The Society and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) jointly convene the Raymond and Beverly Sackler US-UK Scientific Forum, established to help the scientific leadership of the United Kingdom and the United States forge an enduring and productive partnership on pressing topics of worldwide scientific concern. The meetings alternate between the US and UK and have resulted in a number of published outputs summarising the discussion (listed below). Recent topics have included cybersecurity, machine learning and carbon capture and use. The next Sackler meeting will take place in November 2018 in Washington DC and will cover the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and adaptation. The program is made possible by a generous gift from Raymond and Beverly Sackler.
Past meetings
October 2017 - Dealing with carbon dioxide at scale
January 2017 - The frontiers of machine learning
November 2015 - Trends in synthetic biology and gain of function and regulatory implications
December 2014 - Cybersecurity Dilemmas
February 2014 - Climate Change: Evidence and Causes
September 2012 - Modeling Earth's future