Technology and Innovation Futures: GO-Science and POST survey

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The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology is working with the Government Office for Science on a Foresight project to identify emerging technologies that have the potential to give the UK a competitive edge and to improve the delivery of public services.

As part of this review, they are asking researchers, developers, investors, analysts and others who work with emerging technologies for their perspectives.

Please help POST to identify the important technologies of the next decade and beyond, by taking part in their survey: 

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/technology-and-innovation-futures.

Fantasy Football League: Lords, MPs and Staff

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Anyone wishing to join this season’s Official Fantasy Premier League must pick their team and join before the start of the first game of the season by 11.45am on 8th August 2015.

Joining the league couldn’t be easier. Simply use this link and you’ll be added automatically after you’ve entered the game:

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/269029/join/?autojoin-code=1042189-269029.

You shouldn’t need the league code, but just in case here it is: 1042189-269029.

Enjoy the game and good luck!

 

Shueb Salar

Committee Chairs in Conversation

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From our friends at the Hansard Society:

Committee Chairs in Conversation

6:45 – 8:00pm, Monday 20 July
Committee Rm 12, House of Commons

REGISTER HERE
Join newly elected select committee chairs to discuss how committees organise their work, their role in the scrutiny process, the challenges the newly constituted committees will face over the coming year, as well as their aims for this Parliament and what they would consider a successful outcome.

Speakers

  • Dr Sarah Wollaston MP – Health Committee
  • Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP – Home Affairs Committee
  • More speakers TBA

Chair: Mark D’Arcy – BBC Parliamentary Correspondent and Member of the Hansard Society Advisory Council.