About Impact Ignite
About
This conference is the brainchild of the team at the Research Impact Academy, an impact specific business that has been operating for 10 years. You can find out more about us here.
We identified a gap when looking at the options of conferences tailored to the growing field of researchers, professionals and organisations working to create, support or evaluate research impact. Yes, there are administration conferences (e.g ARMA & EARMA) that include research impact streams. Still, there is no conference that is dedicated only to this topic particularly with a focus on learning and method to build community.
Indeed, at RIA, we have the online annual Research Impact Summit that aims to fill some of this gap. However, it lacks the community-building element that can only be achieved through a live event. Therefore, we wanted to deliver a different event that is open to anyone to share experiences and strategies for how they go about achieving and reporting research impact.
We hope you will join us in building the community.
Information
Organiser
The Impact Ignite 2025 conference has been created and will be delivered by the Research Impact Academy.
+61 405 721 141
info@impactignite2025.com
Conference Organising Committee
Convenors
Dr Tamika Heiden
Director
Research Impact Academy
Kate Shook
Research Impact Officer
Research Impact Academy
Committee Members
Aurelija Povilaike
Head of Nataional Contact Point Unit
Research Council of Lithuania
Dr Ged Hall
Researcher Development and Culture Team Leader
University of Leeds
Dr Mhairi Stewart
Acting Head of Public Engagement and Impact Unit
Natural History Museum, Berlin -Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
Dr Jackie Reynolds
Research Impact Officer, University of Manchester
Tadhg Caffrey
Head of Research and Impact, the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, UCL.