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SUMMARY:In conversation With Professor Chris Johnson\, Chief Scientific Adv
 isor at the Department for Science\, Innovation and Technology
DESCRIPTION:Discover more about how academic research interacts with policy
 making and how to navigate that interaction as a researcher or academic wi
 th Imperial Policy Forum’s In conversation series.\nJoin host Amanda Wol
 thuizen\, Vice-President (Strategic Engagement and Communications)\, for a
  conversation with Professor Chris Johnson\, Chief Scientific Advisor at t
 he Department for Science\, Innovation and Technology.\nA networking recep
 tion will take place after the event.\nAbout the speaker\nProfessor Chris 
 Johnson is the Chief Scientific Adviser in the Department for Science\, In
 novation and Technology (DSIT) having taken up the role in July 2024. Prio
 r to this\, he served as Pro Vice Chancellor for Engineering and Physical 
 Sciences at Queen’s University\, Belfast (2020-24) and Head of Computing
  Science in Glasgow University (2014-2020).\nChris’ research interests l
 ie at the intersection of cyber security and the engineering of safety-cri
 tical systems\, in applications where it is not possible to halt operation
  and analyse potential malware without creating significant safety concern
 s. He helped lead the Department for Transport (DfT) review of UK airports
 \, airlines and air traffic organisations that informed the National Cyber
 security Strategy for Aviation. He set up cyber security labs for the UK C
 ivil Nuclear Industry. He was SG Chair of the National Cyber Security Cent
 re’s Community of Interest in Industrial Control Systems. He is a member
  of the National Cyber Advisory Board (NCAB) appointed to support the impl
 ementation of the UK Cyber Strategy.\nHis early work helped deliver a rang
 e of analysis techniques to identify lessons learned from previous failure
 s. He subsequently served as an expert witness to the Grenfell Tower publi
 c inquiry where he helped identify recommendations to improve data and com
 munications across the UK emergency services.\nHis more recent work has de
 livered techniques for the ethical introduction of machine learning in mil
 itary systems\, including safety and security requirements\, on behalf of 
 the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).\nHe has held fellowships from NASA\, as
  well as the US Air Force and the US Navy (Office of Naval Research).\n 
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/207786/in-conversation-with-professor
 -chris-johnson-chief-scientific-advisor-at-the-department-for-science-inno
 vation-and-technology/
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LOCATION:Lecture theatre 2\, Imperial Business School\, South Kensington Ca
 mpus\, Imperial College London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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