Monday 25 July

08:30 - 09:45

A new ear on the Universe: gravitational waves

10:00 - 11:15

Europe's voyage towards an open global research area

11:25 - 12:40

In conversation with Brian Cox

12:50 - 14:05

Sheila Jasanoff: CRISPR, Democracy, and Global Citizenship

14:15 - 15:30

The next plague – preparing for global pandemics

15:45 - 17:00

SIR VENKATRAMAN RAMAKRISHNAN: Seeing is believing: revealing the cell's protein factory and how antibiotics block it

Tuesday 26 July

08:30 - 09:45

Brian Schmidt: Big science, new collaborations and engagement with society: the SKA as a 21^st Century exemplar

08:30 - 09:45

Sherry Coutu: The importance of scale-ups

10:00 - 11:15

Scientific advice for EU policies

10:00 - 11:15

The Arctic as a hot topic

11:25 - 12:40

In conversation with Sir Andre Geim

11:25 - 12:40

Jacqueline McGlade: Environmental Frontiers – Emerging Issues of Global Concern

11:25 - 12:40

3 kinds of money: business angel vs venture capitalist vs corporate finance

12:50 - 14:05

EIROforum – serving European science

12:50 - 14:05

Living in the future: the connected world

14:15 - 15:30

The bioeconomy: fuelling a greener future

15:45 - 18:15

Graphene and beyond: a revolution in two dimensions

15:45 - 17:00

Doping in elite sports and beyond

17:10 - 18:25

Value of research

Wednesday 27 July

08:30 - 09:45

Britain’s biggest experiment: the prospects for scientific collaboration post Brexit

10:00 - 11:15

The future of science and innovation policy – towards radical change

10:00 -12:30

Building Brains: bio-inspired computing

12:50 - 14:05

Reiko Kuroda: Left and Right – why does it matter?

14:15 - 15:30

Michael Wood: Science, industry and revolution: some thoughts on England, China and the ‘Great Divergence’