The below video features the opening keynote speech from Professor Brian Collins, Director
of the Centre for Engineering Policy at UCL and former Chief Scientific
Advisor to two government departments (Transport 2006-11; Business
Innovation and Skills 2009-11).
Professor Collins covered a wide range of issues, including the
Haldane principle (the idea that research funding should be independent
of political interference), introduced a case study about how government
and scientists responded to the 2010 volcanic ash/civil aviation
events, and fielded questions from the audience, including one about the
difficulties of regulating controversial research at the international
level.
What do you think? Please use the comment section below to pick up on any points…
