Dr Dennis Gillings, CBE, a University of Exeter alumnus, gave the Shaping the Future lecture in October 2010.
2010/11 series
Details of forthcoming lectures in the 2010/2011 series will be posted here as soon as they are available.
Lectures start at 6.15pm, and are followed by a Q&A session, closing at 7.30pm with refreshments and networking afterwards.
Registering for events
To register for individual Shaping the Future events, please contact Margaret House-Hayes on 01392 725769 or email: events@exeter.ac.uk
Professor David Blanchflower, CBE, Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA
Tuesday 24 May 2011, Xfi Lecture Theatre
Professor Blanchflower was born and educated in the United Kingdom, gaining his BA in Social Science (Economics) from the University of Leicester and his PhD from Queen Mary College, University of London in 1985.
John Hirst, CEO, The Met Office, and Professor Ottmar Edenhofer, Co-Chair, International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Thursday 14 April 2011, Xfi Lecture Theatre
John Hirst was appointed Chief Executive of the Met Office in September 2007. As part of this role, he is the UK's permanent representative to the WMO and a member of the UK Space Board.
Prof. Ottmar Edenhofer is Professor of the Economics of Climate Change at the Technical University Berlin and Co-Chair of the Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which won the Nobel Peace Price in 2007.
Professor Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor for the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Wednesday 3 November, Peter Chalk, Newman A
Professor Watson's main role is to provide ministers with the best possible scientific advice and build on existing measures to ensure that science and technology are used to inform policy.
Dr Dennis Gillings, CBE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Quintiles Transnational Corp.
Monday 18 October, Peter Chalk, Newman A
Dr Gillings was born and educated in the United Kingdom, receiving both a Bachelor's Degree and PhD in Mathematics from the University of Exeter. In 1982 he founded Quintiles, which grew out of his consulting activities with the pharma industry. He took Quintiles public on NASDAQ in 1994 and led its privatization in 2003. Today, Quintiles is the largest global provider of clinical trials and commercial marketing services to the pharma and biotechnology industry.
