A blog showcasing the work of the Global UK Science and Innovation Network, approximately 90 officers in over 30 countries and territories around the world
4th February 2016 Beijing, China
Last week I visited Seoul to attend the first UK-Korea workshop to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), expertly organised by the SIN Korea team. If not tackled, AMR is going to kill an additional 10 million people every year by 2050. In China and India there is already 100% resistance to some antibiotics. But this is […]
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29th January 2016 Beijing, China
Last week the strongest cold wave in decades swept China and people were advised to stay indoors. In spite of this, my colleagues and I at SIN network did not feel the coldness at all but rather joined the exciting Newton Fund Research & Innovation Bridges partnership brokering visit and witnessed great enthusiasm from both […]
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28th January 2016 Mumbai, India
Adam Williams, Deputy Director – International Policy Directorate with the UK Intellectual Property (IP) Office visited New Delhi from 7-9 January. Amidst the flurry of meetings and high level engagements, I chatted with Adam about the emerging significance of IP in modern India. What brings you to India? Well, it’s a short trip really – […]
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28th January 2016 BCG Shanghai
As I write, 17 universities, research organisations and companies will be wending their weary way back to the UK after a week in Jiangsu and Guangdong that will hopefully remain an affectionate and inspiring memory for decades to come. It could be that they have found their partners in China that will develop and launch […]
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26th January 2016 San Francisco, USA
This guest blog entry was written by Tomas Coates Ulrichsen who is part of the Center for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (CSTI) at the University of Cambridge. If you are involved in strategic university-industry partnerships, you are invited to contribute to ongoing research by completing the questionnaire available at the end of this blog piece. Overview […]
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22nd January 2016 Moscow, Russia
In late November SIN Russia delivered – an extremely successful follow-up to our February 2015 Novosibirsk UK-Russia science cafe on the next generation synchrotron light sources. We teamed-up with the world famous Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, and the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, Diamond Light Source (DLS), to deliver a talk on synchrotrons in […]
21st January 2016 Mumbai, India
Earlier this month, Adam Williams, Deputy Director – International Policy, from the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) visited New Delhi to attend the Global Intellectual Property Convention 2016 (7-9 January). Adam was a plenary speaker in the session titled, role of innovation, technology and a strong IP ecosystem for sustainable economic growth. Adam shared the […]
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20th January 2016 Moscow, Russia
In late November SIN Russia delivered – an extremely successful follow-up to our February 2015 Novosibirsk UK-Russia science cafe on the next generation synchrotron light sources. We teamed-up with the world famous Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, and the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, Diamond Light Source (DLS), to deliver a talk on synchrotrons in […]
19th January 2016 Beijing, China
Within UKTI, the Advanced Manufacturing and Transport team have responsibility for the Space sector and we work very closely with the SIN team in this and other areas of technological innovation. Last weekend I and my colleague Li Qian accepted the invitation from China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC – a subsidiary of China Aerospace […]
11th January 2016 Houston, USA
This blog is the final blog in a three-part series on the UK Space Sector. (A Space Blogyssey Pt. 1 & A Space Blogyssy Pt. 2) It is hard to believe that we are almost 60 years away from the first age of space exploration, marked by the launch of Sputnik in 1957. As the […]