In Conversation with Professor Dame Angela McLean

In this event, Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS was in conversation with Rt Hon Lord (David) Willetts, Chair of the Foundation for Science and Technology. Professor McLean is the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, a role that she has held since April 2023. She is also Head of the Government Science and Engineering Profession.

Professor McLean and Lord Willetts discussed a range of topics from the challenges of providing science advice, the role of the science and engineering in the civil service, working with ministers and civil servants and more. There was then an extended period of questions from the floor.