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Recess Dates: 2011-2012
Christmas
House of Commons: Tuesday, Dec 20 - Tuesday, Jan 10.
House of Lords: Wednesday Dec 21 - Tuesday Jan 10

February
House of Commons: Thursday, Feb 9 - Monday, Feb 20.
House of Lords: Thursday Feb 16 - Monday Feb 27

Easter
House of Commons: Tuesday, Mar 27 - Monday Apr 16.
House of Lords: Wednesday Mar 28 - Monday Apr 16.

Whitsun
House of Commons: Thursday, May 24 - Monday, Jun 11.
House of Lords: Wednesday May 30 - Monday Jun 11

Summer
House of Commons: Tuesday, Jul 17 - Monday, Sept 3.
House of Lords: Wednesday Jul 25 - Monday Oct 8

Conference Recess
House of Commons: Tuesday, Sept 18 - Monday Oct 15.

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The next scheduled meetings of the Committee will be :-




Tuesday 24th January 2012 - PEER REVIEW: IS IT WORKING?
Addresses by:
  • Sir Mark Walport, FRS - Director, Wellcome Trust
  • Tracey Brown - Sense About Science
  • Dr Irene Hames - Editorial Consultant
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Tuesday 28th February 2012 - GROUND ENGINEERING - WHY IT MATTERS
Addresses by:
  • Professor Barry Clarke
  • Rodney Chartres
  • Professor John Burland
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Thursday 15th March 2012 - NSEW SEMINAR: MATHEMATICS MATTERS
Sponsored by the Council for Mathematical Sciences
To be chaired by Andrew Miller MP Speakers will include:
  • A Minister of State for Universities and Science, BIS - (TBC)
  • David Spiegelhalter FRS, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge
  • Jared Tanner, Professor of Mathematics of Information, University of Edinburgh
  • Malcolm MacCallum, Director, Heilbronn Institute, Bristol
  • Professor Sir Adrian Smith, Director General, Knowledge and Innovation, BIS - (TBC)
  • Deirdre Hollingsworth, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London
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Recent Meetings



2011


Tuesday 13th December - WHAT IS THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF RISK?
Addresses:
  • "ENGINEERING, ETHICS and RISK" Dr Chris Elliott FREng System Engineer and Barrister
  • "RISKY BUSINESS: RISK and REWARD ASSESSMENT in BUSINESS DECISION MAKING" David Simmons Managing Director, Analytics, Willis Re
  • "POWER LINES and PEOPLE A CASE STUDY in CONFLICTING ASSESSMENTS" Dr John Swanson FIET National Grid
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TUESDAY, 22nd NOVEMBER 2011 AT 5.30 pm - IS SCIENTIFIC FREEDOM THE ELIXIR OF CIVILISATION?

Addresses by Professor Don Braben, Professor James Ladyman Professor Ben Davis, and Professor David Delpy
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TUESDAY 8th NOVEMBER.
Annual Lunch in the Cholmondeley Room, House of Lords.
The Guest of Honour was Dr Mike Weightman, HM Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations and Executive Head at the Office of Nuclear Regulation.


TUESDAY, 18th OCTOBER 2011 AT 5.30 pm - WETTER, WARMER, WINDIER … WILL THE UK'S INFRASTRUCTURE COPE?
Members - download presentations from the special papers page.
Addresses:
  • "WHAT ARE THE LIKELY IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON INFRASTRUCTURE?" Professor Jim Hall FREng Director, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford
  • "WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ENGINEERING THE FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE, ENGINEERING AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION REPORT?" Professor Will Stewart FREng CEng MIET FInstP Chair of the Communications Policy Panel, Institution of Engineering and Technology IET
  • "WHAT ARE THE ISSUES AND ACTIONS REQUIRED?" Professor Brian Collins CB FREng Professor of Engineering Policy UCL Chairman, Engineering and Interdependency Expert Group

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Engineering the Future - briefing
TUESDAY, 12th JULY 2011 AT 5.30 pm - WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR PHARMA IN THE UK?
Addresses by Dr Richard Barker MA, Dr Michael Hutton, Richard Ascroft, and Dr Simon Campbell CBE FRS FRSC
PLEASE NOTE - CHANGE OF ROOM
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The Meeting will be followed by an informal reception.
Tuesday 14 June 2011 10.00 am - 2.30 pm
VISIT TO LGC
Queens Road, Teddington, London TW11 0LY
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For information: First female scientist appointed Deputy Government Chemist
Powerpoint presentation
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Tuesday 14th June - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: 4.30PM - MEMBERS PLEASE LOGIN AND SEE AGENDA AND PAPERS ABOVE.
Tuesday 14th June, 5.30PM - NUCLEAR ENERGY: WHAT ARE THE RISKS? WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES?
Addresses by Malcolm Grimston, Robin Grimes, and John Roberts
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Click to see background paper by Giles Chichester MEP


Tuesday 17th May - STRATEGIC METALS - HOW CAN GEOSCIENCE HELP INCREASE RESOURCES? HOW WILL A SUPPLY SHORTAGE IMPACT ON THE UK?
Addresses by Andrew Bloodworth MSc CGeol, Dr Hazel Prichard, Anthony Hartwell
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Tuesday 26th April - INFLUENZA: What are the likely threats of flu for the UK and how can science help ameliorate the consequences?
Members - login and go to Publications/Special papers page to download powerpoint presentations
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17th March 2011 - The Annual NSEW Seminar
"SPACE - HOW CAN WE USE IT?" National Science and Engineering Week Seminar, Thursday 17 March 2011, Westminster Hall, 10.00 to 13.00 hrs. This will be followed by an Open Reception in the Jubilee Room from 13.00 to 14.00 hrs.
The Meeting and Reception are co-sponsored by The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
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14th March 2011 - SET for BRITAIN


15th February 2011 - CAN THE ECONOMY SURVIVE WITHOUT A NATIONAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM?
Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House commencing at 5.30pm
  1. The Importance of the National Measurement System(NMS) and of Traceable Measurement - Dr Brian Bowsher, Managing Director, National Physical Laboratory.
  2. Dependence of Industry on the NMS for Manufacture and Innovation - Roger Digby, Head of Materials and Processes Integration, Aircraft Programmes, Airbus.
  3. UK Leadership in New Technologies through the NMS - David Richardson, Chief Executive, LGC.
The Reception and Chairman's Dinner will be jointly sponsored financially by NPL, LGC, NEL (National Engineering Laboratory) and UKAS (UK Accreditation Service).
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1st February 2011 - Discussion Meeting, Reception and Dinner. Medical Physics: From Blue-Skies to Bedside. Turning Today's Cutting-Edge Science into Tomorrow's Healthcare Technology

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2010
7th December - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY DIALOGUE WHAT IS THE PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE?
Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House commencing at 5.30pm
Addresses
Professor Robert Winston FMedSci House of Lords; Professor of Science and Society, Imperial College London
Dr Brian Johnson Chair of Public Dialogue Steering Group
Professor Douglas Kell BBSRC Chief Executive; The University of Manchester
Professor David Delpy EPSRC Chief Executive
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16th November - HOW ENGINEERING PROVIDES BETTER HEALTHCARE
Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House commencing at 5.30pm
Reception and Dinner sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering
Addresses
Professor Molly Stevens Professor of Biomedical Materials and Regenerative Medicine, Imperial College London
Professor Lionel Tarassenko FREng Director, Institute of Biomedical Engineering University of Oxford; Chair, RAE's "UK Focus for Biomedical Engineering"
Professor John Fisher FREng Director, Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineering University of Leeds
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27th October - Annual Lunch, Guest Speaker: The Rt Hon David Willetts MP. Download lunch letter and reply form
19th October - IS GLOBAL WATER SECURITY ACHIEVABLE? and THE CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE
Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House commencing at 5.30pm
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There will be a brief 15 minute Council Meeting in the Boothroyd Room Commencing at 17.00 hrs, immediately prior to the Discussion Meeting which commences at 17.30hrs
13th July, 4.30pm - SET for Britain meeting, Room 571 Portcullis House (office of Andrew Miller MP). Non pass holders will be met at the Portcullis House Main Entrance.

13th July - Science, Engineering and Politics
Addresses by
Lord Oxburgh FRS House of Lords
Professor Richard Kitney Director of Graduate School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Imperial College, London
Dr Julian Huppert MP Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
With a contribution, dependent on availability by
Pallab Ghosh Science Correspondent, BBC News
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TUESDAY 15th JUNE 2010 AT 6.30 pm
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKES & TSUNAMIS - HOW CAN WE REDUCE THE TOLLS ON HUMANITY?
Speakers:
Professor Steve Sparks FRS University of Bristol
Dr Rui Pinho Secretary-General of the Global Earthquake Model
Dr Tiziana Rossetto Director of Earthquake and People Interaction Centre (EPICENTRE) Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering University College London

Please note: this meeting will be preceded by the P&SC AGM between 6:00 and 6:30.

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THURSDAY 18th MARCH 2010 9:30am - 2:30pm
NSEW - National Science & Engineering Week - SEMINAR
"What is Seamless Weather Forecasting?"
"How Can We Forecast Years Ahead and Manage the Global Financial Risks Profitably?"
Chaired jointly by Ian Taylor MBE MP, Professor John Beddington FRS and BIS Civil Servant (TBC)
Speakers will include:
  • John Hirst, Chief Executive, Met Office
  • Dr Vicky Pope Head of Climate Change Advice Met Office
  • Dr Matt Huddleston FRMetS, Principal Consultant, Climate Change, Met Office
  • Stephen Leonard, Chief Executive, IBM UK and Ireland
  • Matt Foote, Research Director, Willis Research Network
  • Christopher N Bray, Environmental Risk, Policy Management, Barclays
  • Peter Gibbs, Broadcast Meteorologist
  • Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor, The Independent
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SET for BRITAIN 2010 Event: Monday 8th March 2010
SET for Britain Exhibition of Posters by early-stage and early-career research scientists, engineers and technologists

The day was divided into three separate areas with the following timings.
  • 12.30 pm - 2.30 pm Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry)
  • 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm Engineering
  • 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm Biological and Biomedical Science

The final of the 2010 SET for BRITAIN event took place in the House of Commons Marquee on Monday, 8th March 2010, sponsored by Dr Douglas Naysmith MP, Chairman of the SET for BRITAIN organising group of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. More information from www.setforbritain.org.uk


TUESDAY, 9th FEBRUARY 2010 AT 5.30 pm
INNOVATIVE MARINE ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE - ARE WE SWIMMING OR SINKING?
Addresses by
Professor Peter Liss University of East Anglia; The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology IMarEST
Colin Summerhayes President, Society for Underwater Technology; The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology IMarEST
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TUESDAY, 19th JANUARY 2010 AT 5.30 pm
WHAT ARE THE PROBABLE SOCIAL IMPACTS OF THE LATEST BRAIN RESEARCH?
Addresses by
Professor David Nutt FRCPsych FMedSci The Edmond J Safra Chair in Neuropsychopharmacology Division of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College
Professor Colin Blakemore FMedSci FRS Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford Chairman, Neuroscience Research Partnership, Singapore
Rudi Fortson Independent Practising Barrister; Visiting Professor of Law, Queen Mary, University of London

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2009


TUESDAY, 15th DECEMBER 2009 AT 5.30 pm
COME BACK GM - ALL IS FORGIVEN?
Addresses by
Professor Peter Shewry Acting Director, Head of Centre for Crop Genetic Improvement Rothamsted Research
Professor Howard J. Atkinson Lead, Africa College, University of Leeds
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WEDNESDAY, 25th NOVEMBER 2009 9.00 am - 12.00 pm
VISIT TO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD

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TUESDAY, 10th NOVEMBER 2009 AT 5.30 pm
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS - HOW BEST TO ADAPT TO THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING?
Addresses by
Lord Broers FREng FRS Chairman Diamond Light Source Ltd
Professor Paul Ekins Professor of Energy and Environment Policy UCL Energy Institute, University College London
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Tuesday 14th July
Discussion Meeting - Carbon Capture and Storage
Addresses by
Charles Hendry MP Shadow Minister for Energy, House of Commons
Dr Andy Read E.ON UK Clean Coal Development Manager, Project Manager, CCS Project, Kingsnorth Power Station, Kent
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Tuesday 7th July at 08.30 am
PARLIAMENTARY BREAKFAST BRIEFING
NANOTECHNOLOGY - Should we be worried?

Addresses by
Dr Alec Reader Director Nanoktn
Dr Stephanie Lacour University Research Fellow of the Royal Society, Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering and Research Fellow of Kings College

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Tuesday 16th June
Discussion Meeting - Medical Testing
Addresses by
Professor Michael Baum MB ChB FRCS MD FRCR(Hon) Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Visiting Professor Of Medical Humanities University College London
Professor Karol Sikora MA MBBCh PhD FRCR FRCP FFP Dean of the Medical School at the University of Buckingham; Scientific Director, Medical Solutions PLC
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Tuesday 19th May
Discussion Meeting - TAKING SCIENCE TO THE STREET
Addresses by
Professor Anthony J Ryan OBE Pro-Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Science, Sheffield University; Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer 2002, Street Science Lecturer BBC Radio 4
Dr Daniel Glaser Head of Special Projects in Public Engagement, Wellcome Trust Co-chair of Café Scientifique at the Photographers’ Gallery
Dr Maewan Ho Editor & Art Director for Science in Society; The Institute of Science in Society
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Tuesday 21st April
Annual General Meeting followed by Discussion Meeting - Security Technology and Individual Freedom
Addresses by
Professor John Pethica FRS Chief Scientific Adviser National Physical Laboratory
Dr David Murakami Wood ESRC Research Fellow, Global Urban Research Unit Visiting Scholar, Postgraduate Programme in Urban Management Newcastle University
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Thursday 12th March 2-6 pm:
National Science and Engineering Week
Seminar: Do we Need Multiskilled Scientists and Engineers to manage Economic Recover and Climate Change?
jointly chaired by Dr Douglas Naysmith MP and Lord Drayson
Speakers include: Lord Drayson, Dr John Wood CBE FREng, Dr Andrew Taylor OBE FRSE, John Pethica FRS, David Bott, and Philip Wolfe
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Monday 9th March
SET for BRITAIN Poster Exhibition
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Tuesday 20th January 2009
HAVE WE PASSED PEAK OIL YET?
Dr Steven Koonin Chief Scientist, BP
Steven Sorrell Senior Fellow, Sussex Energy Group Science & Technology Policy Research (SPRU) University of Sussex
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