The R&D Society

The Research & Development Society is an independent membership organisation for the UK Research and Development (R&D) community

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

R&D and the Comprehensive Spending Review @UKSPA Webinar, 24/9, with Daniel Rathbone @ScienceCampaign Lee Hopley @ERC_UK Dan Cochlin @NP_Partnership Colette Cohen (@ColetteOGTC) and Iain Simpson @RandDSociety on stimulating R&D for more sustainable futures https://t.co/O6TFlFDyAo

[UKSPA @UKSPA]

REGISTER TODAY - Daniel Rathbone @sciencecampaign, Lee Hopley @ERC_UK, Dan Cochlin @NP_Partnership @ColetteOGTC & Iain Simpson @RandDSociety on lifting investment in R&D & how we can stimulate R&D for a more sustainable future #ukspa #airto #innovation #research #development

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

At midday @UKSPA / @AIRTOinnovation hosts ‘The Future of the #RandD landscape‘ with @FelicityBurch, Innovation/Digital @CBItweets; Dr Marie-Laure Hicks (@hicksml), Research & Innovation @RAEngNews; Dr Bryony Butland @UKRI_News; Dr @UdayPhadke @RandDSociety https://t.co/F1D8L1LQAG

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

#GeneralElection2019 hustings on Science, Research, Technology and Innovation, co-hosted by CaSE (@sciencecampaign), 19/11, with Stephen Metcalfe (@Metcalfe_SBET) [Con] @ChiOnwurah [Lab] @SamGyimah [LibDem] and Pallab Ghosh (@BBCPallab) [chair] #GE2019 https://t.co/P8sAfbGiIb

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

The CT Scan: @DrHenryMarsh on EMI, Sir Godfrey Hounsfield and the pioneering innovation in medical diagnostics, in the 1971 episode of The Decade That Invented the Future: The 1970s https://t.co/1OetkTKD8M

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

Bristol-based chipmaker Graphcore (@graphcoreai) secures funding from Microsoft and BMW, in round led by funds Atomico and Sofina, to develop silicon for AI-related applications reports @Tim Bradshaw @FT (https://t.co/VmAu3kW9Wp); co-founder Nigel Toon interviewed on #r4today

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

We want to increase our spending on R&D from 1.7% to 2.4% by 2027, which will represent an extra £80bn – Sam Gyimah MP (@SamGyimah), Minister for Universities, Science, Research & Innovation speaking on #r4today yesterday along with Sir Paul Nurse

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

@AMRC @FT @Boeing @McLarenF1 @RollsRoyce @TheAMRC Sorry! You are right.

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

Analysis @FT of the high-tech university-industry hub around Sheffield/Rotherham, inc. @AMRC and new Laboratory for Validation and Verification, engineering companies @Boeing @McLarenF1 @RollsRoyce and Metron, and the challenge of replacing ERDF funding https://t.co/OcMXCvlNfm

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

We’re really falling behind the rest of the world in Research & Development – Shadow Chancellor @johnmcdonnellMP speaking on #r4today

[Nico Macdonald @Nico_Macdonald]

The UK isn't alone in thinking it has a problem with commercialising science: everyone does notes @stianwestlake, arguing the problem is the instrumental connection made between the two, and a lack of appreciation of ecosystems

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

ISCF Transforming Construction 'Manufacturing Better Buildings' @innovateuk programme enabling Research and Technology Organisations and universities to develop digitally-driven construction manufacturing standards, tools, designs, and validation methods https://t.co/K31s2ShWLe

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

The Industrial Era Ended, So Will the Digital argues Greg Satell (@DigitalTonto) @HarvardBiz: Moore’s Law is ending; digital technical skills have been mastered; and digital applications are maturing. Exploration and discovery will again become prominent https://t.co/wDi3L5W55s

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

We need to do Blue Skies research, as well as focusing on the _Development_ side of R&D, following systems engineering approaches to ensure benefit to ordinary people – Dr Patrick Vallance (@uksciencechief) speaking on Brexit on #r4today

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

The @EU_Commission proposes its most ambitious Research & Innovation programme – Horizon Europe – with €100 billion allocated for 2021–2027, extending participation beyond current eligible countries – opening the door to future UK participation https://t.co/Kvl5opBnVI #HorizonEU

[Nico Macdonald @Nico_Macdonald]

On @BBCr4today at 09:00: Inventor and educational endower Dr John C. Taylor (@DrJCTOBE) talks about being an inventor with @jimalkhalili (himself now a Fellow of the @RoyalSociety it seems) #TheLifeScientific https://t.co/VnqQvIWRZx

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

Britain's Trading Future: @TheAPMG hosts discussion on Brexit implications for manufacturing, 16/5, with @VickyFord MP, Namali Mackay @EEF_Press, David Bell @BSI_UK and James Greenham @EMSPhysioLtd, considering Free Trade Agreements, the WTO and Standards https://t.co/Hypa6jILuj

[Nico Macdonald @Nico_Macdonald]

The State and Innovation: @IIPP_UCL hosts a discussion around new editions of Doing Capitalism by @BillJaneway and #TheEntrepreneurialState by Mariana Mazzucato (@MazzucatoM) on the case for the role of the state in the innovation process https://t.co/k57FKwDCov

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

Companies need to become more aware of the opportunities from networks and niches writes @PeterMarsh307; policymakers should drop hackneyed rhetoric of Industry 4.0 and recognise the best niche companies tend to have only a tangential link to digitisation https://t.co/aNctf5mI1a

[The R&D Society @RandDSociety]

This eve: @RachelReevesMP, chair of Commons BEIS Select Committee, and @NormanLamb MP, chair of the Commons Science & Technology Select Committee, in conversation with @PeggyHollinger, hosted by All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group (@TheAPMG) https://t.co/Ti4g3VxSHh

[Nico Macdonald @Nico_Macdonald]

Attending 'R&D in the #IndustrialStrategy' Parliamentary event hosted @TheAPMG this arvo with @IfMCambridge @HVM_Catapult @NPL @BAESystemsplc and @Autodesk_UK discussing how Govt strategy can support and build our ideas base and incentivise industrial R&D https://t.co/1SaAz3oI6L