Name: UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) Launch
Start: 2018-06-25T16:30:00+01:00
End: 2018-06-25T18:30:00+01:00
Location: Wellcome Trust

UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) Launch

UKCDR

Please save the date of Monday 25 June, 2018 for the launch of UKCDR, the UK Collaborative on Development Research (currently UKCDS). 
Amid a shifting landscape for UK international development research funding, what does the future hold for Official Development Assistance (ODA) research? How can research address some of the intractable and cross-cutting problems faced by an evolving world?
Join our Executive Director Dr Marta Tufet and Chair of the Strategic Coherence of ODA-funded Research (SCOR) Board, Professor Baron Peter Piot, to introduce and launch our new organisation.
A high-level panel will be moderated by Professor Melissa Leach, Director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), with speakers:
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Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC)
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Ms Diana Dalton, Deputy Director, Research and Evidence Division, Department for International Development (DFID)
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Dr Alison Evans, Chief Commissioner, Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI)
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Dr Jaideep Gupte, Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), Challenge Leader for Cities and Sustainable Infrastructure.
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Dr Janet Midega, Science Officer for Drug Resistant Infections and AMR, Wellcome Trust.
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 We look forward to seeing you on 25 June, and discussing our vision for the future of UK-funded international development research with you.
The event is being held on Monday 25 June 2018 from 16:30 to 18:30 at the Wellcome Trust, 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE.
Please use this page to register your place to attend. <A HREF="https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/hyrrdzfs" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">A livestream of the event is also available here.</A>
If you have any questions, please contact <A HREF="mailto:events@ukcds.org.uk" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">events@ukcds.org.uk</A>
We hope you can make it!
UKCDS team
 
 
* Please note that availability for this event is on a first come, first served basis. We reserve the right to limit numbers of individuals attending if necessary *

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