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Lord David Sainsbury of Turville
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Innovation
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Lord David Sainsbury is Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science. He was appointed in July 1998, with responsibility for the Office of Science and Technology, Research Councils and space matters.
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Chairman of J Sainsbury plc and a Director of Giant Food Inc until July 1998. Finance Director of J Sainsbury plc from 1973 to 1990 and Deputy Chairman from 1988 to 1992.
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David Sainsbury became Lord Sainsbury of Turville in October 1997.
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Chairman of the Governing Body of the London Business School from 1991 to 1998. Received the Award for Distinguished Leadership in Business from Columbia Business School in 1990. Member of the Committee of Review of the Post Office (Carter Committee) from 1975 to 1977; member of the Dockland Joint Committee from 1978 to 1981; member of the IPPR Commission on Public Policy and British Business from 1995 to 1997.
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After reading History and Psychology at King's College, Cambridge, Lord Sainsbury went on to receive an MBA (Master of Business Administration) at the Columbia Graduate School of Business in New York.
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Author of a Fabian pamphlet, 'Government and Industry: A New Partnership'; co-author with Christopher Smallwood of 'Wealth Creation and Jobs', published by the Public Policy Centre. |
Speeches
Latest:
ETB's Open Day
(10/12/03)
Prospect for
Renewable Energy and Research in a Liberal Market (04/12/03)
Young
Climatologists Network Inauguration (03/12/03)
Proteomics
Applications for Understanding Diseases (02/12/03)
Working
Together to Stimulate Innovation (02/12/03)
CST Launch
(01/12/03)
Launch of the UK
Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (01/12/03)
Rosalind Franklin
Award (27/11/03)
UKBI Conference
(10/11/03)
Chartered Institute
of Patent Agents Annual Congress (06/11/03)
Naming of the New
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) (05/11/03)
Information and
Communication Technology (30/10/03)
National
Measurement Awards Networking Event (08/09/03)
LDA's Life
Sciences Strategy Launch (22/07/03)
Eighteenth
UK-Japan High Technology Industry Forum (17/07/03)
Skills Strategy Launch
(09/07/03)
Genes to Therapies – The Proteomics Route
(23/06/03)
Juvenile
Diabetes Research Fund (JDRF) Dinner (23/06/03)
BioIndustry Association’s CEOs’ Dinner
(22/06/03)
Bio2003 Global
Biotechnology Forum (22/06/03)
Opening Scynexis Europe Ltd’s Drug Discovery Site (09/06/03)
The Cambridge
Phenomenon - Fulfilling The Potential (06/06/03)
Best Practice
and Enterprise (05/06/03)
CHEMSPEC Europe
Exhibition (04/06/03)
Russian
High-Technology Business Days (04/06/03)
Launch of Beagle
2 (02/06/03)
European Space
Policy Consultation Workshop (20/05/03)
Mars
Express/Beagle 2 (19/05/03)
Innovation UK
Launch (14/05/03)
Opening Of The Humber Engineering Training Centre
(09/05/03)
Overview of UK Science Education and New Initiatives
(29/04/03)
Official Opening of The Boulby Underground Laboratory for Dark
Matter Research (28/04/03)
DNA 50th
Anniversary Dinner (23/04/03)
DNA 50th Anniversary Launch
(22/04/03)
Opening Of I-Zone Technical Textiles Incubator Project
(07/04/03)
Adding Value to SMEs
(02/04/03)
Academy of Medical Sciences Forum Launch
(31/03/03)
International Spinal Research Trust Parliamentary Reception
(27/03/03)
Learning and Skills: Delivering Results Conference
(26/03/03)
Launch Enterprising Oxford - The Growth of the Oxfordshire
High-Technology (24/03/03)
The Economic Potential of Space
(24/03/03)
Opening Session:
An Introduction to Innovation (17/03/03)
Communications
Bill Updates (12/03/03)
UK Space Strategy
(11/03/03)
'Women in Science'
- The Athena Awards (26/02/03)
'Engineers of
the 21st Century Inquiry Launch' - London (21/02/03)
Official Opening of the
School of Engineering, Birmingham University (12/02/03)
Taking Clusters
Forward (04/02/03)
Low Carbon Vehicle
Partnership Launch (16/01/03)
(the following are available from the archive)
Chemicals Innovation and
Growth Team Report Launch (11/12/02)
TCS Awards 2002
(05/12/02)
3i Enterprise
Dinner (02/12/02)
Biotechnica Business Forum
(28/11/02)
Final report
of the Innovation and Growth Team for the Environmental Goods and
Services Sector (21/11/02)
International Biotech
Keynote Summit (19/11/02)
ETB 3 - Year
Business Plan Announcement (18/11/02)
Science Centres
& Museums - Engaging the Public with Science & Technology
(14/11/02)
European Interparliamentary
Space Conference (13/11/02)
UK Aerospace
& Motorsport High Performance Engineering Partnerships (13/11/02)
Accelerators Science and
Technology Centre (06/11/02)
FORGE 2 Guidelines
launch (05/11/02)
Vision and Venture
Event (05/11/02)
Urban Summit
Session on "Making Towns and Cities more Competitive" (01/11/02)
UK-Korea 3rd high technology
forum (28/10/02)
Southeast University Professors,
undergraduates and graduate students (23/10/02)
Opening of the
Kent Innovation Centre (16/10/02)
Science Business
Reception (14/10/02)
Opening of the
Medical Engineering Laboratories at Queen Mary, University of London
(10/10/02)
Anglo-Korean Dinner (08/10/02)
Opening of Surrey University
Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (07/10/02)
Opening of the
new Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey (07/10/02)
Q2002 (30/09/02)
SME Technology
Days Conference (26/09/02)
Official Opening of Peakdale
Molecular's New Research Facility and Headquarters (26/09/02)
Launch of the
Darwin Centre (24/09/02)
International Symposium
on Ocular Immunology (23/09/02)
A380 Opening
Ceremony (19/09/02)
Faraday Partnerships
Directors' Conference (18/09/02)
Young Engineer
for Britain Awards (17/09/02)
Opening of the
Kent Innovation Centre (16/09/02)
Official opening of the
Shine Knowledge and Innovation Park (13/09/02)
Stem Cells: Propects
for Research and Therapy (11/09/02)
Foresight Consultation
Launch (10/09/02)
Introductory Speech for
Science Year Projects Awards (10/09/02)
International Spinal Research
Trust Annual Conference (06/09/02)
Peter Briggs's
Leaving Party (04/09/02)
Launch of the
North East Council for Science and Industry (26/07/02)
Farnborough Air Show 2002
(24/07/02)
Supercritical Fluids Plant
Opening (12/07/02)
ESRC Connect
Summer Reception (09/07/02)
European Southern Observatory
Dinner (08/07/02)
Neutrino Factory Annual
Conference Dinner (04/07/02)
London Biotechnology
Network Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (03/07/02)
Science Council
(02/07/02)
Science and Innovation
(10/06/02)
Global Biotech
Forum (09/06/02)
UK CEO Dinner
(09/06/02)
Commonwealth Partnering
Forum (09/06/02)
Isle of Wight
Enterprise Hub Launch (07/06/02)
Joint Research
Councils Business Plan Competition (08/05/02)
Research Councils Conference
2002 (01/05/02)
London Bioscience
Innovation Centre Opening (01/05/02)
Prospects for Cambridge
- What Government is Doing to Make Cambridge More Successful (10/04/02)
Cambridge Display Technology
Visit (10/04/02)
Opening of Kamelian
Ltd's Indium Phosphide Semiconductor Manafacturing Facility (08/02/02)
Launch of National
Respect Campaign (07/02/02)
London First
Centre Investors' Dinner (05/02/02)
Opening of the
new Centre for Molecular Biosciences (01/02/02)
Japan 2001 Digital
Technology Exhibition (Delivered by Sir David Wright) (31/01/02)
Science and Engineering
Ambassadors Launch (31/01/02)
Opening of Visteon
Technical Centre (30/01/02)
DTI's Technology
Transfer Conference (17/01/02)
Launch
of Science Year (07/09/01)
Speech
at the opening of the Science Communicators Forum (06/09/01)
Commercialisation
of Microsystems 2001 Conference (04/09/01)
"Government
Policy on Increasing Innovation" (11/07/01)
The UK
Industry's Position (04/07/01)
Presentation
to Science and Technology Attaches Conference (29/06/01)
The Institute
of Nanotechnology Conference. (20/06/01)
The Opening
of the Genetic Therapies Centre (18/06/01)
Speech
to Research Councils (24/05/01)
Microsystems
- The Big Future (04/04/01)
The Asian
Technology Markets Conference (21/03/01)
"Performance
and Challenges of UK Physics" (20/03/01)
'Taking
a Small Look at Life' - Joint Research Councils Event in Life Sciences
(19/03/01)
Launch
of The National Science Week (16/03/01)
Speech
at The Science Reception (05/03/01)
Official Opening
of Chilworth Business Incubator (23/02/01)
Speech
on The Hawley Report (14/02/01)
Launch
of the Mercia Institute for Enterprise (26/01/01)
The Business
Innovation Centre at Binley Business Park (26/01/01)
The UK
Science Parks Association (18/01/01)
North
West Knowledge Economy Conference (09/01/01)
The Inaugural
Industry Forum Networking Event (11/12/00)
Launch
of People Skills Scoreboard for the Engineering Industry (08/12/00)
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