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Seminars

A series of six one-hour seminars running in the morning and afternoon of the event will allow delegates to understand complex areas of specific interest. The sessions will then open up into an interactive discussion on the key issues raised, giving you the chance to contribute to the debate as well as be updated on hot topics of the day. Some of the seminar areas that will be covered are as follows:

 

  • Seminar A:

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    Research Councils UK

  • Science Qualifications changing from 2011 - How does this affect you?
  • 21st Century Science - Inspiring experience of Science
  • Next Generation of World Class Scientists coming
  • Harnessing research and development in the search for new vaccines for HIV and AIDS, TB and Malaria
  • Excellence with impact – benefiting from collaboration
  • Fostering a skills revolution

  • The valuable contribution women are making to the UK's SET climate

  • Innovation in defence enterprise
  • Securing a sustainable world class workforce
  • Meeting the renewable energy challenge
  • Establishing cross sector working is essential to address the impacts of climate change
  • The skills demanded by a modern world in a globalised society
  • STEM skills to boost growth in areas of strategic importance
  • Aligning policy, regulation and government procurement in support of innovative solutions
  • Universities, science parks and high-tech and creative businesses provide the foundations
    on which we can re-build
  • Generating and exploiting new applications of technology
  • New technology is the answer to the global food crisis
  • Environmental science into policy and practice