The Research and Development Society

From ideas to wealth

Keynote by David Willetts MP – Conservative Party lead on R&D, and Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities & Skills

Keynote talk and discussion dinner
Tuesday 21 April 2009, 6pm for 6.30pm
The Royal Society, 7 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG - map

David Willetts is Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills and has been the Member of Parliament for Havant since 1992. He was Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2001-2005 and has worked at HM Treasury, and the Number 10 Policy Unit. He served as Paymaster General in the last Conservative Government.

He is a Governor of the Ditchley Foundation and a member of the Council of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He is Senior Adviser to Punter Southall, actuaries. David has written widely on economic and social policy.

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