23rd December 2015 Beijing, China
As I sit in the office feeling festive, I’m wondering how SIN China’s highlights this year would be represented, if they were numbers in the “12 Days of Christmas” song. This might not be a normal activity, but here is my attempt…. 1 Golden Era 2 hundred of China’s regulators trained in cosmetics product safety […]
17th December 2015 New Delhi, India
Within a span of a few weeks UK and India relations in Science and Innovation received a new impetus by a number of high profile visits! In mid-November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the UK during which he, along with Prime Minister David Cameron announced a number of joint research and innovation initiatives that address […]
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15th December 2015 BCG Shanghai
It seems no generation is free from war, but its nature seems to be ever more varied compared to the 20th century. Aside from conventional struggles against the likes of the Taliban, or the more conceptual fight against terrorism, according to the Lancet, the Guardian, and even the “war cabinet” of the seven Research Councils, […]
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15th December 2015 Beijing, China
Early in December, I accompanied John Pearson Deputy Head of China Department, FCO, Tina Redshaw CG and Mark Watchorn DCG to visit Chongqing Haifu Medical Technology Inc. and the Haifu Hospital in Chongqing. This was my 7th time to visit Chongqing Haifu. Chongqing Haifu and its UK partners have been trying to use high intensity […]
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15th December 2015 Guangzhou, China
I attended the works the Second workshop on SKA Data Processing and HPC on 9 December. The workshop is organized by Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and took place at the National Supercomputer Center—Guangzhou. The mathematicians, engineers, scientists and industrialists exchanged ideas on the challenges and the plans for the computing and data processing of […]
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15th December 2015 Beijing, China
I am always struck, when I attend one of the many workshops that we fund, by the immense value of getting the right people in a room together. Whoever they may be, when you put some Chinese experts on something in a room with some British experts on something, the magic starts to happen. Let […]
14th December 2015 Bangalore, India
Unlike other visits to the UK, this one was different. I and my colleague Vijay Jasuja from UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) went on a tour to the UK with an interesting and vibrant mix of academics and R&D Heads of Indian manufacturing companies to visit the high value manufacturing catapults and universities from October […]
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14th December 2015 Beijing, China
Science and Innovation should be fun. Too often in the Embassy my team becomes engulfed in all sorts of not-so-fun activities like policy briefings and project admin. So when an opportunity came along to accompany a delegation of British robotics experts to Beijing’s World Robot Conference, we jumped at the chance. In the interests of […]
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11th December 2015 New Delhi, India
The end of November saw the much anticipated launch of a joint funding call on Agri-Food. This call is funded by Newton-Bhabha – our five year £50 million joint programme with India. Under Newton-Bhabha, Innovate UK, the UK Research Councils and India’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) plan to invest £10 million on developing joint industrial […]
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10th December 2015 Stockholm, Sweden
On arrival at Stockholm Arlanda airport is a large sign welcoming visitors to the Swedish capital. Nothing unusual in that of course. But what makes this sign different is exactly who the sign is welcoming. Holidaymakers back from Thailand? Weary business people from the US? Neither. The sign says ‘Welcome Students and Researchers.’ Anyone who […]
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