OAG 030 – April 2021 Related Content
Saving Earth’s biodiversity through a story revolution
The WILD Foundation’s President, Vance Martin and Vice President of Policy and Communications, Amy Lewis, highlight the important and often forgotten role of storytelling and community organising to encourage conservation.
Horizon Europe: EU research & innovation
Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, describes Horizon Europe and scaling up high-impact and breakthrough research & innovation.
COVID-19 and diabetes telehealth
Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe from Frost & Sullivan’s TechCasting Group, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic is the scenario for testing and demonstrating the successful implementation of diabetes telehealth platforms.
Towards an energy transition
Neil Gordon, Chief Executive of Subsea UK, charts the move towards energy transition, green energy and the ultimate goal of net-zero, including comment on the burgeoning Asia-Pacific market.
The UK’s legalisation of medicinal cannabis
David Hardstaff of BCL’s Cannabis Law & Regulatory team considers the success of the UK’s legalisation of medicinal cannabis products.
Sustainable communities, ecosystem services and human well‐being
Michael Slimak Ph.D., retired National Program Director for the Sustainable & Healthy Communities Research Program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), explores the most pressing challenges today that reflect the need to understand interdependencies between the natural and social sciences.
Accelerating innovation: Lead batteries look to the future
Dr Alistair Davidson, Director, Consortium for Battery Innovation, describes accelerating innovation when it comes to the use of lead batteries in the future.
Spark: A new direction for public sector tech procurement
Dan Howard, Category Commercial Agreement Manager, explains that Spark DPS is a new direction for public sector tech procurement.
Reducing emissions and noise from transport
Here, we learn about LIFE GySTRA and NEMO projects, which aim to create innovative solutions based on remote sensing to reduce emissions and noise from transport.
Role & responsibility of education in medical professionalism
Here, L. Maximilian Buja, MD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, details the role and responsibility of medical education in medical professionalism.
COVID-19 update: Vaccinations & infection prevention and control (IPC)
Ruth Smith CEO of Active Care Group and its Christchurch Group division discusses the new highly virulent variant of COVID, vaccinations, and infection prevention and control (IPC).
Supporting adolescent girls from refugee backgrounds
Chief Talent & Global Strategy Officer Dr Dianne Morrison-Beedy highlights the major issue of how adolescent girls from refugee backgrounds have been forgotten in evidence-based sexual risk reduction interventions.
Great customer experience: Focus on the core issues
Great customer experience is more important than ever. Deliver it by focusing on the core issues, argues Chris Merricks from CX Consultants.
Procurement: Digital transformation in the public sector
Crown Commercial Service explain how the Digital Outcomes and Specialists 5 procurement framework enables digital transformation of the public sector.
Humanitarian Engineering: Co-creating with communities
The Humanitarian Engineering Program at the Colorado School of Mines teaches engineers to work as partners with society.
Technology solutions for the aquaculture sector
Carlos Mazorra, Director of Innovation and Enrique Amaré, CEO of SMARTWATER PLANET share with us their thoughts on affordable technology solutions for the aquaculture sector.
University challenge: Remote cash recovery
Rockford Associates Limited walks us through a challenge for Royal Holloway – University of London, remote cash recovery.
Energy: Public sector has the power to drive the net-zero transition
Ahead of a new report, the Association for Decentralised Energy’s Chief Strategic Advisor Joanne Wade, examines the role of the public sector in leading the energy transition to net-zero.
The role of the mind in dis-ease
We hear from emotional trauma expert and renowned healer, Antonia Harman about the role of the mind in dis-ease.
COVID-19: Surge in the use of NHS tech in 2020
Ben Davison, NHS Digital’s Executive Director for Product Development, explains how the coronavirus pandemic prompts a surge in the number of people using NHS tech in 2020.