February 2022
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This conference focused on priorities for supporting research and innovation and was an opportunity to examine the issues in the context of the Government’s Innovation Strategy, looking at its main elements, objectives, and potential implementation issues.
The conferen took place in the context of COVID-19, and we expected discussion to look at how the experience of collaboration during the pandemic can be taken forward, and how strategies outlined in the Government’s Build Back Better plan for recovery can impact the sector.
Delegates also considered priorities for the workforce and evaluate the proposals in the R&D People and Culture Strategy for delivering improvements, as well as further measures that may be necessary.
We were pleased to be able to include keynote sessions with:
- Shahid Omer, Deputy Director, Innovation Strategy, BEIS
- Paul Mason, Director, Innovation Policy, Innovate UK
- Lord O’Neill, Chairman, Northern Gritstone
- Professor Mark Ferguson, Director General, Science Foundation Ireland; and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Irish Government
The conference was an opportunity for stakeholders to consider the issues alongside key policy officials who attended from: BEIS; the Cabinet Office; the Government Office for Science; the IPO; the Office for Life Sciences; the UK Science & Innovation Network; the UK Space Agency; the DCMS; Defra; DAERA, NI; the Department for the Economy, NI; the DfT; the DIT; the DHSC; the DSTL; the Environment Agency; the FCDO; the Geospatial Commission; HMRC; Transport Scotland; The Scottish Government; and the Welsh Government - as well as parliamentary pass-holders from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.
