Tackling the great challenges of the 21st Century

When:
October 28, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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2014-10-28T20:00:00+00:00
Where:
The Royal Society
6 Carlton House Terrace, St. James's, London SW1Y 5AG
UK
Cost:
Free

puzzle-imageJoin Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society and Lord Stern, President of the British Academy, as they discuss the new opportunities – and need – for collaboration between the traditional academic disciplines to respond to the big issues of our time, highlighting why the UK’s research base is such an important national asset.

Sir Paul Nurse has been President of the Royal Society since 2010. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2001 and is also Chief Executive of The Francis Crick Institute.

Lord Nicholas Stern of Brentford became the 29th President of the British Academy in July 2013. He is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, and also Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Attending this event

This event is free to attend and open to all. Seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Speech-to-text interpretation will be provided at this event.

If you require British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation please contact the events team at least two weeks in advance of the event, and we would be happy to arrange an interpreter.