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31 March 2011
Sir John gave a keynote speech at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum Seminar in Whitehall.
15 March 2011
Radio 4 Today Programme: The Japanese prime minister has warned people close to nuclear plants to stay indoors as radioactive levels remain high. Professor John Beddington, the UK government's chief scientific adviser, explains the worst case scenario.
03 March 2011
Sir John spoke at the Earthwatch Annual Oxford Lecture 2011 at the Said Business School, Oxford. Also speaking at the Lecture was Sir David King. Attendees at the lecture were corporate/research/business/academics from Earthwatch, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and Open University Sir john discussed global challenges facing science and scientist in the new decade, including how to weather the perfect storm, the role of science in a world of hazard, risk and vulnerability and the importance of communicating evidence and uncertainties.
13 December 2010
Sir John spoke at the Scottish Government Science and Engineering Profession Conference in Dundee. The theme of his speech was the challenges of a low carbon world and what the government can do to meet this challenge.
30 November 2010
Sir John spoke at the Inside Government Forum – Food Security, in the Guoman Charing Cross Hotel, London. On the theme of the global future of food and farming he focused on issues relating to sustainability and innovation.
30 November 2010
Sir John gave a speech on Weather and Climate Prediction.at the launch of the Met Office Academic Partnership at One Great George Street, London.
25 November and 6 December 2010
Sir John gave the Museum of English Rural Life Annual Lecture in Reading and the George Scott Robinson Lecture in Belfast. In both these speeches he focused on the impact of increasing food prices, the challenges facing agriculture if we are to feed an increasing population equitably, healthily and sustainably and identified some potential solutions.
9 November 2010
Sir John visited the John Innes Centre and Norwich Research Park, to learn more about the JIC projects on crop genetics, disease and stress biology and molecular biology among others.
3 November 2010
On the 3rd November 2010, Sir John gave the closing key note address at the CropWorld 2010 event, "Producing more with less: The business science, trade and technology of global crop production", sharing a platform with Jim Paice MP, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food.
In his speech, Sir John discussed the issue of food security, focussing on recent food price spikes and a project due to be published in early 2010 by the Government Office for Science Foresight team on Global Food and Farming Futures. Sir John also provided his thoughts on some of the key themes that had featured at the conference including food and agriculture research funding, land use, water, novel pest management and genetically modified foods.
14 October 2010
Sir John Beddington visited Rolls Royce facilities in Derby to meet Colin Smith, Director of Engineering and Technology to discus collaborative Science Technologies, Engineering & Innovation.
7 October 2010
Sir John Beddington gave a speech on “Food Security and Sustainability: Tough Decisions in a Changing World” at the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) Dinner, Macdonald Holyrood Hotel, Edinburgh.
30 September 2010
Sir John Beddington visited Japan and gave key note speeches at the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary celebrations in Tokyo and in the Energy for the Future session of the Science and Technology in Society Forum in Kyoto. He also gave an interview to a leading newspaper on climate science and held a series of bilateral meetings with high level representatives from around a dozen countries. Lastly, he represented the UK in a Ministerial roundtable hosted by the Japanese government.
21 September 2010
Sir John Beddington chaired the Global Science and Innovation Forum, a group designed to exchange information and ideas about international aspects of science and innovation to improve the coordination of UK engagement in international activities.
15-16 September 2010
Sir John Beddington co-Chaired the Council for Science and Technology (CST) meeting with Professor Dame Janet Finch.
14 September 2010
Sir John Beddington met with the Chairs of Independent Scientific Advisory Committees providing expert advice to Government.
13 September 2010
Sir John Beddington spoke about the science of climate change at the START event, an initiative to help people across the UK lead more sustainable lives.
