EVIDENCE HEARING: Science budget and Industrial
Strategy
Tuesday 7 November 2017 at 11.00 am, Committee Room 15,
Palace of Westminster
The Science and
Technology Committee holds a one-off evidence
session on the Science budget and Industrial
Strategy. Watch it online at Parliament
TV.
Witnesses:
At 11.00 am
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Rebecca Endean, Strategy Director, UK Research and
Innovation
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Professor Richard Jones, Pro-Vice Chancellor for
Research and Innovation, University of Sheffield
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Professor Paul Boyle, Chair, Research Policy Network,
Universities UK
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Alun Evans, Chief Executive, British Academy
At 12 noon
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Dr Ruth McKernan, Chief Executive, Innovate UK
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Dr David Connell, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for
Business Research, University of Cambridge
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Tom Thackray, Director for Innovation, CBI
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Tom Morrison-Bell, Head of Public Affairs,
techUK
The hearing will examine the action needed to hit the
Government’s target of increasing R&D expenditure to reach
2.4% of GDP; the rationale and linkages between the Industrial
Strategy Challenge Fund and ‘sector deals’; the balance of
funding for research and innovation; the relative importance of
particular innovation support initiatives; ‘place’-based
initiatives for science and innovation; and collaborative
research after Brexit.
