Government Chief Scientific Advisor Tackles Global Challenges at Tremough
People in Cornwall will have the opportunity to hear from one of the UK's most high profile and influential scientists at a free public lecture. Government Chief Scientific Advisor Professor John Beddington will give the talk, entitled Global Challenges for the 21st Century, at the Tremough Campus Penryn, on Monday 26 April.
The event is part of the University of Exeter's Shaping the Future series of events, supported by the Met Office, to bring business, science and the local community together. The lecture will be video-conferenced to the University's Streatham Campus in Exeter.
University of Exeter Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark Overton said: "We are delighted that Professor John Beddington has agreed to give a Shaping the Future lecture. We look forward to welcoming representatives from the region's businesses and local community to the Tremough Campus for what promises to be a really interesting evening."
Professor John Beddington was appointed Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) on 1 January 2008.
His main research interests are the application of biological and economic analysis to problems of Natural Resource Management including inter alia: fisheries, pest control, wildlife management and the control of disease. He started his academic career at the University of York and spent three years on secondment from York as a Senior Fellow with the International Institute of Environment and Development.
He has been at Imperial College since 1984, where he headed the main departments dealing with environmental science and technology. He was Professor of Applied Population Biology at Imperial until his appointment as GCSA.
He has been adviser to a number of government departments, including the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (on Antarctic and South Atlantic matters), the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (where he chaired the Science Advisory Council), the Department for International Development, the Ministry of Defence and the Cabinet Office. He was for six years a member of the Natural Environment Research Council. He has acted as a senior adviser to several government and international bodies, including the Australian, New Zealand and US Governments, the European Commission, the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organisation. In June 1997 he was awarded the Heidelberg Award.
Event details:
Global Challenges for the 21st Century
Monday 26 April, 6.15pm.
Tremough Campus, Penryn.
This is a free event, but places must be reserved. To register: 01326 371805 or l.c.holland@exeter.ac.uk. To register for the video link at the Streatham Campus, Exeter: 01392 725769 / events@exeter.ac.uk
The £100 million Tremough Campus is a Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative Ĵof which the University of Exeter and University College Falmouth are two of the founding partners. It is funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council. Set in 70 acres of countryside, but close to the waterside towns of Penryn and Falmouth, the campus offers a lively student community. The University of Exeter now offers degrees in Biology, Modern Celtic and Cornish Studies, English, Geology, Geography, History, Law, Mining Engineering, Politics and Renewable Energy on the Tremough Campus, which has expanded rapidly as part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative.