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Thursday Gathering
Metascience: The Future of UK Research?
May 21, 2026, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT+1

📍 1 Triton Square, London NW1 3BF

 

Interest in metascience and AI for science has risen in the last year, with new ways of conducting and funding research growing across the UK, US, and beyond. Skeptics say we’ve had decades of metascience thinkers but repeatedly hear about innovation and technologies being held back.

So what’s new? And what works? Join BuildsBio, Renphil, UCL & Science Works to explore some of the foundational challenges with metascience & the opportunities ahead as we optimise research productivity.

 

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Sessions
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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT+1
Connect: Pizza & Networking
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6:15 PM - 6:45 PM GMT+1
Workshop: Come Paint With Us - Visualising the Future of Science
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7:00 PM - 7:10 PM GMT+1
Welcome Remarks
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7:10 PM - 7:40 PM GMT+1
Panel: The Future of Science
Speakers
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Dr. Victoria Austin
UCL Pro Vice Provost
Disability Innovation Hub
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Sam Balch
Director, UCL Grand Challenges
UCL
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Bennett John
Sector Director, Capital Investment
Department for Business and Trade
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Ronit Kanwar
Head of Strategy and Partnerships
Renaissance Philanthropy
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Peter Kolarz
Head of Programmes
Research on Research Institute
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Laura Ryan
Co-founder
Science Works
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