Speeches by Past Ministers

Listed below are speeches for the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) given by former Ministers of the Department.

Ian Pearson

• Nanotechnology Showcase - London - 2 October 2008
• Wilson Report launch - British Academy, London - 17 September 2008
• Design Council 'Designing Demand' - Leeds Met Hotel - 9 September 2008
• Science & Society Consultation - Thinktank, Birmingham - 18 July 2008
• Urban Innovation and Public Services - Work Foundation, London - 16 July 2008
• Europe's Research and Innovation System - NESTA, London - 3 July 2008
• Launch of the Public Sector Research Exploitation fund 2008 - Natural History Museum, London - 23 June 2008
• STEM Partnership conference - The Royal Society, London - 21 May 2008
• Science Communication Conference - Institute of Engineering and Technology, London - 20 May 2008
• Breast Cancer Campaign 2nd Scientific Conference - Carlton House Terrace - 13 May 2008
• Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Reception - Parliament, London - 23 April 2008
• Manufacturing Technologies Association - NEC Birmingham - 21 April 2008
• Easter Bush Research Consortium launch - Roslin Institute. Edinburgh - 7 April 2008
• Unveiling of a Plaque to Commemorate the Investment from St Modwen - Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus - 2 April 2008
• SBAC Annual Conference - Savoy Place, London - 27 March 2008
• UK Innovation, Technology and Growth Conference - Hilton Metropole, London - 18 March 2008
• Zuckerman Lecture Introduction - Great George Street, London - 17 March 2008
• What does Industry want from our Scientists and Engineers? - Attlee Suite, Parliament - 13 March 2008
• Women in science - Church House, London - 12 March 2008
• 'Public Attitudes to Science' Launch - Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London - 11 March 2008
• Nanotechnologies - Which? Conference, London - 28 February 2008
• High Value Manufacturing - Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London - 14 February 2008
• Engineering & Science Ambassadors - MW Kellogg, Middlesex - 31 January 2008
• Beacons for Public Engagement launch event - Westminster, London - 30 January 2008
• Ian Pearson - Speech for 3rd Appleton Conference - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - 06 December 2007
• Ian Pearson - Speech for the RCUK Breakfast Reception at the Houses of Parliament - Global Research Opportunities for the UK - 27 November 2007
• Speech for FT Innovate 2007 - The Role of Government in Cultivating an Innovative and Competitive Commercial Sector - 12 November 2007
• First Sir Gareth Roberts Science Policy Lecture - 06 November 2007
• Ian Pearson on Value of Public Science Surveys - 05 November 2007
• Ian Pearson to British Venture Capital Association Technology Spin Out Conference on 29 October 2007
• Ian Pearson for Jodrell Bank Observatory on 04 October 2007
• Ian Pearson to Imperial College on 18 September 2007
• Ian Pearson for Centre of Earth Observation

Bill Rammell

• University and College Union (UCU) conference - Manchester Central - 30 May 2008
• OU Students' Association conference - Open University, Milton Keynes - 26 April 2008
• Decisions at 18" conference - University of Kent - 10 April 2008
• Neil Stewart Associates Conference - Barbican Centre, London - 27 March 2008
• Young Muslims against extremism - Great Victoria Hotel, Bradford - 19 March 2008
• Celebrating Learning - Unison Conference, London - 10 March 2008
• Diversity Matters - Professional Associations Research Network, London - 6 March 2008
• Tackling Violent Extremism in the University Sector - Park Inn, London - 21 February 2008
• Guardian Higher Education Summit - QEII Centre, London - 11 February 2008
• Student Unions - Oxford Brookes University lecture - 07 February 2008
• Ethnicity and degree attainment - Institute of Education, London - 22 January 2008
• Chaplaincy for All - 15 January 2008
• The last shadow of liberty?: Academic freedom in the 21st century, 27 November 2007

Lord Triesman

• Intellectual Property Crime Report 2007 - Chelsea FC, London - 12 December 2007
• Lord Triesman speech to the Alliance Against IP theft on 16 July 2007

Baroness Delyth Morgan

• Microsoft UK Innovation Day - London - 8 May 2008
• World IP Day keynote speech - Imagination Gallery, London - 25 April 2008
• Anti Copying in Design (ACID) anniversary event - Design Council, London - 9 April 2008
• Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges Conference, Exeter University - 31 March 2008
• Association of University Directors of Estates Conference, Liverpool University - 17 March 2008
• Association of Managers in Students' Unions Conference, Coventry - 26 February 2008
• NESTA Creative Industries Summit, London - 15 February 2008

Sir David King, Chief Scientific Adviser

• Sir David King - Standing on the Shoulders of Science - Valedictory Speech, 27th November 2007 - DIUS

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