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STEM AND USTHURSDAY 25TH APRIL 2013BREAKFAST 8AM PROMPTPRESENTATIONS: 9AM – 10.30AM
QUAGLINO’S16 BURY STREET, LONDON SW1Y 6AJRSVP: [email protected]
8.00 am promptBreakfast
9.00 am Welcome Simon RogeRS
9.05 am the economic forecast –
Back to the Future DenniS TuRneR, foRmeR chief economiST, hSBc Bank plc
Dennis will argue that the uk needs better balanced growth which means a focus on exports and investment rather than financial services, property and construction. Dennis believes
that engineering & manufacturing holds the key, not just to the next couple of years but for the next generation.
9.20 am recruiting from stem suBjects
caRl gilleaRD, ceo, aSSociaTion of gRaDuaTe RecRuiTeRScarl will present the findings of a snapshot agR member survey completed in the immediate
lead up to Breakfast News. it looks at employer requirements for technical students and what is being done to address the ever decreasing numbers of students graduating in these subjects.
9.30 am the questions you keep asking me
maRcuS BoDy, heaD of ReSeaRch, WoRk gRoup marcus will talk us through the big questions which employers ask him in relation to STem students and numeracy. he’ll give us hard data, insights from research, and his usual dose of opinion too.
09.50 am the most expensive science collaBoration
in the World – hoW cern’s technology training can serve uk industry
Jane mackenzie, ceRn oppoRTuniTieS pRoJecT leaDeR, Science anD Technology faciliTieS council
STfc is responsible for managing the uk’s participation with ceRn. Jane, until recently head of the uk liaison office at ceRn, presents a case study of ceRn’s unique role in
STem recruitment and training, which provides exciting opportunities for students and graduates, and also potentially for uk employers.
10.10 am the Big Bang theory in 15 minutes
Simon Singh, auThoR anD DocumenTaRy DiRecToRSimon will examine how scientists use objectivity, experiment and theory to explore the universe. he will invoke the Teletubbies, led zeppelin and a gherkin in order to explain how we know the
universe started 13.7 billion years ago with the Big Bang.
Dear
it is my pleasure to invite you to Breakfast News. it’s our second event so far this year and at one of our favourite venues: Quaglinos.
Taking place on Thursday 25th April, our theme is ‘STem and us’ and we will cover a range of specially commissioned content that uncovers the real value that science, technology, engineering & mathematics (STem) graduates bring to organisations, as well as how they influence our lives more broadly.
our special guest is Simon Singh, best selling author, BafTa award-winning documentary maker and former producer of BBc’s Tomorrow’s World. Simon is an acclaimed speaker on science, cosmology and mathematics and he will share some insights on how scientific or mathematical thinking can change the world.
Breakfast News favourite Marcus Body, head of Research at Work Group, will take us through some of the most common questions asked by employers of STem graduates and will give us his usual well-informed view on the solutions to some of the specific problems in this area.
agR chief executive Carl Gilleard will support all that is being said with a unique insight into employers’ views of current challenges in recruiting technical students based on a member survey and economist Dennis Turner will tell us just how important rebuilding and investing in all aspects of uk engineering and manufacturing is for the future.
finally, i am very pleased to be introducing Jane MacKenzie from the Science and Technology facilities council to share with us her experience of the funded technology training available at ceRn for uk computing, engineering and physics graduates and how uk employers can get involved.
This is the busiest agenda we’ve had for a while and places are limited, so please arrive promptly to enjoy a full english breakfast at 8am and i hope, take part in this conversation.
Simon Rogers, Director, gTi media
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