R&D Society news: David Fishlock, 1932 - 2009

The R&D Society was saddened to learn of the death on Friday 18 September 2009 of David Fishlock, a longstanding R&D Society member and former editor and valued contributor to the R&D Society newsletter. He was well regarded as a science and technology writer, with an influential career including being technology journalist for New Scientist, science correspondent for the Financial Times and founder of R&D Efficiency. Obituaries have been published in the Times and the Financial Times.

Members may wish to note that Scott Keir, the R&D Society administrator has details of David Fishlock's funeral and an address for flowers.

R&D Society: Meeting fees waived for Individual Student members

For a trial period, afternoon and evening meetings (excluding dinner) are free for Individual Student members.

Students at universities that are Corporate members pay the R&D Society Corporate member rate unless they are also Individual Student members.

This includes attendance at The 2008 Duncan Davies lecture: The challenges of the 21st century with Sir David King on the evening of Tuesday 15 July 2008, and the afternoon seminar ‘Green R&D’, Developing products for a low-carbon and sustainable future, also on 15 July 2008.

Individual Student membership is £15 for 1 July 2008 - 31 December 2008, and is open to all PhD, Masters and Undergraduate students - proof of status will be required. You can join online by credit or debit card, or follow with payment by cheque or cash.

Event: Innovation Forum: Walking the talk: increasing innovation in the media sector, 11 October 2007

At this event we will bring together thinkers and doers from the media sector and beyond to look at the established and potential models for innovation in media, from traditional technology R&D to corporate development units; collaboration with universities and third parties to industry fora and consortia; design- and user-led-development to open innovation. We will review past revolutions in industry to better understand how innovation relates to broader dynamics in business and society. And we will consider contemporary barriers to innovation in the media sector, highlight best practice, give examples of success, point up areas of failure, and identify possible ways to increase innovation in media. The panelists are R&D Society member Dr Norman Lewis, Wireless Grids Corporation; Rachel Jones, Instrata Limited; Professor David Edgerton, Imperial College London (also speaking at the R&D Society on 30 October); Frank Boyd, Unexpected Media; and Lorenzo Wood, LBI International. Further details and booking information can be found on the event page.

Member news: The Queen's Awards for Enterprise: Innovation 2007

Congratulations to Corporate Member De La Rue for receiving the Queen's Awards for Enterprise: Innovation 2007, for its StarChromeTM wide windowed optically variable banknote security thread.