The purpose of the workshop is to identify issues surrounding concerns about the future science workforce, focusing on diversity, opportunity and training in the sciences for women and members of ethnic minorities. This is with the intention of identifying what we already know about the difficulties in this area, what constitutes the main gaps in our understanding of this area, and finally to agree on two or three key research questions that can be adequately addressed with the support of a small grant of c £45k.

Tuesday 1^st February 2005

1.00pm Lunch

2.00pm Introduction from Steve Rayner, Pat Langford and Sarah Gibbons

3.00pm The risks in science and the governance of risk

Nick Pidgeon

3.30pm Afternoon tea break

4.00pm Education and training

Jonathan Osborne, Auntaneshia Garry, Jane Pritchard.

5.30pm Close

7.30pm Drinks followed by dinner at 8pm in the Red Room

Wednesday 2^nd February 2005

Breakfast from 7am

9.00am Labour markets and academic/industry mobility

Louise Ackers, Liz Oliver, Dave Wield.

10.30am Morning coffee break

11.00 Academia and industrial relations

Jonathan Brown, Pooran Wynarczyk

12.30pm Lunch and close