August 2021
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When it happened…
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
What delegates came to discuss…
This conference was an opportunity to discuss key issues around the creation of the new agency, with the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill currently awaiting its second reading in the House of Lords.
Drawing on DARPA in the United States, the UK agency aimed to streamline research and development and support high-risk innovation.
We were pleased to be able to include a keynote session on progress with Sarah Hodgetts, Deputy Director for Science, Research and Innovation, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; as well as keynote contributions from Anne Sofield, Programme Director, Simpler and Better Funding, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI); and Dr Alan Bernstein, President & CEO, CIFAR.
The conference was also an opportunity to discuss the wider landscape for research and development in the UK following the publication of the Government’s R&D Roadmap, and how this dovetails with recent developments in the UK’s ambitions to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The agenda also brought out latest thinking on:
- key focus areas for research
- allocating research funding under ARIA, oversight and providing value for money, and freedom of information and public scrutiny
- developing the institutional research culture in ARIA and supporting high ambition
- ARIA’s role in the wider R&D system
Who attended…
Officials from the Animal and Plant Health Agency; BEIS; British Consulate General Calgary; the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport; the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory; Defra; the Department for the Economy, NI; the Department for Transport; Department of Health and Social Care; the Government Office for Science; HM Revenue & Customs; HM Treasury; the Information Commissioner's Office; the Intellectual Property Office; Office for National Statistics; the UK Space Agency; and the Welsh Government.
Representatives from Aerospace Technology Institute; AIRTO; BAE Systems; Bath Spa University; Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult; Fera Science; FTI Consulting; High Commission of Canada; LGC; LifeArc; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; MBDA Systems; National Institute for Health Research; Newcastle Joint Research Office; Newcastle University; NHS Highland; Northumbria University; Policy Connect; Roke Manor Research; SAGE Publishing; Science and Technology Facilities Council; Seqirus; Taylor Vinters; TBAT Innovation; Technopolis; Teesside University Business School; The British Academy; The Open University; UK Aerospace Research Consortium; UK Centre For Ecology & Hydrology; UKRI; UK Water Industry Research; University of Bristol; University of Cambridge; University of Edinburgh; University of Glasgow; University of Leeds; University of Lincoln; University of Sheffield; University of Southampton; University of Strathclyde; Wessex Institute and Worldwide Cancer Research.
Press: Politico Europe; University Business and ZDNet.
