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Journal the Journal of the Foundation for Science and Technology fst journal The Journal of the Foundation for Science and Technology Volume 21, Number 1, May 2013 George Freeman: Feeding, fuelling and healing the world Scientific advice to Government Sir John Beddington: Addressing the challenges of the 21st century Dame Sally Davies: The issue of health Sir Mark Walport: The role of the Government Chief Scientific Advisor Industrial strategy Sir John Parker: Embracing a new industrial future Professor Alan Hughes: Systems thinking and industrial strategy David Willetts: How can Government promote growth through innovation? Mid-sized businesses Tera Allas: Unleashing the potential of mid-sized businesses Professor Luke Georghiou: Strengthening links between business and universities Richard Burslem: Engaging business potential and research expertise Africa Professor Christopher Whitty: The greatest scientific challenge of our generation? France Mme Geneviève Fioraso: The scientific agenda T H E F O U N D A T I O N F O R S C I E N C E A N D fs t TE C H N O L O G Y THE FOUNDATION The Foundation for Science and Technology FOR SCIENCE AND 10 Carlton House Terrace TECHNOLOGY London fst SW1Y 5AH THE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Telephone Registered Charity No: 274727. A Company Limited by Guarantee No: 1327814 020 7321 2220 PRESIDENT Fax The Rt Hon the Lord Jenkin of Roding FRSE 020 7321 2221 VICE PRESIDENT Email The Earl of Shannon [email protected] COUNCIL CHAIRMAN Editor The Earl of Selborne GBE FRS Sir John Enderby CBE FRS President, The Royal Society Sir Paul Nurse PRS FMedSci HonFREng President, The Royal Academy of Engineering Sir John Parker GBE FREng Production Editor President, British Academy Sir Adam Roberts KCMG PBA Simon Napper President, The Royal Society of Edinburgh Sir John Arbuthnott PRSE FMedSci Sub-Editor President, The Academy of Medical Sciences Sir John Tooke PMedSci FRCP President, The Learned Society of Wales, Sir John Cadogan CBE DSc PLSW FRS FRSE Judy McBride President, The Science Council Sir Tom Blundell FRS Design and layout Chairman, EngineeringUK Dr Paul Golby CBE FREng James McQuat Chairman, The Arts and Humanities Research Council Sir Alan Wilson FBA FRS Chairman, The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Sir Tom Blundell FRS Chairman, The Economic and Social Research Council Dr Alan Gillespie CBE www.foundation.org.uk Chairman, The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Dr Paul Golby CBE FREng Chairman, The Medical Research Council Mr Donald Brydon CBE Chairman, The Natural Environment Research Council Mr Edmund Wallis FREng Chairman, The Science and Technology Facilities Council Sir Michael Sterling FREng Chairman, The Technology Strategy Board Mr Phil Smith Professor Polina Bayvel FREng Sir John Beddington CMG FRS FRSE HonFREng Sir Leszek Borysiewicz FRS FRCP FMedSci The Lord Broers FRS FREng Sir Geoffrey Chipperfield KCB Mr George Freeman MP* The Lord Haskel Dr Julian Huppert MP* Dr Geraldine Kenney-Wallace FRSC Sir David King KB FRS ScD The Lord Krebs Kt FRS FMedSci The Rt Hon the Lord Lloyd of Berwick DL Dr Mike Lynch OBE FREng Sir Rob Margetts CBE FREng The Lord May of Oxford OM AC Kt FRS FMedSci The Rt Hon Sir Brian Neill* The Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve CBE FBA FRS FMedSci The Lord Oxburgh KBE FRS The Lord Rees of Ludlow OM Kt FRS HonFREng Dr Peter Ringrose The Baroness Sharp of Guildford* The Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior FMedSci Dr Graham Spittle CBE The Baroness Wilcox* Sir Peter Williams CBE FREng FRS The Lord Willis of Knaresborough Dr Robert Hawley CBE DSc FRSE FREng (Deputy Chairman) Mr Patrick McHugh (Honorary Secretary) Mr Tony Quigley (Honorary Treasurer) CHIEF EXECUTIVE Professor Dougal Goodman OBE FREng *Associate member Neither the Foundation nor the Editor is responsible for the opinions of contributors to FST journal. © 2013 The Foundation for Science and Technology. ISSN 1475-1704 fst journal Volume 21, Number 1, May 2013 contents THE COUNCIL OF THE FOUNDATION fst inside front cover journal The Journal of the Foundation for Science and Technology Volume 21, Number 1, May 2013 UPDATE George Freeman: Feeding, fuelling and healing the world Government adopts Heseltine recommendations; New centres for Scientific advice to Government Sir John Beddington: Addressing the challenges of the 21st century Dame Sally Davies: The issue of health manufacturing research; Building the nuclear supply chain; Top British Sir Mark Walport: The role of the Government Chief Scientific Advisor Industrial strategy innovations; Catapult appointments ..................................... 2 Sir John Parker: Embracing a new industrial future Professor Alan Hughes: Systems thinking and industrial strategy David Willetts: How can Government promote growth through innovation? Mid-sized businesses Tera Allas: Unleashing the potential of mid-sized businesses Professor Luke Georghiou: Strengthening links between business and GUEST EditoRIAL universities Richard Burslem: Engaging business potential and research expertise Africa Feeding, fuelling and healing the world Professor Christopher Whitty: The greatest scientific challenge of our generation? George Freeman MP .................................................... 3 France Mme Geneviève Fioraso: The scientific agenda T H E F O U N D A T I O N F O R S C I E N C E A N D fs t TE C H N O L O G Y SCIENTIFIC ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT Addressing the challenges of the 21st century www.foundation.org.uk Sir John Beddington .................................................... 4 carries reports on all The issue of health Foundation meetings. Dame Sally Davies ..................................................... 7 The role of the Government Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Mark Walport ...................................................... 9 INDUSTRIAL STRateGY Embracing a new industrial future Sir John Parker ....................................................... 10 Systems thinking and industrial strategy Professor Alan Hughes ................................................. 11 How can Government promote growth through innovation? David Willetts MP .................................................... 13 MID-SIZED BUSINESSES Unleashing the potential of mid-sized businesses Tera Allas ............................................................ 15 Strengthening links between business and universities Professor Luke Georghiou ............................................... 17 Engaging business potential and research expertise Richard Burslem ...................................................... 18 AFRICA The greatest scientific challenge of our generation? Professor Christopher Whitty ............................................ 20 FRANCE The scientific agenda in France Mme Geneviève Fioraso ................................................ 23 EVENTS .............................................................. 24 FST JOURNAL >> MAY 2013 >> VOL.21 (1) update New centres for Government adopts Heseltine recommendations manufacturing research The Government has confirmed that it growth in their local areas. Alongside Four new research centres, that will is accepting in full or in part 81of Lord this, Lord Heseltine makes a number develop new ways of manufacturing Heseltine’s 89 recommendations to of recommendations that strengthen in the fields of electronics, laser use in advance the process of decentralisation, the underpinnings of long-term production processes, medical devices unleash the potential of local economies, growth, from changes to the way in and food production, have been awarded strengthen partnerships with industry which Whitehall supports growth, to a total of £21 million by the Engineering and foster economic growth. In five cases strengthening partnerships between and Physical Sciences Research Council the Government has taken a different government and business, and business (EPSRC) as part of a £45 million package of view: its formal response sets out why. and education. investments in manufacturing research by Three recommendations on the content Following a commission from the the Government. of the Single Local Growth Fund will be Prime Minister, Lord Heseltine presented The new Centres will involve academics addressed at the Spending Round in June his report No Stone Unturned to the from 15 universities across the UK and 2013. Chancellor and the Secretary of State over 60 project partners from industry. The core proposition of Lord for Business, Innovation and Skills on EPSRC currently supports 12 centres Heseltine’s report is a decentralised 31 October 2012. The Government’s across a wide range of fields, from Additive approach that breaks Whitehall’s response was published on 18 March. Manufacturing through Industrial monopoly on resources and decision www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/PU1465_ Sustainability to Continuous Manufacturing making, and empowers Local Enterprise Govt_response_to_Heseltine_review.pdf and Crystallisation. These four new centres Partnerships (LEPs) to drive forward See also pages 10-14 of this issue. bring the total to 16. They will all be in operation by October this year. EPSRC’s Chief Executive, Professor Top British innovations David Delpy said: “EPSRC Centres of Innovative Manufacturing are building on Alan Turing’s Universal Machine has Association, the Department for Business, previous investments we have made in the been voted the greatest British innovation Innovation and Skills, and Engineering research base and combining academic of the past 100 years, in an online vote. UK. Over 50,000 votes were cast. innovation with industry
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