All events
Tuesday
20 May 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
20 May 2025
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Dr Majid Al-Kader (CEO at mXreality)
- Jason Holt CBE (Co-founder at Metaverse Learning)
Work of Ofcom - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Dame Melanie Dawes (Chief Executive at Ofcom)
- Natalie Black (Group Director, Networks and Communications at Ofcom)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
13 May 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
13 May 2025
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Julie Todd (Head of Administration at Rocoil)
Digital centre of government - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Phil Rumens (Digital Services Manager at West Berkshire Council)
- Councillor Sunita Gordon (Lead Member for Resources at London Borough of Sutton)
10:15am
- Andrew Chevis (Chief Executive at CitizenCard)
- Julie Dawson (Chief Policy and Regulatory Officer at Yoti)
10:45am
- Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP (Former Secretary of State at Department for Work and Pensions)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
6 May 2025
2:00pm
Private
2:30pm
Public
Innovation, growth and the regions - Oral evidence
6 May 2025
2:30pm
- Neil Lee (Professor of Economic Geography at London School of Economics (LSE))
- Mathias Rauch (Director and Chair of the Board at Fraunhofer UK)
3:30pm
- Louis Taylor (CEO at British Business Bank)
- Kristen McLeod (Chief Strategy Officer at British Business Bank)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
29 April 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
29 April 2025
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Jake Davies (Managing Director at CoolLED)
Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Mark Bunting (Director, Online Safety Strategy Delivery at Ofcom)
- John Edwards (Information Commissioner at Information Commissioner's Office)
10:45am
- The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Member at House of Lords)
- Talitha Rowland (Director for Security and Online Harm at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
8 April 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
8 April 2025
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Itxaso Ariza (Chief Technology Officer at Tokamak Energy)
Pre-appointment hearing: Innovate UK chair - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Tom Adeyoola (Tech entrepreneur and founder at Metail)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
1 April 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
1 April 2025
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Dan Cathie (CEO at Silveray)
Innovation, growth and the regions - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Dan Norris MP (Mayor of the West of England at Mayoral Combined Authority)
- Councillor Mary Ann Brocklesby (Cardiff Capital Region Chair and Leader at Monmouthshire County Council)
- Mayor Kim McGuiness (Mayor of the North East of England at North East Combined Authority)
10:35am
- Rt Hon Greg Clark (Chair at Warrick Innovation District)
- Dr Natasha Boulding (CEO at Low Carbon Materials)
- Dan Cathie (CEO at Silveray)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
25 March 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
25 March 2025
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Robert Coles (Deputy CEO at Education South West)
- Claire Plumb (Headteacher at South Devon UTC)
- Will Bent (Lead for Engineering at South Devon UTC)
Digital centre of government - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Laura Gilbert CBE (Head of AI for Government, Ellison Institute and Visiting Professor in Practice at London School of Economics)
- Richard Pope (Director at Richard Pope and Partners)
10:35am
- Rachel Coldicutt OBE (Executive Director at Careful Industries)
- Joe Hill (Policy Director at Reform think tank)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
18 March 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
18 March 2025
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Professor Svetan Ratchev (Professor of Production Engineering and Director of the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering at University of Nottingham)
Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Dr Karen Middleton (Senior Lecturer in Marketing at University of Portsmouth and Advisor to the Conscious Advertising Network)
- Phil Smith (Director General at Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA))
10:45am
- Dr Eirliani Abdul Rahman (Online Safety Advocate and Former Trust and Council Member at Twitter)
- Lyric Jain (CEO at Logically)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
11 March 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
11 March 2025
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Dr Jennifer Fleming (Coordinator at Protein Data Bank in Europe, EMBL-EBI)
Innovation, growth and the regions - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Duncan Johnson (CEO at Northern Gritstone)
- Irene Graham OBE (CEO at The ScaleUp Institute)
10:35am
- Henri Murison (CEO at Northen Powerhouse Partnership)
- Dr Kath Mackay (Chief Scientific Officer at Bruntwood SciTech)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
25 February 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
25 February 2025
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Dr Olusola Idowu (Founder at Hexis Lab)
Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Amanda Storey (Managing Director, Trust & Safety at Google EMEA at Google)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
25 February 2025
2:30pm
Public
Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms - Oral evidence
25 February 2025
2:30pm
- Chris Yiu (Director of Public Policy for Northern Europe at Meta)
- Ali Law (Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, UK and Ireland at TikTok)
- Wifredo Fernandez (Senior Director for Government Affairs at X (formerly known as Twitter))
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
11 February 2025
9:15am
Private
9:45am
Public
Work of the Science Minister - Oral evidence
11 February 2025
9:45am
- Lord Vallance (Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
- Alexandra Jones (Director General for Science at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
4 February 2025
1:45pm
Private
2:45pm
Public
AI and copyright - Oral evidence
4 February 2025
2:45pm
- Sajeeda Merali (Chief Executive at Professional Publishers Association)
- Max Richter
- Matt Rogerson (Director of Global Public Policy and Platform Strategy at Financial Times)
2:00pm
- Vinous Ali (Deputy Executive Director at Startup Coalition)
- Sebastian Posth (Founder and Chief Executive at Liccium B.V.)
- James Smith (Co-founder and Chief Executive at Human Native AI)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday
28 January 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
28 January 2025
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Angela Morris (CEO at Woolcool)
- Keith Spilsbury (Strategic Director at Woolcool)
Government Chief Scientific Adviser and departmental Chief Scientific Advisers - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Professor Lucy Chappell (Chief Scientific Adviser at Department of Health and Social Care)
- Professor Chris Johnson (Chief Scientific Adviser at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
- Dr Nick Joad (Director, Defence Science and Technology at Ministry of Defence)
- Professor Tamsin Mather (Senior Strategic Scientist at Ministry of Defence)
10:35am
- Professor Dame Angela McLean (Government Chief Scientific Adviser at HM Government)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
21 January 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
21 January 2025
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Professor Sebastien Ourselin (Professor of Healthcare Engineering at Head of School, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, Kings College London)
Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Zara Mohammed (Secretary General at Muslim Council of Britain)
- Ravishaan Muthiah (Director of Communications at Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants)
- Kelly Chequer (Councillor at Sunderland City Council)
10:15am
- Marianna Spring (Disinformation and social media correspondent at BBC)
- Mr Imran Ahmed (CEO at Center for Countering Digital Hate)
- Dr Joe Whittaker (Lecturer at School of Social Sciences, Cyber Threats Research Centre, Swansea University)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
14 January 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
14 January 2025
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Lisa Johnson (Vice President, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs (Global) at Starship Technologies)
Innovation, growth and the regions - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Professor Irene Tracey CBE (Vice-Chancellor at The University of Oxford)
- Dr David McBeth (Vice-Principal (Enterprise & Economic Transformation) at Dundee University)
- Professor Ashutosh Tiwari FREng (Deputy Vice-President for Innovation at The University of Sheffield)
10:35am
- Martin McHugh (CEO at Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult)
- Mike Wright (Chair at West Midlands Innovation Board)
- Professor Lou Cordwell OBE (Professor of Innovation and Chair of Greater Manchester Business Board (LEP) at The University of Manchester)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
7 January 2025
9:00am
Private
Private meeting
7 January 2025
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
17 December 2024
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
17 December 2024
Innovation showcase - Oral evidence
9:30am
- Marie Labus (CEO at AMLo Biosciences)
Innovation and eradicating diseases - Oral evidence
9:45am
- Professor David Lalloo (Vice-Chancellor at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)
- Dr Lisa Stockdale (Senior Immunologist at The Jenner Institute)
10:20am
- Professor Siddharthan Chandran (Director at The UK Dementia Research Institute)
- Dr Simon Stott (Director of Research at Cure Parkinson's)
10:55am
- Professor Ketan Patel (Chief Scientist at Cancer Research UK)
- Dr Julie Torode (Director of Strategic Partnerships at Institute of Cancer Policy, Kings College London)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
3 December 2024
2:00pm
Private
2:30pm
Public
Work of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - Oral evidence
3 December 2024
2:30pm
- Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP (Secretary of State at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
- Sarah Munby (Permanent Secretary at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
19 November 2024
9:00am
Private
Private meeting
19 November 2024
Room 6, Palace of Westminster