An Audience with Sir Mark Walport

Sir Mark Walport is the current Government Chief Scientific Adviser and is responsible for providing scientific advice to the Prime Minister and members of the Cabinet, advising the government on aspects of policy on science and technology, and ensuring and improving the quality and use of scientific evidence and advice in government.

He is the former Director of the Wellcome Trust, the global charity dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health, and was a Professor of Medicine and Head of the Division of Medicine at Imperial.

Sir Mark will announce the title of his lecture nearer the date. An optional supper follows the talk, tickets to that can be booked separately here.