{"id":1513,"date":"2015-10-05T10:07:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T10:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2015-10-05T10:38:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T10:38:31","slug":"1513","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2015\/10\/05\/1513\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Scientists attend Annual Meeting of New Champions 2015 in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WEF<\/a><\/p>\n

Each year, the World Economic Forum selects 40 outstanding young scientists from around the world to participate alongside global business and political leaders in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions. These scientists are selected from a wide range of disciplines and deliver updates on the latest trends and developments from various branches of science.<\/p>\n

This year, Dr Kirill Veselkov<\/a> and Dr Jia Li<\/a> were nominated and successfully selected to join the Young Scientist programme in China. Both attended the Annual Meeting of the New Champions, which took place on 9-11th<\/sup> September in Dalian, People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/p>\n

Dr Kirill Veselkov, Lecturer in Computational Medicine, said \u2018The event was truly impressive, and was attended by high profile guests from all key stakeholder groups in translational science including senior statesmen, policy makers,\u00a0entrepreneurs\u00a0and scientists, regulatory organisations and publishing groups. The panel sessions and live debates were very interesting and showcased the work of the brightest young scientists in the world. The meeting was also a fantastic opportunity for me to expand my network of international collaborators for the future.<\/p>\n

Dr Jia Li, Lecturer in Computational Medicine wrote: “I was\u00a0really honoured\u00a0to be selected to attend this Annual Meeting and it was\u00a0a\u00a0fantastic and unforgettable experience. The format of the meeting was dynamic and interactive. As a basic scientist working in biomedical research, my favourite\u00a0sessions at the conference were held at\u00a0the\u00a0Health Dome and\u00a0the\u00a0IdeasLab. In the Health Dome, we had interesting discussions\u00a0about current and future health issues and policies\u00a0and\u00a0it was great to hear the\u00a0opinions from people\u00a0of\u00a0different backgrounds. The presentations given at the Ideas Lab were impressive and\u00a0I’d like to congratulate the\u00a0Synthetic\u00a0Biology team, who performed an excellent session there.\u00a0After\u00a0the meeting at\u00a0Dalian, I was also invited to attend\u00a0an\u00a0IC\u00a0alumni\u00a0event in Beijing on the 12th\u00a0September. It was a great pleasure to meet both\u00a0IC alumni of 30 years,\u00a0as well as prospective IC students.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"WEF\"<\/a>Key points to emerge from this year\u2019s meeting included the announcement that a European Innovation Council (EIC) is likely to be created within the next few years to encourage applied, commercially-driven research, and the statement from NIH that there would be a continued shift from “project based” to “person based” funding with more grants being awarded to individual investigators.<\/p>\n

Nature Publishing Group also announced plans for a double-blind peer-review model, with the possibility for authors to withhold their names and affiliations from reviewers. It is likely that an open, interactive peer-review process would be introduced to some of the Nature journals early next year.<\/p>\n

Detailed dialogue was also held between all major stakeholders regarding the global economic downturn, the anticipated impact this will have on research funding over the next few years, and potential measures to counteract this slowdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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