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Council for Science and Technology: meeting summary, June 2024

Published 5 September 2024

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1. 础迟迟别苍诲别别蝉听

  • John Browne (Chair)听

  • Julia Black聽

  • Muffy Calder聽

  • Suranga Chandratillake聽聽

  • Jim Hall聽聽

  • Alexandra Jones聽

  • Saul Klein聽

  • Ottoline Leyser聽

  • Jim McDonald聽

  • Fiona Murray聽

  • Paul Newman聽聽

  • Carol Propper聽聽

  • Keith Ridgway聽

  • Brooke Rogers聽

  • Adrian Smith聽

  • Dave Smith聽

  • Paul Stein聽

  • Nick Stern聽

2. 础辫辞濒辞驳颈别蝉听

  • Jessica Glover聽

  • Max Lu聽

  • Angela McLean聽

  • Andrew Morris聽

3. 骋耻别蝉迟蝉听听

  • Dr Ilan Gur, Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)听

  • Antonia Jenkinson, ARIA Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer聽

  • Professor Mark Symes, ARIA Programme Director聽

  • Professor Jenny Read, ARIA Programme Director聽

  • Dr Gemma Bale, ARIA Programme Director聽

  • Professor Sarah Bohndiek, ARIA Programme Director

4. Discussion

  1. Members shared reflections on the joint meeting with the US President鈥檚 Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) in March. Members agreed the meeting provided a useful forum for sharing expertise, intelligence and discussing ways of working. It was agreed that these meetings should be held routinely.聽聽

  2. Members discussed progress on CST鈥檚 current projects and priorities for future CST advice. Members suggested a review of previous CST advice to collate existing recommendations across key themes, such as skills and scale-up finance.聽

  3. Dr Ilan Gur, CEO of the Advanced Innovation Research Agency (ARIA) and ARIA Programme Directors updated members on ARIA鈥檚 current research priorities. ARIA Programme Directors provided an overview of the opportunity spaces they have identified as areas of research with the potential to deliver transformative change, including on robotics, climate monitoring and measurement. Discussion covered areas where CST could provide support for ARIA鈥檚 work, including advising on the scope of research, improving awareness of ARIA鈥檚 mission, and connecting ARIA Programme Directors to experts in their wider networks.

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