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Professor Martin Bache: from the University of Swansea emphasises the importance of thinking about the knowledge exchange and impact that occurs from the flow of people from research into industry and vice versa. An important route to commercial impact has also been his close working with Rolls Royce.

Ian Lazarus: at the STFC Daresbury Laboratory provides technical and engineering support to nuclear physicists. However, the work of him and his colleagues at the Nuclear Physics Group (NPG) has potential impact beyond his field and applications to the medical and security industries. Further collaborations have resulted from networking which means a new technology in development may help improve future diagnosis of cancer.

Professor Nick Jennings: is from the University of Southampton and has led an award winning project with BAE Systems which has generated a number of patents and technologies. Success has been due to the constant and regular cooperation and communication with the users of research to ensure research outputs were applied effectively and to steer the direction of the research.

Professor Lucio Piccirillo: from the University of Manchester highlights how talking to people outside of his own discipline of radioastronomy has led to many impact opportunities. He encourages other researchers to talk to researchers outside their field when completing their Pathways to Impact and highlights the value of building up a network of contacts.

Professor Rhodri Williams: from the University of Swansea changed the direction of his research from the rheology of industrial engineering fluids to rheology of blood coagulation through a chance meeting. As a result, Swansea is now seen as a world-leading centre in this field and him and his colleagues have two spin-out two companies, and are having a clinical impact in local hospitals. He now regularly engages with a wide variety of users including the general public, as the feedback he receives from them has been invaluable to his research.

Professor Nick Tyler: from University College London researches how people interact with the environment which has led him to set up the Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory (PAMELA). To maximise the impact of his research he has engaged with users and the public which has led to a collaboration with Thameslink2000 train link in London which has had national impact for train design in the UK.