Joint UKCRC/CPHC/UKRI/BCS Workshop on Policy Engagement
Given the increasing links between research funding and government policy, it is ever more important that the Computing Science Research and Education Communities engage with Westminster and regional governments. This morning’s event will explain the links between policy and UKRI funding, it will provide first-hand experience of engagement from Chief Scientific Advisors and it will provide a practical exercise in responding to requests for input in parliamentary and policy consultations.
Programme
09.00 Introduction: Why it is important to get involved with this kind of work
Anthony Finkelstein (CSA for National Security) and Jane Hillston (UKCRC Chair and University of Edinburgh)
09.30 UKRI/EPSRC
Links between UKRI and Policy (Rhys Perry and James Coombs OBrien)
10.00 The Mechanics of Consultation & how it relates to Parliamentary Committees
Masterclass (Chris Johnson, Queen’s University Belfast)
10.45 Break
11.00 Update on the Role of the BCS Academy
Alastair Irons (BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT)
11.30 The Landscape of Influencing
Sarah Main (Executive Director, CaSE)
12.00 Closing - why it is important to get involved with this kind of work
Chris Hankin (Imperial College London)
