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GLOVER, Anne
Chief Scientific Advisor to President of the European Commission
Anne Glover, CBE, FRSE, FRSA, FSB, FAAM
Professor Anne Glover was Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland from 2006-11 and from January 2012, Anne joined the European Commission as Chief Scientific Adviser to the President. Anne holds a Personal Chair of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and her current research focuses on the development and application of whole cell biosensors for environmental monitoring and investigating how organisms respond to stress at a cellular level.
She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Society of Biology, Royal Society of Arts and the American Academy of Microbiology.
Anne was recognised in March 2008 as a Woman of Outstanding Achievement in the UK and was awarded a CBE for services to Environmental Science in the Queen’s New Years Honours list 2009.
ABSTRACT
11:00-12:30 25 NOVEMBER
THEMATIC SESSION II.: “SCIENCE POLICY AND GOVERNANCE: INVENTING THE FUTURE”
The presentation makes a case that scientific discoveries often come unexpected. For instance, when CERN was set up to do particle physics it wasn't expected to deliver the World Wide Web. Science is increasingly characterised by global collaboration and is a currency that should be used more often in diplomacy. Science needs to engage more proactively with policy-makers and business, but there is also need for creating more public ownership for science, engineering and technology.