Risk and Resilience - Foundation Future Leaders Conference 2023

  • November 20, 2023 9:45 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Glaziers Hall, London, or online
Programme (353.1KB)

Science, technology and innovation have a major contribution to make to the complex challenges facing society. Designed specifically for early- to mid-career professionals with science, technology and innovation roles in the civil and wider public service, in industry and in the UK research community, this conference will examine three key issues - AI, the future of work, and energy security. Panellists are drawn from senior leaders and the Future Leaders Programme of the Foundation for Science and Technology. The event will be held in person - with plenty of time for networking with peers - and also online.

Dr Luke Reynolds MBE
Head of Policy - People and Planet, The Royal Society
Professor Helen Margetts OBE
Director of the Public Policy Programme at The Alan Turing Institute and Professor of Society and the Internet, University of Oxford
Esra Kasapoglu
Director of AI and Data Economy, Innovate UK
Professor Jillian MacBryde
Director of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Professor of Innovation & Operations Management, University of Strathclyde
Toby Peyton-Jones
Non-executive board member of the Department of Education, and former Director of HR, Siemens
Dr Rhys Morgan
Director of Engineering and Education, Royal Academy of Engineering
Professor Paul Monks
Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Energy Security & Net Zero
Professor Jim Watson
Director of the Institute for Sustainable Resources, UCL
Dr Joanne Wade OBE
Chief Strategic Adviser, Association for Decentralised Energy

Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers
Saxton Bampfylde
Innovate UK

This discussion appeared in the FST journal below.

The Journal for The Foundation of Science and Technology with a guest editorial from Sir Iain Gray. This edition covers Horizon Europe, the economics of climate change, data and technology in healthcare, the Foundation Future Leaders Conference and R&D in the UK economic strategy.

Volume 23, Issue 7