EVENTS
The Foundation organises events on key topics in science, research, technology or innovation, bringing together parliamentarians, civil servants, industrialists, researchers, learned societies, charities and others. Those events focus in particular on areas where there are policy decisions needed, which in turn need to be informed by this wide range of inputs and viewpoints. Summary reports are prepared for all events, and these - along with presentation slides, videos of speakers and audio files - are available online after events.
Filter: Year 2013
The economics of decarbonisation of the UK electricity supply – how much are we prepared to pay to meet carbon reduction targets?
- 2013
- Dinner, Discussion
Economics of decarbonisation of the UK electricty suppy - speakers James Smith CBE, Carbon Trust, Dr David Clarke FREng, CE, Energy Technologies Institute and Baroness Verma, DECC
Read MoreMaximising the value of the UK strengths in research, innovation and higher education
- 2013
- Dinner, Discussion
A debate on maximising the value of the UK strengths in research, innovation and higher education was held on 13th November, 2013. The speakers were Sir John O'Reilly, Ben Ritchie and Professor Geoff Rodgers
Read MoreDigital participation: how can digital access be made available to everyone?
- 2013
- Dinner, Discussion
A debate was held at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 31st October on Digital participation; how can digital access be made available to everyone? The report is now on the web site.
Read MoreCyber security: how secure are UK organisations from cyber theft of IP?
Cyber security
Read MoreRaising the bar - can learned societies and professional institutions particularly the engineering institutions do more to contribute to economic growth?
- 2013
- Dinner, Discussion
A debate on the theme of "Raising the bar - can learned societies and professional institutions particularly the engineering institutions do more to contribute to economic growth?" was held at the Royal Academy of Engineering on 24th September, 2013
Read MoreMaximising the use of public data – should research and publically acquired data be made more accessible?
- 2013
- Dinner, Discussion
Can university-business collaboration be used to maximise short-term economic growth and reduce unemployment levels in Wales?
- 2013
- Dinner, Discussion
Cities of the future – science, innovation and city management
- 2013
- Dinner, Discussion
Celebrating the centenary of the establishment of the Medical Research Council - What should be the research priorities for medical research over the next twenty-five years?
- 2013
- Dinner, Discussion
The Foundation celebrated the centenary of the establishment of the Medical Research Council with a debate on future priorities for medical research. Dr Sydney Brenner, Sir Paul Nurse, Sir John Savill and the Rt Hon David Willetts MP spoke during the debate.
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