An IWA Swansea Bay branch event, in conjunction with the British Science Association (South Wales Branch)
On 11th November 2010 in Swansea and on 2nd February 2011 in Cardiff, Professor Harries shared his early thoughts after a short time in his new post in Wales. On this occasion (and in Cardiff on February 16 th) he will describe developments over the past year which have informed the formulation of the new science policy of the Welsh Government; it is expected that the new policy will be announced early in 2012 by the First Minister.
Professor John Harries is Professor of Earth Observation at the Blackett Laboratory in Imperial College, London. A Past-President of the Royal Meteorological Society he was the first Director of the Space Science Department of the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory. He is the Principal Investigator of a climate monitoring instrument which is currently operating in the European Meteostat Satellite Series in geostationary orbit. In July 2011 he was awarded NASA’s Distinguished Public Service Medal.