Science and innovation
The Science & Innovation Section at the British Embassy in Copenhagen covers science and innovation issues between the UK and Denmark.
It is attached to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London and it reports to the FCO’s dedicated Science and Innovation Unit within the Global Issues Directorate.
London’s Science and Innovation Unit manage and support Science & Innovation Sections at posts in 22 countries. The Unit and the Sections make up the FCO’s Science & Innovation Network.
In the context of its global priorities and objectives, the FCO devotes significant and increasing attention to science and innovation, since they drive the economic prosperity and quality of life of all citizens.
Science & Innovation Sections at posts address four major objectives of the UK in a bilateral context between the UK and the country or region covered by the post:
- they communicate S&I policy from and to the UK
- they promote S&I collaboration in areas which match or complement existing or potential UK strengths
- they enhance wealth creation by employing S&I to drive trade and inward investment
- they engage in public diplomacy to project a dynamic, positive image of the UK as the international partner of choice.
Did you know?
- The UK has produced 46 Nobel Laureates in the fields of Science and Innovation in the last 50 years;
- With 1 % of the world's population, the UK funds 4.5% of the world's science and produces 13% of the world's top (most cited) papers;
- 15 out of the world's top 75 medicines were discovered and developed in Britain.
European workshop in Edinburgh
Chemical-looping and Calcium-looping processes for Carbon Capture.
On 21 October 2009 a workshop was held at the University of Edinburgh to discuss the possibilities of using chemical looping and calcium looping technologies to capture the CO2 from power plants. It started with a general talk on looping cycles followed by discussion of carriers. It ended with pilot trials and a future view. 11 speakers and 25 scientific stakeholders took part in this very successful workshop.
“This (workshop) has changed my view on looping as a potential carbon capture technology. It could be very much cheaper and easier to build than the options currently being experimented with for power plants. This update was certainly extremely timely, and will change the way we plan our research on carbon capture.”
Professor Stuart Haszeldine, University of Edinburgh.
Programme.
Individual presentations below (PDF, will open a new window);
Prof. Stuart Haszeldine, University of Edinburgh
Dr. Marie Bysveen, Sintef Energiforskning A/S
Dr. Stuart A. Scott, Cambridge University
Anders J. Lyngfelt, Chalmers University of Technology
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Epple, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Dr. ir. Martin van Sint Annaland, University of Twente
Dr. Tobias Proell, Vienna University of Technology
Dr Ramón Murillo Villuendas, "Instituto Nacional del Carbon" INCAR-CSIC
Dr. Nicholas Florin, Imperial College London
Dr. Christoph R. Mueller, Cambridge University
Dr. Amanda Lea-Langton, University of Leeds
