Scottish Crucible 2013

Programme

Scottish Crucible 2013 will take place over three intensive two-day workshops to be held in early Summer 2013 and hosted by one of three partner universities consecutively. Successful applicants commit to attending all three Scottish Crucible events, as follows:

• 2 - 3 May 2013 – Heriot-Watt University
• 23 - 24 May 2013 – University of Stirling
• 27 - 28 June 3013 – University of Aberdeen

Each Scottish Crucible event will consist of guest speakers, seminars, skills sessions, tours and informal discussions all aimed at helping Scottish researchers put their role into a wider context, such as how to best address the social and technical challenges facing Society. Not only will Crucible participants mix with their peers from a wide variety of science and social science backgrounds, but they'll also have a unique opportunity to network with senior representatives of science, policy, government, media and business in Scotland.

In particular, Scottish Crucible participants will:

• be welcomed with a launch event at the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• discuss policy making with specialists from the Scottish Government
• receive advice on engaging the public from media professionals
• learn how commercialisation happens in practice from Scottish entrepreneurs.