http://www.foundation.org.uk Foundation for Science and Technology RSS Feed en-us Foundation for Science and Technology Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:14:03 EST 240 http://www.foundation.org.uk/images/gif/logo.gif http://www.foundation.org.uk http://www.foundation.org.uk/journal/detail.htm?j=35Reports in the latest issue of the journal are on astronauts, engineering and society, innovation, digital Britain, climate change and Scotland, critical infrastructure, synthetic biology and the role of learned societies Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:14:03 GMT http://www.foundation.org.uk/events/detail.htm?e=429John D Liu, Film Director, China; Michael Norton MBE, Managing Director, Water and Power, Halcrow; Jennifer Schooling, Research Business Manager, Arup; and Professor Chris Whitty FRCP, Chief Scientist, Department for International Development.Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.foundation.org.uk/events/detail.htm?e=428The Lord Rees of Ludlow OM Kt FRS HonFREng, President, The Royal Society and Master, Trinity College, Cambridge; Sir Paul Nurse FRS FMedSci, President, The Rockefeller University and Member, Council for Science and Technology; Sir Richard Friend FRS FREng, Cavendish Professor, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge; and Professor Adrian Smith FRS, Director General Science and Research, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.foundation.org.uk/events/detail.htm?e=427Sir Adam Roberts KCMG PBA, President, British Academy; The Lord Rees of Ludlow OM Kt PRS HonFREng, President, The Royal Society; and David Sweeney, Director, Research, Innovation and Skills, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.foundation.org.uk/events/detail.htm?e=426Professor John Beddington CMG FRS, Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Government Office of Science; The Lord Jay Ewelme GCMG, House of Lords and Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE); and The Lord Oxburgh KBE FRS HonFREng, House of Lords and Chair, UEA Climate Science Assessment Panel.Wed, 2 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.foundation.org.uk/events/detail.htm?e=425Dr Hermann Hauser CBE FREng, Member, The Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology and Co-Founder of Amadeus Capital Partners; Professor David Delpy FRS FREng FMedSci, Chief Executive, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; and The Lord Broers FRS FREng, Chair, Diamond Light Source, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge and former Chair, The House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology.Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.foundation.org.uk/events/detail.htm?e=424Sir Mark Walport FMedSci, Director, The Wellcome Trust and Chair, Science and Mathematics for 21st Century Report; Sir John Holman, Director, National Science Learning Centre, York; and Professor Lisa Jardine CBE, Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, Queen Mary, London, and Chair, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.foundation.org.uk/events/detail.htm?e=423The Rt Hon the Lord Adonis, Secretary of State, Department for Transport; Iain Coucher, Chief Executive, Network Rail; Guillaume Pepy, Président, National Society of French Railways (SNCF) and Chairman, Eurostar; and Terry Hill FREng, Chairman, Transport Markets, Arup.Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.foundation.org.uk/events/detail.htm?e=422Capt. Neil Armstrong, First man on the moon; Capt. Jim Lovell, Commander Apollo 13; Capt. Gene Cernan, Last man on the Moon; Bob Gilliland, Test Pilot; General Steve Ritchie, US Air Force fighter ace; and David Hartman, Former host "Good Morning America".Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.foundation.org.uk/events/detail.htm?e=421Dr David Willetts MP, MP for Havant and Shadow Minister for Universities and Skills; Professor Alan Thorpe, Chair, RCUK Executive Group and Chief Executive, Natural Environment Research Council; and Sir Anthony Cleaver, Chair, EngineeringUK.Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.foundation.org.uk/events/detail.htm?e=420Professor Richard Kitney OBE FREng, Professor of Biomedical Systems Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Senior Dean and Director of the Graduate School of Engineering and Physical Science, Imperial College London; Professor Pamela A Silver, Director, Harvard University Graduate Program in Systems Biology, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard University; and Professor Nikolas Rose, Director, BIOS Research Centre for the study of Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society, London School of Economics and Politics.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT