CSaP Annual Conference 2019

Emerging technologies for public policy

26 June 2019 The Royal Society

Agenda 09:30 Arrival & registration 10:10 WELCOME: Dr Robert Doubleday, CSaP Executive Director 10:20 PLENARY KEYNOTE: How Brexit is shaping the civil service, in five short chapters Clare Moriarty, Permanent Secretary, Department for Exiting the European Union 11:10 Pitches for morning parallel sessions 11:20 COFFEE

11:45 PARALLEL SESSION (4 x parallel seminars) Seminar 1: Environmental Policy: Improving how we manage and incentivise land management • Chair: Emma Woods, the Royal Society • Henry Dieudonné-Demaria, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs • Professor Bhaskar Vira, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge • Rohit Kaushish, NFU Seminar 2: Healthcare Policy: Emerging technologies for social care • Chair: George MacGinnis, UK Research & Innovation • Dr Malte Gerhold, Care Quality Commission • Christina Cornwell, Nesta • Dr Ben Maruthappu, Cera Care Seminar 3: Extreme Risks – Challenges for evidence and policy • Chair: Rumtin Sepasspour, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk • Dr Luke Kemp, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk • Theresa, Go Science • Dr Dudley Hewlett, Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory • Georgina Collins, Defra Seminar 4: Countering Cybercrime: Building Partnerships of Interdisciplinary Research and Cross- Sector Stakeholders • Chair: Dr Tristram Riley-Smith, Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research • Helen Evans, Home Office • Dr Alice Hutchings, Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge • Dr Giocomo Persi Paoli, Rand Europe

13:00 LUNCH

14:00 PLENARY KEYNOTE: Intelligence as ideology: its history and future Dr Stephen Cave, Executive Director, Leverhulme Centre Chair: Dr Natasha McCarthy, Head of Policy, the Royal Society 14:50 Pitches for afternoon parallel sessions 15:00 Short break

15:15 PARALLEL SESSION (3 x parallel seminars) Seminar 1: Technology & society • Chair: Dr Marcus Tomalin, Machine Intelligence Laboratory, Cambridge University Engineering Department • Dr Leonie Tanczer, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, UCL • David Knight, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport • Vinous Ali, Tech UK Seminar 2: Opportunities & challenges of quantum technologies • Chair: Dr Stephen Till, Cyber and Information Systems Division, Dstl • Professor Tim Spiller, Centre for Quantum Technologies, University of York • Louis Barson, Future Sectors, BEIS Seminar 3: Impact of climate change on marine systems • Chair: Dr Molly Morgan Jones, British Academy • Dr Gemma Harper, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs • Professor Robert Marsh, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton • Dr Nick Hardman-Mountford, Commonwealth Secretariat

16:30 Tea

17:00 PLENARY SESSION: Place policy after Brexit • Chair: Professor Diane Coyle, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge • Professor Michael Kenny, Bennett Institute of Public Policy • Philip Rycroft, former Permanent Secretary, Department for Exiting the European Union

17:50 Closing remarks 18:00 DRINKS RECEPTION

19:00 Close