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11:10-12:05 Turbo Talks Session 2: Spotlight on Inclusion and Collaboration: Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and Environment (PATH-SAFE) Programme

Session outline: PATH-SAFE is a 4-year, UK wide and cross government programme, led by the FSA. The programme is piloting the development of a national surveillance network, using the latest DNA-sequencing technology and environmental sampling, to improve the detection and tracking of foodborne human pathogens and associated AMR through the whole agri-food system from farm-to-fork. In this session, partners from the PATH-SAFE Programme share their work and their experiences of collaborating across, and beyond, government.

Speakers:

Rachel Baird, Food Standards Agency

Georgina Lewis – Woodhouse, Digital Epidemiologist Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance (CGPS) and Digital Epidemiology Services (DES), based at University of Oxford.

Dr Tamsin Dewé, Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD)

Dr David Walker, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)

13:05-14:00 Turbo Talks 4: Spotlight on Interchange

Session outline: Collaboration is a catalyst for innovation, facilitating the interchange of ideas and creativity. As we look to build a more innovative public sector, finding mechanisms to enable this interchange will be crucial. In this turbo talk, we will spotlight a new approach to do just this – STEM Futures. You will hear more about the exciting opportunities of STEM Futures and from a range of speakers who have already utilised this approach for cross-sector collaboration.

Speakers:

STEM Futures: Innovating interchange in Science and Engineering, Sophie Brooke, GSE Profession

The Nuclear hub: building a STEM Futures hub from scratch to promote interchange across an industry

Systems thinking: the importance of collaboration Ali English – Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

Case study: On secondment in DSIT, Sarah Dalmedo – National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

Final speaker to be announced

14:25-15:20 Turbo Talks 6: Spotlight on Innovation

Session outline: Let's shine a spotlight on innovation in science and engineering across government as you'll hear from five different members talking about their exciting areas of work.

Speakers:

NHM's Biodiversity Intactness Index: measuring the state of nature for policy, business, and action, Professor Andy Purvis - Natural History Museum (NHM)

Future civil servants need futures thinking, Ruth Marshall and Niki Tsoutsoura – Government Office for Science

CT Scanning of Assemblies, Kieron Gimber, Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)

AI Futures Grant Scheme: Meeting the relocation costs of top international AI talent moving to the UK, Julia Sutcliffe and Geena Goodwin – Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Title pending, Kate Drury - Department for Transport (DFT)

What’s happening in other rooms:

• 10:00-10:10 Welcome remarks from Professor Dame Angela McLean

• 10:10-10:40 Keynote from the Royal Institution

• 11:10-12:05 Panel Session 1: Cross Profession Collaboration for ‘A More Innovative Public Sector’

• 13:05-14:00 Panel Session 2: Delivering public services in the era of AI

• 14:25-15:20 Panel Session 3: Innovating to achieve Net Zero by 2050

• 15:45-16:00 Afternoon Plenary

• 16:00-16:25 GSE Awards 2024

• 16:25-16:30 Closing remarks from Professor Dame Angela McLean

• 11:10-12:05 Turbo Talks Session 1: Spotlight on Innovation

• 13:05-14:00 Turbo Talks 3: Spotlight on Innovation

• 14:25-15:20 Turbo Talks 5: Spotlight on Innovation