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Timed to examine the new Government's plans for UK science and innovation policy, and informed by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee's inquiry on Priorities for science, this seminar will bring together key stakeholders from the academic community and R&D-intensive industries with policymakers.
Following the Coalition Government's focus on 'eight great technologies', delegates will discuss how public funding priorities for science should be decided into the future and how to encourage further private sector investment into UK R&D - as well as the implementation and record so far of the Science and Innovation Strategy, announced following the 2014 Autumn Statement.
Further sessions consider more widely latest opportunities for UK universities and business to collaborate on the commercialisation of emerging technologies.
We are delighted that Dr Jack Metthey, Director, Policy Development and Coordination, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission has agreed to deliver a keynote address at this seminar.
Dr Patrick Bonnett, Head of Economic Development, UK & International, Fera Science; Jason Crain, Director of Research, National Physical Laboratory; Dr Malcolm Parry, Managing Director and CEO, Surrey Research Park; Dr John Lloyd, UK Chartered & European Patent Attorney and Director, Script IP;Professor Jacques Penders, Head of the Centre for Automation and Robotics Research, Sheffield Hallam University; Deputy Director, Sheffield Centre for Robotics and Chair, BARA Academic Forum for Robotics; Professor Graeme Reid, Chair of Science and Research Policy, University College London; Dr Nigel Salter, Managing Director, 2-DTech; Dr Mike Short, Head of Research and Development, Telefónica UK (O2); Carthage Smith, Senior Policy Analyst and Lead Co-ordinator, Global Science Forum, OECD and Gary Woodman, Executive Director, Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership have also agreed to speak at this seminar.
Rt Hon the Lord Rooker, former Minister of State for Sustainable Farming, Food and Animal Welfare, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has kindly agreed to chair a session at this seminar.
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