Preparing for future challenges: how can government best use science?
Science has played a key role in the Covid crisis, and the pandemic has shone a light on the way government accesses, uses and communicates scientific evidence and data. This panel discussed the lessons learned and how the government can use science effectively to achieve its aim of making the UK a \u201cscience superpower\u201d.\n\nThis event was part of the IfG's fringe events programme at the 2021 Labour Party Conference in Brighton.\n\nSpeakers:\n\nAyesha Hazarika, broadcaster and political commentator\nProfessor Mary Ryan FREng, Interim Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise) at Imperial College London\nSir Mark Walport, Fellow at The Royal Society and chair of the Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre\n\nThis event was chaired by Tom Sasse, Associate Director at the Institute for Government.\n\nKindly supported by Imperial College London and the Royal Society.