Conference – Making R&D Matter to More People

• Alicia Greated, Executive Director, CaSE

Exploring the ‘hard truths’ and opportunities that have emerged from CaSE’s public opinion research, we’ll then hear a keynote talk from Dame Ottoline Leyser followed by a panel discussion with leading experts from across the R&D sector.

Confirmed speakers:

• Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, Chief Executive, UKRI
• Dr Beth Thompson, Chief Strategy Officer, Wellcome Trust
• Kim Shillinglaw, Chair of Discovery Decade Advisory Board, CaSE
• Dr Ben Bleasdale, Director of Discovery Decade programme, CaSE
• Priya Guha, Venture Partner, Merian Ventures

Exploring CaSE’s expanding suite of evidence-led advocacy advice and tools, including our constituency-level analysis of public opinions towards R&D, and a new unifying badge that can help the R&D sector tackle its fragmented public identity.

Confirmed speakers:

• Dr Rebecca Hill, Advocacy and Engagement Manager, CaSE
• Michael Green, Co-founder and Strategy Director, Luna 9
• Dr Ben Bleasdale, Director of Discovery Decade programme, CaSE

A hands-on, small group session where attendees will work together to draw on the advocacy insights and tools discussed so far, and use these to create illustrative campaigns to tackle the major challenges facing R&D advocacy over the coming years.

Exploring the recent outcomes of CaSE’s public dialogue exercise, delivered by the NatCen and NCCPE, which explored the public’s sense of agency and ownership in the UK’s research system and how changing this might contribute towards a public-centred vision for R&D.

Confirmed speakers:

• Ciaran Cummins, Senior Researcher, National Centre for Social Research
• Clio Heslop, Head of Policy, Partnerships, and Impact, British Science Association
• Dr Rebecca Hill, Advocacy and Engagement Manager, CaSE
• Public participants from the dialogue exercise

• Alicia Greated, Executive Director, CaSE

Exploring the political realities of getting R&D onto the government’s agenda, through the eyes of those with first-hand experience. We’ll discuss the political landscape ahead for R&D, and consider the value of public support in getting our messages heard.

Confirmed speakers:

• Rachel Wolf, Founding Partner, Public First
• Ben Johnson, Professor of Practice, Research and Innovation Policy, University of Strathclyde
• Dr George Dibb, Associate Director for Economic Policy and Head of the Centre for Economic Justice, IPPR
• Dr Alicia Greated, Executive Director, CaSE