Energy@Cambridge networking evening for PhD students and early career researchers

Title: ‘Good technology does not require public investment’

Participants: PhD and early career researchers working in the Faculties of Humanities, Social Sciences, Technology or Physical Sciences.

We have a number of spaces for social scientists and science/technology PhD students and early career researchers to take part in the event and will select participants to cover a range of disciplines.

Format: Professor Michael Pollitt, Judge Business School and Dr Julian Peck, Cambridge Enterprise will both give a 5-10 min overview of the issues from a policy and technology viewpoint to stimulate the discussion. The groups will then discuss the issues with a mix of scientists/engineers, humanities and social scientists.

Discussion to include the following:

• As a scientist/social scientist or humanities researcher discuss how different disciplines approach the issues around good technology and public investment.
• What factors affect which technologies are adopted?
• What are the risks/benefits to society?
• How do market forces affect technology development and policy?
• What role should government play to nurture new technologies?