the-BA : 2002 Conference Archive

2002 Conference Report

PROGRAMME

Day 1, 30 May 2002

09.00 - Registration and refreshments

Chair: Professor Helen Haste - Department of Psychology, University of Bath

10.00 - Welcome and opening remarks

10.10 - Keynote address: Engaging in dialogue with NGOs
Geraldine Schofield - Head of Regulatory Affairs Foods Research, Unilever

10.50 - Discussion

11.15 - Refreshments

11.45 - Session 1: Dialogue in practice
Diana Garnham - Chief Executive, Association of Medical Research Charities
Dr Graham Farmelo - Director, Dana Centre, Science Museum
Dr Steve Rayner - Director, Science and Society Programme, Economic and Social Research Council

12.15 - Discussion

13.00 - Lunch

Chair: Dr Jon Turney Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London

14.15 - Session 2: Issue-specific communication
Sir Peter Williams - Chairman, Engineering and Technology Board
Dr Mark Matfield - Executive Director, RDS—Understanding Animal Research in Medicine
Lord Melchett - Policy Director, The Soil Association, environmental consultant and former Executive Director, Greenpeace UK

14.45 - Discussion

15.30 - Refreshments

16.00 - Session 3: E-Democracy—the way forward for dialogue?
Dr Simon Joss - The Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster
Dr David Newman - School of Management & Economics, Queen’s University, Belfast
Dr Stephen Coleman - Director of the e-Democracy Programme at the Hansard Society

16.20 - Discussion

17.00 - End day 1

18.00 to 19.30 - Drinks reception
Benjamin Franklin Room, Royal Society of Arts
Evening Address - Nick Ross

Day 2, 31 May 2002

09.00 - Registration and refreshments

Chair: Sir Richard Brook -Director, Leverhulme Trust
09.30 - Opening remarks

09.45 - Session 4: Communicating research
Professor Julia Goodfellow - Chief Executive, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Professor Michael Worton - Arts and Humanities Research Board member and Vice- Provost at University College London
Peter Dunn Press Officer - University of Warwick

10.15 - Discussion

11.00 - Refreshments

Chair: Juliet Upton - Chair of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine Public Relations Association (STEMPRA)

11.30 - Session 5: When to engage in dialogue?
Caroline Hurren - Head of Consultation and Education, The Wellcome Trust
Professor Jacquie Burgess - Department of Geography, University College London
Dr Kate Millar Centre for Applied Bioethics, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham

12.00 - Discussion

12.45 - Closing remarks

Professor Colin Blakemore - Chairman, The BA

13.00 - Lunch

End day 2

The 2002 conference was organised by the BA supported by COPUS

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