Science Question Time - Impact

Tuesday 5 July 2011

18:30 - 20:30

Imperial College London

 

Science Question Time is an exciting new venture between the Biochemical Society, the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) and staff at Imperial College London. At this, the third Science Question Time in London, we invited speakers and the audience to discuss impact. We looked at impact in its broadest sense - from economic to academic to political, as well as public engagement.

 

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After the event:

Searching Twitter for the hashtag #SciQT will provide you with a rich source of commentary from both during the event and the discussion following.

 

Blog posts:

Read Katya Yani-Vyas' two-part report on the CaSE blog: part 1 and part 2.

 

A podcast is available here (with thanks to Steve Cross, Head of Public Engagement at UCL for recording the event).

 

Chair and panelists:

 

James Wilsdon has been Director of the Science Policy Centre at the Royal Society since September 2008. From 2001 to 2008, James worked at the think tank Demos, first as Head of Strategy, then as Head of Science and Innovation. He has researched and published widely on science and innovation policy, sustainable development, emerging technologies and the globalisation of research. You can follow James on Twitter.

Philip Campbell is the Editor-in-Chief of Nature and responsible for the editorial standards of all Nature-branded publications. Philip joined Nature in 1979, becoming physical sciences editor in 1982. He left Nature in 1988 to be the founding editor of Physics World. He took up his present position in December 1995. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and a trustee of Cancer Research UK.

Jonathan Haskel is a Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School based in the Healthcare Management and Innovation and Enterprise Group. He is also School Research Director and has just finished eight years as a Member of the UK Competition Commission.  His work on the contribution of science to economic growth was extensively quoted by ministers in the run up to the 2010 Spending Review. His research centre is CERIBA (Centre for Research into Business Activity).

Clare Matterson is Director – Medical Humanities and Engagement at the Wellcome Trust, responsible for medical humanities, public engagement, media and communications, Wellcome Library and Wellcome Collection. In addition, she is a member of the Science Museum Advisory Committee, the Government’s High Level Strategy Committee for Science Education and a trustee for Enthuse.

Bob Ward has been the Policy and Communications Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment since November 2008. In addition to this role, he sits on the Executive Committee of the Association of British Science Writers and the board of the Science Media Centre. You can follow Bob on Twitter.