SPRITE+ Expert Clinic: speak to an expert about a TIPSS challenge
- spriteplus
- 4 days ago
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Is your organisation facing a Digital TIPS (Trust, Identity, Privacy or Security) problem which could benefit from the input of a specific expert?
Our Expert Fellow network comprises over two hundred Expert Fellows - subject matter experts in specialist areas of TIPSS. The aim of this initiative is to make this body of expertise accessible to organisations addressing practical challenges and seeking a specific expert input. SPRITE+ will act as a triaging platform to enable organisations meet an Expert Fellow with expertise relevant to their issue.
How can you benefit from an Expert Clinic?
Gain a better understanding of the challenge you’re facing.
Have a free of charge meeting with a subject matter expert.
The opportunity to discuss further collaboration following the clinic
Learn more about the match-making process here:
Please submit an expression of interest via our Airtable form.
Once we receive your expression of interest, we will aim to connect you with an Expert Fellow who has relevant expertise.
Frequently asked questions
How do you match organisations and Expert Fellows?
Once an organisation submits a problem statement, SPRITE+ matches them with best-suited Expert Fellow (who has registered an interest in providing this services). SPRITE+ then provides the identified Expert Fellow with the problem statement. In the case that the Expert Fellow is interested and has capacity to engage with the organisation, SPRITE+ will provide the contact details of the Expert Fellow to the organisation.
What can organisations expect from meeting with an Expert Fellow?
As organisational needs vary and can be unique, we do not impose any specific format on the clinic. However, we encourage organisations to have a clear idea about what kind of information they would like to elicit from the Expert Fellows and formulate a particular objective of the meeting.
These will be shared with Expert Fellows before the meeting, enabling Expert Fellows to have a clear understanding of what organisation expect from them. Organisational objectives might include, but are not limited to:
Developing a better understanding of a poorly specified problem,
Exploring key developments in a particular field/technology relevant to their organisation,
Exploring avenues to addressing a complex problem,
Building a relationship with an Expert Fellow that can extend beyond the initial
clinic.
Is one hour is enough to provide in-depth insight into the problem of area of interest?
The initial sponsored meetings are not intended to provide in-depth insight or specific advice. In case organisations would like to continue engagement with the specific Expert Fellow, they are expected to make their own arrangements with regards to fees and other terms of engagement. This is out of scope of the initial clinic session.
What happens after the meeting?
We will ask both parties to complete feedback form so that we can keep improving and finetuning the clinic service. After that it is entirely up to the organisation and the Expert Fellows. The organisation may decide the objectives of the meeting have been achieved and no further engagement is necessary.
Alternatively, the organisation may decide they would like to continue the relationship with the Expert Fellow in the form of a consultancy project, expert advice, a workshop, executive education, etc. SPRITE+ will not be directly involved in this.
Do SPRITE+ Expert Fellows have professional indemnity insurance?
SPRITE+ does not require Expert Fellows to have professional liability insurance. Nor is SPRITE+ responsible for the content or the quality of the information provided by expert fellows. If the expert fellow is working within the context of their employment (most likely a university), then their employer will usually have insurance to cover this.
If they are operating independently then professional indemnity insurance will be their own responsibility. Note we would not expect for the issue of insurance to be relevant to the clinic session itself as the expert fellow will not be providing advice as such. This will only become relevant in the event of further collaboration.