Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Global Scientific Collaboration in the 21st Century

• 9.15am – 12.30pm on 29 March 2011
• at The Royal Society, London

The launch conference of the Royal Society's report, "Knowledge, Networks and Nations", which brought together a high-level audience of key stakeholders from the UK and further afield to discuss the role of international collaboration in shaping the future landscape of science.

Webcast video on demand is available for the following presentations, with supporting material available to download as indicated:

• Overview and key recommendations, Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith FRS, Chair of the Advisory Group, and Director of Energy Research at the University of Oxford (slides (pdf))
• Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Response, Professor Lidia Brito, Director of UNESCO’s Science Policy Division (slides (pdf))
• Perspectives on international collaboration, Dr Cong Cao, author of China’s Scientific Elite (slides (pdf))
• Perspectives on international collaboration, Dr P Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft Research India (slides (pdf))
• Knowledge Networks and Nations: the role of science information, Dr Nick Fowler, Director of Strategy, Elsevier (slides and transcript (pdf))
• The Governance of science, technology and innovation to address global challenges, Dr Iain Gillespie, Head of OECD’s Science and Technology Policy Division (slides (pdf))
• Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Global scientific collaboration in the 21st century: Panel discussion, Panel question and answer session featuring Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith FRS, Professor Lidia Brito, Dr Cong Cao, Dr P Anandan, Dr Nick Fowler and Dr Iain Gillespie
• Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Presentations from the InterAcademy Panel, Short presentations via videoconference link from Professor Lorna Casselton, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, Professor Mohamed Hassan, Co-Chair of the InterAcademy Panel and Professor Juan Asenjo, President of the Chilean Academy of Sciences

The Knowledge, Networks and Nations report, supporting material and further information is also available.

The report was launched at a high level conference at the Royal Society on Tuesday 29 March 2011. Speakers included Professor Lidia Brito, Director of UNESCO’s Science Policy Division; Dr Cong Cao, author of China’s Scientific Elite; Dr Iain Gillespie, Head of OECD’s Science and Technology Policy Division; Dr P Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft Research India; Dr Nick Fowler, Director of Strategy, Elsevier (transcript of talk here), and the Chair of the Advisory Group, former Director General of CERN and Director of Energy Research at the University of Oxford,Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith FRS. Click on the relevant speaker's name to view their presentation, or view edited highlights of the event here.