation.	1:02:48	Owen Darbishire	24 Mar 2011
8		Building a Business: Marketing: Creating and Keeping Customers	Jonathan Reynolds (Academic Director of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management) discusses principles of marketing, including using the internet and social media.	1:02:43	Jonathan Reynolds	24 Mar 2011
9	Creative Commons	Neurosociety: what is it with the brain these days? Closing discussion	Steve Woolgar and Paul Woulters give the final talk for the Neuroociety conference	0:26:14	Steve Woolgar, Paul Woulters	10 Mar 2011
10	Creative Commons	The Social value of neurological reflexivity: decisions, and habits	Jonathan Rowson (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) gives a talk for the Neurosociety conference	0:20:44	Jonathan Rowson	10 Mar 2011
11	Creative Commons	Who do you think you are? Managing Personhood in a Neurobiological Age	Nikolas Rose (BIOS Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science) gives a keynote speech for the Neurosociety conference	0:43:02	Nikolas Rose	10 Mar 2011
12		Constucting and reading neuroimages	Kelly Joyce and Patricia Pisters give talks for the Neurosociety conference on the subject of reading neuroimages, MRI scans and how they are perceived and interpreted in films and popular culture. Chaired by Paul Martin	0:57:25	Kelly Joyce, Patricia Pisters, Paul Martin	10 Mar 2011
13	Creative Commons	Welcome and Opening Remarks	Steve Woolgar and Tanja Schneider (InSIS, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford) give the opening address for the Neurosociety conference	0:36:29	Steve Woolgar, Tanja Schneider	10 Mar 2011
14	Creative Commons	Resilience and adaptation in complex city systems	James Simmie (Department of Planning, Oxford Brookes University) develops an evolutionary economics approach to adaptation and change in urban economies.	0:43:20	James Simmie	15 Dec 2010
15	Creative Commons	Sustainable development and crime in the urban Caribbean	David Howard (Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development, University of Oxford) looks at larger concerns over social and spatial equity, conceptual approaches to sovereignty and the practical interpretation of sustainable forms of justice.	0:45:34	David Howard	15 Dec 2010
16		Global migration and the future of le droit à la ville	Michael Keith (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford) interrogates how we think about urban change and normative theory in cities experiencing high levels of international migration.	0:49:53	Michael Keith	15 Dec 2010
17	Creative Commons	New business models for low-carbon cities	Mark Hinnells (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford) explores the impact of policy measures to deliver a low-carbon economy on the development of new business models for low-carbon cities	0:52:15	Mark Hinnells	16 Nov 2010
18		Sustainable urban development to 2050 - complex transitions in the built environment of cities	Tim Dixon (Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University) looks at 'critical success factors' that need to be in place for cities to be more sustainable by 2050.	0:42:02	Tim Dixon	16 Nov 2010
19		The paralyzed frog, water supply services and sustainable cities	Rob Hope (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford) gives a talk on institutional innovations and new financial models for sustainable water as part of a seminar series on the Future of Cities.	0:41:17	Rob Hope	16 Nov 2010
20		Roger Carr, Cadbury: Hostile bids and takeovers	Roger Carr, who is to stand down as chairman of Cadbury following the recent takeover by Kraft Foods, gave a Distinguished Speaker Seminar at Saïd Business School on 9 February on the subject of hostile bids and takeovers.	0:52:14	Roger Carr	25 Feb 2010
21		The ageing society and its implications	This Oxford at Said seminar was dedicated to the topic of Ageing. Three distinguished academics from Oxford University discuss the social, biological and ethical implications for an ageing society.	1:17:47	Sarah Harper, Lynne Cox, Julian Savulescu	10 Feb 2010
22		Feeling stressed?	This Oxford at Said seminar was dedicated to the phenomenon of stress. Sloan Mahone gives a historical perspective on the topic, Ian Brown presents latest findings on occupational stress and John Morris covers stress from a physiological perspective.	1:24:07	Sloan Mahone, Ian Brown, John Morris	09 Dec 2009
23		Emerging Markets in a Nutshell	Three leading academics discuss emerging markets and explore both the issues faced by the economies in China and Latin America and the challenges faced by companies looking to invest in or do business with them.	1:14:54	Dana Brown, Eric Thun, Laurence Whitehead	07 Dec 2009
24		Complex systems in a Nutshell	Three speakers from the University of Oxford, Felix Reed-Tsochas, Mark Fricker and Jukka-Pekka Onnela, give an introduction and overview of the science of networks focussing on two areas: social and biological networks.	1:10:45	Felix Reed-Tsochas, Mark Fricker, Jukka-Pekka Onnela	07 Dec 2009
25		Technological innovations: Perspectives on medical innovation in Less Industrialised Countries	Technological innovations can bring health benefits to many people in Less Industrialised Countries. How do you find the right organisations to partner with?	0:54:05	Adam Stoten, Matthew Harris	07 Dec 2009
26		Service-delivery innovations: Perspectives on medical innovation in the UK	Innovations in service-delivery can improve efficiency, but they may be resisted before they are accepted. What can be done to manage this?	0:32:28	Steve Fairman, Colin Mayer, Matthew Harris	04 Nov 2009
27		Why is innovation in the NHS often hard to achieve?	Innovative changes in healthcare requires understanding the obstacles that can get in the way	0:49:59	Sue Dopson, Trevor Campbell-Davies	04 Nov 2009
28		Business Taxation in a Nutshell	Stephen Bond gives an overview over issues in business taxation; Michael Devereux discusses international issues in business taxation and Judith Freedman speaks on taxing small businesses.	1:21:16	Stephen Bond, Michael Devereux, Judith Freedman	04 Nov 2009
29		Corporate Governance unveiled	This Oxford at Said seminar was dedicated to the topic of corporate Governance. Professor Colin Mayer speaks on the role of investors in corporate governance; Professor Paul Davies covers the current debate about executive compensation	0:44:41	Colin Mayer, Paul Davies	04 Nov 2009
30		Mandelson: Enterprise-led Recovery	Lord Peter Mandelson gave a key-note speech following an invitation by the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Said Business School.	0:24:23	Lord Peter Mandelson	30 Oct 2009
31		Parties, Campaigns and Representation: The Political Impact of Blogs and Social Media	Panel discussion during the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 on whether the outcome of political careers and even campaigns is increasingly dependent on the successful mastery of new communication tools including social media.	1:08:59	Helen Margetts, Iain Dale, Andrew Rasiej, Matthew McGregor	30 Oct 2009
32		Social Media, So What? Assessing the Impact of Blogs and Social Media	Panel discussion during the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 on the socially egalitarian and politically democratic potential of social media. Have they lived up to the promises?	1:10:13	Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Stefan Niggemeier, Evgeny Morozov, Richard Allan	30 Oct 2009
33		Breaking News: The Changing Relationship Between Blogs and Mainstream Media	Panel discussion during the Oxford Social Media Convention 2008 on whether social media necessarily threaten traditional news media, and what, if anything they may have to offer in return.	1:28:35	David Levy, Richard Sambrook, John Kelly, Jonathan Ford	30 Oct 2009
34		Making Science Public: Data-sharing, Dissemination and Public Engagement with Science	Panel discussion on how social media have changed the nature of the scientific debate among scientists, and how they have impacted on engagement with the public understanding of science.	1:08:35	Felix Reed-Tsochas, Maxine Clarke, Ben Goldacre, Cameron Neylon	30 Oct 2009
35		Understanding cancer: News from the frontline	This Oxford at Said seminar was dedicated to cancer research. Three researchers from the University of Oxford give insights into recent advances in the field of cancer cell biology, therapy and epidemiology.	1:35:15	Jordon Raff, Gillies McKenna, Sir Richard Peto	04 Aug 2009
36		What can we learn from history about the current financial crisis?	In this seminar, three Oxford academics will discuss what we can learn from business history about today’s financial crisis.	1:26:13	Alan Morrison, Alan Bowman, Christopher McKenna	30 Jul 2009
37		The Universe, the Brain and Second Life	Three presentations that explore the possibilities of the virtual world Second Life, the philosophical implications of society’s dependence on the internet and the development of the world’s first private space shuttle.	1:27:15	Susan Greenfield, Elon Musk, Philip Rosedale	15 Jun 2009
38		What the financial crisis means for Europe	Romano Prodi, past president of the European Commission talks about the financial and economic consequences of the financial crisis for Europe.	1:09:09	Romano Prodi	18 May 2009
39		Steve Wozniak	Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computers talks about his life at the Launch of his book iWoz	0:47:05	Steve Wozniak	21 Jul 2008

#		Episode Title	Description	Duration	People	Date
1	Creative Commons	Oxford at Said: A human genome in minutes and what it will mean to you	Oxford Nanopore is a British company, spun out of the University of Oxford in 2005 and founded on the science of Prof Hagan Bayley. It is developing new technology that has the potential to improve greatly the speed and cost of DNA sequencing.	0:50:00	Hagan Bayley	25 Mar 2013
2	Creative Commons	Building a Business 2012/13: Creating an Innovative, Compelling and Sustainable Business	Pamela Hartigan is the Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Saïd Business School.	0:59:40	Pamela Hartigan	19 Mar 2013
3		Building a Business 2012/13: Be a New Kind of Leader, Fit for the 21st Century	John Knights is the Co-founder and Chairman of Leadershape Ltd	0:56:13	John Knights	19 Mar 2013
4	Creative Commons	Building a Business 2012/13: Understanding Financial Control	Simon Husband is the Director of Richardsons Financial Group.	1:06:55	Simon Husband	19 Mar 2013
5	Creative Commons	Building a Business 2012/13: Raising Capital, Doing Deals	Lucius Cary OBE is the Managing Director of Oxford Technology Management and Entrepreneur in Residence at the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.	0:47:51	Lucius Cary	19 Mar 2013
6	Creative Commons	Building a Business 2012/13: Marketing and Product Development	Eze Vidra is Head of Campus at the new Google startup space in East London. Previously, Eze was a Strategic Partnerships Development Manager at Google London.	0:34:04	Ezequiel Vidra	19 Mar 2013
7		Building a Business 2012/13: From Business Models to Business Plans	Dorothea Ringe is Programme Manager at the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Barbara Diehl is the Centre Manager. Together, they manage a portfolio of entrepreneurial courses and activities.	1:03:49	Dorothea Ringe, Barbara Diehl	19 Mar 2013
8	Creative Commons	Building a Business 2012/13: Protecting your Ideas: Intellectual Property	Jeremy is Chef vom Dienst at European Patent Office, Munich	1:21:38	Jeremy Philpott	15 Mar 2013
9	Creative Commons	Building a Business 2012/13: Taking the First Steps: Company Basics	Martin Chilcott, founder and CEO of 2 degrees, specialises in the environment and education. 2 degrees is the largest community for sustainable business globally.	0:43:55	Martin Chilcott	15 Mar 2013
10	Creative Commons	Oxford at Said Seminar: Oxford and Oxfam working together on the ethics of war, weapons and humanitarian aid	The practice of protecting unarmed civilians amidst the fierce violence of international and non-international war contends with extreme political realities and rapidly developing robotic weapons technology. Hear how Oxford and Oxfam are working together.	1:08:53	Hugo Slim, Jane Cocking, Alexander Leveringhaus	14 Mar 2013
11		Oxford at Said Seminar: Neuroscience	This Oxford at Said seminar showcases some of Oxfords most exciting new research in the area of Neuroscience.	0:56:40	Susan Greenfield, Zam Cader, Laura Suter-Dick	13 Aug 2012
12		Oxford at Said: Migration, Life on the Move	An exploration of global migration and development and the economics of migrant labour.	1:27:42	Hein de Haas, Carlos Vargas-Silva	19 Jan 2011
13		Second Sir Douglas Hague Annual Lecture: Professor Raymond Dwek	Professor Dwek explores Oxford University's strong track record of interacting with the commercial world.	0:53:30	Raymond Dwek	19 Jan 2011
14		Resilience and adaptation in complex city systems	James Simmie (Department of Planning, Oxford Brookes University) develops an evolutionary economics approach to adaptation and change in urban economies.	0:43:20	James Simmie	15 Dec 2010
15	Creative Commons	Sustainable development and crime in the urban Caribbean	David Howard (University Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development, University of Oxford) looks at larger concerns over social and spatial equity, conceptual approaches to sovereignty and the practical interpretation of sustainable forms of justice.	0:45:34	David Howard	15 Dec 2010
16		Global migration and the future of le droit à la ville	Michael Keith (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford) interrogates how we think about urban change and normative theory in cities experiencing high levels of international migration.	0:49:53	Michael Keith	15 Dec 2010
17	Creative Commons	New business models for low-carbon cities	Mark Hinnells (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford) explores the impact of policy measures to deliver a low-carbon economy on the development of new business models for low-carbon cities.	0:52:14	Mark Hinnells	16 Nov 2010
18		Sustainable urban development to 2050 - complex transitions in the built environment of cities	Tim Dixon (Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University) looks at 'critical success factors' that need to be in place for cities to be more sustainable by 2050.	0:42:01	Tim Dixon	16 Nov 2010
19		The paralyzed frog, water supply services and sustainable cities	Rob Hope (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford) gives a talk on institutional innovations and new financial models for sustainable water as part of a seminar series on the Future of Cities.	0:41:16	Rob Hope	16 Nov 2010
20		Medical Innovation 2010: Keynote Address and Closing Remarks	A Keynote Address given by Sir William Castell, Chairman of the Wellcome Trust and closing remarks given by Prof Colin Mayer, Peter Moores Dean, Said Business School	1:14:44	William Castell, Colin Mayer	02 Aug 2010
21		Medical Innovation 2010: Parallel Session 8	Financing Innovation: How can we utilise novel mechanisms to fund innovation?	1:29:42	Rob James, Shelagh Wilson, Javier Guzman, Adrian Towse	02 Aug 2010
22		Medical Innovation 2010: Parallel Session 7	Evaluating Innovation: How do we evaluate innovation appropriately?	1:27:56	Stephen Richards, Kalipso Chalkidou, Robyn Norton, Paul Glasziou	02 Aug 2010
23		Medical Innovation 2010: Parallel Session 6	Clinical Entrepreneurship	1:31:31	Oliver Bernath, Jake Arnold-Forster, Richard Darch, Mike Stein	02 Aug 2010
24		Medical Innovation 2010: Parallel Session 5	Entrepreneurship in the Community	1:37:18	Pamela Hartigan, Joop Tanis, Andrea Coleman, Deborah Szebeko	02 Aug 2010
25		Medical Innovation 2010: Parallel Session 4	Change and Innovation: What are the obstacles to change in complex health organisations in the UK?	1:49:39	Sue Dopson, Keith Ruddle, Andrew Pettigrew, Allan Cole	02 Aug 2010
26		Medical Innovation 2010: Parallel Session 2	Healthcare Service Innovations: How do we provide high quality healthcare with decreased resources globally?	1:38:49	Steve Fairman, Keith Willet, Thulsi Ravilla, Peter McCulloch	02 Aug 2010
27		Medical Innovation 2010: Parallel Session 1	Innovation to Practice: What are the challanges to bringing innovative drugs and devices into healthcare delivery and practice globally?	1:37:24	Lionel Tarassenko, Constantin Coussios, Peter Dobson, Christopher Elias	02 Aug 2010
28		Medical Innovation 2010: Opening Remarks and Keynote Address	Opening remarks for the Medical Innovation 2010 Conference and a Keynote Address given by Prof Baron Peter Piot, The Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, 'Harnessing Innovation to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Global Health Landscape'	1:00:51	Sue Dopson, Andrew Hamilton, Peter Piot	02 Aug 2010
29		Oceans research: News from the "Big Blue"	This Oxford at Said seminar was dedicated to the subject of oceans. Three researchers from the University of Oxford cover the topics oceans and the impact of climate change, understanding ocean ecology and how to generate energy from the tides.	1:33:22	Ros Rickaby, Martin Speight, Guy Houlsby	08 Jun 2010
30		What does it take to make a good idea successful?	Successful medical innovation requires knowing how to secure resources and support.	0:58:06	Oliver Bernath, Mark Taylor	07 Dec 2009
31		Inaugural Sir Douglas Hague Lecture: Lord Drayson	Lord Drayson is currently Minister of Science and Innovation in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. In this lecture he will reflect on the opportunities and challenges the next generation of post credit crunch entrepreneurs will face.	0:26:16	Paul Drayson, Marshall Young, Douglas Hague	20 Nov 2009
32		BEYOND KYOTO: Green Innovation and Enterprise for the 21st Century - Opening Address	There is a great deal of innovation in the areas of green enterprise and clean technology in Oxford and the greater Oxford-London-Cambridge region, presenting an infrastructural advantage supported by world-class universities and businesses.	0:37:58	Michael Liebreich	07 May 2009

#		Episode Title	Description	People	Date
1		Building a Business: Managing People, Managing Teams (slides)	Slides to accompany Tim Cook's tak "Managing People, Managing Teams".	Tim Cook	22 Feb 2012
2		Building a Business: Marketing and Product Development (slides)	Slides to accompany Patrick Mawhood's talk "Marketing and Product Development".	Patrick Mawhood	22 Feb 2012
3	Creative Commons	Building a Business: Evaluating a Venture Idea (slides)	Slides to accompany Pegram Harrison's talk "Evaluating a Venture Idea".	Pegram Harrison	22 Feb 2012