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CSaP Annual Conference: UK science and technology for innovation, growth and society
The Royal Society, London
18 June 2024
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The future of science and technology in the UK
Keynote
- Chair: Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, British Academy
- Andrew Griffith, Former Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
- Chair: Rob Doubleday, Executive Director, CSaP
- Alicia Greated, Executive Director, Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE)
- Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, British Academy
- Hayaatun Sillem, CEO, Royal Academy of Engineering
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Parallel seminars
1) Envisaging a quantum future
- Chair: Hayaatun Sillem, CEO, Royal Academy of Engineering
- Helena Knowles, Assistant Professor, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
- Steve Brierley, CEO Riverlane
- Carolina Feijao, Senior Policy Adviser, Royal Academy of Engineering
To listen to the discussion and to read our report click here
2) Nature recovery – making it happen
- Chair: Dame Fiona Reynolds, Deputy Chair of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission; Chair of Governors at the Royal Agricultural University
- Matthew Gould, CEO, Zoological Society of London
- Jo Lucas, Capability Improvement Director, Co-Cre8 Ltd
- Silviu Petrovan, Senior Researcher, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
To listen to the discussion and to read our report click here
3) Retrofitting to decarbonise housing
- Chair: Becci Taylor, Director and Retrofit at Scale Business Leader, Arup
- Ronita Bardhan, Associate Professor of Sustainability in the Build Environment, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge
- Shaun Fitzgerald, Director, Centre for Climate Repair, University of Cambridge
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4) How will AI transform the education experience?
- Chair: Anna Vignoles, Director, Leverhulme Trust
- Kevin Martin, Managing Director, Digital Education Futures Initiative, University of Cambridge
- Imogen Casebourne, Research Lead, Digital Education Futures Initiative, University of Cambridge
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5) Is supporting green investment for the UK really a growth strategy?
- Chair: Nick Godfrey, Senior Adviser, Grantham Research Institute, LSE
- Dimitri Zenghelis, Senior Associate, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
- Anna Valero, Director, Growth Programme, LSE Centre for Economic Performance
- Niva Thiruchelvam, Executive, Hakluyt
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6) Institutional capacity for regional and economic social development
- Chair: Nicola Buckley, Director, Fellowships and Networks, CSaP
- Andrew Westwood, Professor of Government Practice, University of Manchester
- Owen Garling, Knowledge Transfer Facilitator, Bennett Institute for Public Policy
- Alison Clarke, Capacity and Capabilities Research Associate, Insights North East
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Future directions for the research-policy interface
- Chair: Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, British Academy
- William Cullerne Bown
- Anna Vignoles, Director, Leverhulme Trust
- Andrew Westwood, Professor of Government Practice, University of Manchester
- Closing remarks by Nicola Buckley, Director, Fellowships and Networks, CSaP
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Dr Ronita Bardhan
Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge
Dr Steve Brierley
Riverlane
Dr Alison Clarke
Insights North East
Dr Carolina Feijao
Royal Academy of Engineering
Dr Shaun Fitzgerald
Centre for Climate Repair
Owen Garling
Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
Matthew Gould
Zoological Society of London
Dr Alicia Greated
Campaign for Science and Engineering in the UK (CASE)
Andrew Griffith
Shadow Cabinet
Dr Helena Knowles
Department of Physics, University of Cambridge
Jo Lucas
Co-cre8
Dr Kevin Martin
Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI), University of Cambridge
Dr Silviu Petrovan
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Niva Thiruchelvam
Hakluyt
Dr Anna Valero
Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Professor Andy Westwood
University of Manchester
Dimitri Zenghelis
Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
Dr Rob Doubleday
Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge
Nick Godfrey
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. LSE
Dame Fiona Reynolds
National Audit Office
Hetan Shah
British Academy
Dr Hayaatun Sillem
Royal Academy of Engineering
Becci Taylor
ARUP
Professor Anna Vignoles
The Leverhulme Trust
Professor Anne Adams
The Open University
Dr Nick Cosstick
Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge
Dr Ramit Debnath
Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge
Professor Dame Theresa Marteau
Behaviour and Health Research Unit (BHRU), University of Cambridge
Professor Campbell Middleton
Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering & Technology
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Is supporting green investment for the UK really a growth strategy? CSaP Annual Conference 2024
On 18 June, ahead of the election of the new Labour government, Nick Godfrey, Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Grantham Institute, chaired a panel at the CSaP Annual Conference at The Royal Society in London. The panel included Dimitri Zenghelis, Niva Thiruchelvum, and Anna Valero, who discussed whether green investment for the UK is really a growth strategy?