Making an Impact on Policy workhop
Date and time
Location
The University of Edinburgh Business School
29 Buccleuch Place Edinburgh EH8 9JS United KingdomDescription
We are delighted to invite you to the “Making an Impact on Policy" workshop being organised by the Excellence with Impact committee at the University of Edinburgh on Tuesday 10 November 2015.
Making an Impact on Policy workshop
The “Making an Impact on Policy" workshop draws together policymakers from organisations such as the Wellcome Trust, the Society of Biology and the UN Environment Programme, alongside researchers from the School of Biological Sciences and the Roslin Institute who are currently engaging with policy issues in different spheres.
The event will also be an opportunity for all attendees to discuss how researchers from across the University of Edinburgh can better coordinate interactions with policy stakeholders to maximise impact in the future.
The workshop will be held in the University of Edinburgh Business School, 29 Buccleuch Place, EH8 9JS from 11 - 5 pm, and will be followed by a wine reception.
Provisional Programme
Session one: Chaired by Moira Gibson, External Relations Manager, UoE
11.00 – 11.05
Susan Deacon, Assistant Principal External Relations, UoE
Introduction
11.05 – 11.30
Jon Hutton, Director UN Environment Programme-WCMC
Influencing policy related to the global biodiversity crisis: Have we failed?
11.30 – 11.55
Graeme Cook, Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe)
How SPICe works, and how to work with it
11.55 – 12.20
Lisa Boden, EPIC, University of Glasgow
Perspectives from EPIC, a Scottish Government Centre of Expertise
12.20 – 12.35
Josephine Pemberton, School of Biological Sciences, UoE
My (modest) experience influencing some environmental policy in Scotland
Session two: Chaired by Jack Scannell, Innogen Institute, UoE
13.25 – 13.50
Laura Bellingan, Director of Science Policy, Royal Society of Biology
The role of a learned society in bioscience policy
13.50 – 14.15
Nicola Allan, Scottish Universities Insight Initiative
Mobilising knowledge for a better Scotland
14.15 – 14.30
Helen Sang, Roslin Institute, UoE
The challenges of GM animals and agriculture: from public engagement to policy
14.30 – 14.45
Clare Blackburn, School of Biological Sciences, UoE
EuroStemCell: Helping EU citizens make sense of stem cells
Session three: Chaired by Jack Scannell, Innogen Institute, UoE
15.05 – 15.10
Charlie Jeffery, Senior Vice-Principal, UoE
15.10 – 15.35
Nicola Perrin,Director of Policy,Wellcome Trust
Wellcome’s policy work: identifying priorities and building influence
15.35 – 15.50
Natalie Waran, Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education, UoE
Influencing policy to improve animal health
16.00 – 17:00
Discussion
16.45 – 17.00
Summing up
17.00 – 18.00
Drinks reception – ALL WELCOME
Organised by
University of Edinburgh
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Charlotte Auerbach Road
Edinburgh EH9 3FL
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