Collaboration Café is a new on-campus initiative for research colleagues interested in meeting people from other disciplines, to explore new forms of working, new collaborations or serendipitous gain.

The open access sessions will be held on the third Tuesdays of the month from September to December, in the Work in Progress Space, Alexandra Square. The first session on Tuesday 17^th September 8.30-10am. You do not have to attend the whole session, just drop in any time during the 90 minutes.

The informal sessions are a chance for researchers to engage with others from across the University, and explore potential new collaborations.

A Business Development Manager/Research Development Manager and facilitator will be present with resources available to help you get started.

Café dates and times are as follows:

• Tuesday 17^th September, 8.30-10am
• Tuesday 15^th October, 12.30-2pm
• Tuesday 19^th November, 8.30-10am
• Tuesday 17^th December, 12.30-2pm

Coffee and cookies await those traditionally unlikely collaborators, wanting to generate new research ideas at Lancaster University.