The Government’s draft National Statement of Science Investment lays out the plan for science funding for the next decade and with submissions open on the plan until August, 22nd, the SMC in conjunction with the Science Communicator’s Association held a panel discussion to tease out some of the big issues concerning the direction of science investment.
The panel featured:
Dr Adam Jaffe, Director, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Wendy McGuinness, founder and chief executive of the McGuinness Institute
Dr Ian Fergusson, departmental science advisor, Ministry for Primary Industries, Plant & Food senior scientist
Click below to listen back to the speakers’ presentations and accompanying Q&A session.