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Conference Report
PRGRAMME
Day 1, 30 May
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
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 conference was organised by the BA supported by COPUS
PRGRAMME
Day 1, 30 May
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
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 conference was organised by the BA supported by COPUS
