Vasilena Vassilev at the Frontiers of Development Symposium hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
From the event:
“Frontiers of Development will host a series of symposia bringing together the best early- to mid-career researchers and practitioners (5-20 years post-doc or industry equivalent) from industry, academia, government and NGOs in multidisciplinary workshops to address fundamental development challenges, each of them involving 60 attendees (approximately half from the UK, half from the Global South).
Events will usually be held in developing countries with a view to involving local governments and NGOs where possible to ensure a regional impact by grounding the symposium in the local, whilst maintaining a profoundly global essence by inviting a diverse range of participants from the developed and developing world.
The symposia will be formulated around a selection of broad topics grounded in development challenges, and structured to facilitate the building of networks across broad multi-disciplinary communities. Though the programme is run by the Royal Academy of Engineering, all four of the UK's national academies (The Royal Academy of Engineering, The Academy of Medical Sciences, The British Academy and The Royal Society) will contribute their expertise to devise themes for the events collaboratively.”