Lord Vallance joins us to explore how science and innovation can drive economic growth and productivity.
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As part of its mission to make the UK the fastest-growing economy in the G7, the government has embarked upon a new industrial strategy. Science and innovation feature prominently, with life sciences identified as holding “enormous potential to drive economic growth and productivity” in the decades ahead. So how can this potential be fulfilled?
The next few months present a window of opportunity for the business sector, expert organisations and government to work together to devise a long-lasting industrial approach. The Institute for Government is convening a panel of experts to discuss how the government can deliver on its science and industrial strategy objectives.
So, what can be done to ensure the new industrial strategy can endure when others have not? Where has science and technology helped drive UK economic growth? What should be the balance between directing science and technology explicitly towards driving UK economic growth versus other objectives like boosting health? And what can the UK learn from other countries?
We will be joined by:
Lord Vallance, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
Giles Wilkes, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government
Amanda Wolthuizen, Vice-President (Strategic Engagement) and Chief of Staff to the President at Imperial College London
Final speakers to be announced
The event will be chaired by Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute for Government.
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This event is kindly supported by Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK.
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