Breakfast Briefing with Lord David Willetts, Chair, Regulatory Innovation Office
This briefing will explore the role of cross-sector collaboration in enabling innovations to deliver the growth mission.
When registering for this event you can choose whether you would prefer to attend in-person or virtually. Please note in-person capacity is limited, and any members we are unable to accommodate face-to-face will be offered the opportunity to join virtually. The livestream will run from 08:30-09:30.
We are delighted to welcome Lord David Willetts, Chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) for this special briefing, in which we will explore the practicalities of bringing emerging technologies into service to support the delivery of government missions.
Join us on the day and you will:
- Understand how RIO is unlocking the potential of new and emerging technologies
- Explore how cross-sector collaboration can support RIO’s priority areas of engineering biology, space, AI and digital in healthcare, and connected and autonomous vehicles
- Pose your question directly to Lord Willetts in a live audience Q&A
Speaker
Lord Willetts was appointed as Chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office in March 2025.
Lord Willetts brings a wealth of leadership experience from across the public and private sectors which will help the RIO help to deliver its priorities.
As the Member of Parliament for Havant, he served as Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014. He has made extensive contributions to the UK science and technology sector, including sitting on the board of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and chairing the British Science Association, the UK Space Agency Board, and the Foundation for Science and Technology.
He was elected Conservative MP for Havant in Hampshire on 9 April 1992.
Working with officials and ministers, the Chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) provides leadership and direction to the RIO. The RIO has been established as a new office within Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to help reduce the burden for businesses bringing new products to the market in some of the UK’s fastest-growing sectors.
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