1:AM - Conference opening
Farrar, Jeremy
Jeremy Farrar is Director of the Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in health by supporting the brightest minds. Before joining the Trust he was Director of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam, where his research interests were in infectious diseases, tropical health and emerging infections. He has contributed to 500 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and served on several World Health Organization advisory committees. Jeremy was appointed OBE in 2005 for services to Tropical Medicine, and he has been awarded the Memorial Medal and Ho Chi Minh City Medal from the Government of Vietnam, Frederick Murgatroyd Prize for Tropical Medicine by the Royal College Physicians and the Bailey Ashford Award by the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
 Hello all, I think we have a critical mass of people in there. On behalf of the Organising Committee, welcome to 1am and welcome to the right time, which was a deliberate trick in the time. We have a very packed schedule so we're going to go straight in with an introduction to 2 days by Jeremy Power, the Director of the Welcome Trust. Thanks very much, Kevin and a very warm welcome to the welcome collection. You're a very lucky group of people because apparently this has been over-subscribed 10,000 times and our investment team wonder why we weren't selling tickets but perhaps that's against us spiritually. Anyway, very very warm welcome. I'm sure I can't stay throughout the 2 days but I will come back. I can stay for about 10 o'clock and then I'll come back later today and tomorrow this is a subject very very close to my heart. I've only been at the Trust 10 months as some of you may know and so I haven't quite forgotten what it's like to be on the other side and to be on the receiving end of many of the issues that you're going to be discussing over the next couple of days. I think it's increasingly important and I think it's increasingly important as many of you will know much better than I do. This is not just about getting to the magic number, it's 42. For those of you who are older than me, remember what that number means. This is much more about yes, but also about connecting what I do or did and people like me did or do and people in the broader community of science and the broader social context that we are working and linking those people up and their work and seeing how that drives change. That's I think what we're trying to get to from this. I think there's a sense certainly of my generation that the current system does not really work for us but like the Comfort Bank, we're not quite sure what is out there and I don't think it'll be probably in the end with apologies to any of you who are similar age to myself. I don't think it'll necessarily come from our generation. I think it will come from younger people driving the change because there is a generational issue around the way we connect and I think science and research world however defined needs to broaden itself and think out of the box in terms of the way we build this ecosystem. One just word of caution I think and I've talked so much about this to trust colleagues over the last few months. I hope the sufficient number of the lay community and the research community amongst you. The burden on that research community is massive at the moment and one of my big concerns is we're in danger of overburdening it with ever more approaches and I think it's on the edge of not being able to cope with that such that we will destroy the creativity and innovation. We're in danger of overburdening it and destroying the innovation compared to I think where we need to be in terms of true creativity in this space. So what everyone can come up with and there are many different approaches to this and what are the different things from it. We must not damage the very thing we try to protect and encourage. So having the voice of the broader society and the broader research community I think is critical. The World Trust would very much like to play a role in this catalytic role, a convening role, a leading role where appropriate it's actually a critical transition that we have to take this and I would very much like to see that I hope it helps support this and others in this endeavour because the trust has to ask itself how do we get to the point in our own mechanisms of funding, in our own ways of support to make sure we are also innovative and creative around this space and not in the way we do things. So with that I know it's very task-casual and I promise to talk for not 15 minutes. A very warm welcome to everybody. I really do look forward to A, talking back and B, hearing the advice that comes out of this meeting. Not everybody has to agree and if that disagreements would be very, very welcome. And a moment of discussion about what is and where it's going is something that people very much like to see and pursue. So thank you for coming. Apologies to the hundred and thousand others perhaps I'm in the room, couldn't you? So please email whatever else one does to share the message. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
 Hello all, I think we have a critical mass of people in there.  On behalf of the Organising Committee, welcome to 1am and welcome to the right time, which  was a deliberate trick in the time.  We have a very packed schedule so we're going to go straight in with an introduction to  2 days by Jeremy Power, the Director of the Welcome Trust.  Thanks very much, Kevin and a very warm welcome to the welcome collection.  You're a very lucky group of people because apparently this has been over-subscribed 10,000  times and our investment team wonder why we weren't selling tickets but perhaps that's  against us spiritually.  Anyway, very very warm welcome.  I'm sure I can't stay throughout the 2 days but I will come back.  I can stay for about 10 o'clock and then I'll come back later today and tomorrow this is  a subject very very close to my heart.  I've only been at the Trust 10 months as some of you may know and so I haven't quite forgotten  what it's like to be on the other side and to be on the receiving end of many of the  issues that you're going to be discussing over the next couple of days.  I think it's increasingly important and I think it's increasingly important as many  of you will know much better than I do.  This is not just about getting to the magic number, it's 42.  For those of you who are older than me, remember what that number means.  This is much more about yes, but also about connecting what I do or did and people like  me did or do and people in the broader community of science and the broader social context that  we are working and linking those people up and their work and seeing how that drives  change.  That's I think what we're trying to get to from this.  I think there's a sense certainly of my generation that the current system does not really work  for us but like the Comfort Bank, we're not quite sure what is out there and I don't think  it'll be probably in the end with apologies to any of you who are similar age to myself.  I don't think it'll necessarily come from our generation.  I think it will come from younger people driving the change because there is a generational  issue around the way we connect and I think science and research world however defined  needs to broaden itself and think out of the box in terms of the way we build this ecosystem.  One just word of caution I think and I've talked so much about this to trust colleagues  over the last few months.  I hope the sufficient number of the lay community and the research community amongst you.  The burden on that research community is massive at the moment and one of my big concerns is  we're in danger of overburdening it with ever more approaches and I think it's on the edge  of not being able to cope with that such that we will destroy the creativity and innovation.  We're in danger of overburdening it and destroying the innovation compared to I think where we  need to be in terms of true creativity in this space.  So what everyone can come up with and there are many different approaches to this and  what are the different things from it.  We must not damage the very thing we try to protect and encourage.  So having the voice of the broader society and the broader research community I think  is critical.  The World Trust would very much like to play a role in this catalytic role, a convening  role, a leading role where appropriate it's actually a critical transition that we have  to take this and I would very much like to see that I hope it helps support this and  others in this endeavour because the trust has to ask itself how do we get to the point  in our own mechanisms of funding, in our own ways of support to make sure we are also innovative  and creative around this space and not in the way we do things.  So with that I know it's very task-casual and I promise to talk for not 15 minutes.  A very warm welcome to everybody.  I really do look forward to A, talking back and B, hearing the advice that comes out of  this meeting.  Not everybody has to agree and if that disagreements would be very, very welcome.  And a moment of discussion about what is and where it's going is something that people  very much like to see and pursue.  So thank you for coming.  Apologies to the hundred and thousand others perhaps I'm in the room, couldn't you?  So please email whatever else one does to share the message.  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you.
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Hello all, I think we have a critical mass of people in there. On behalf of the Organising Committee, welcome to 1am and welcome to the right time, which was a deliberate trick in the time. We have a very packed schedule so we're going to go straight in with an introduction to 2 days by Jeremy Power, the Director of the Welcome Trust. Thanks very much, Kevin and a very warm welcome to the welcome collection. You're a very lucky group of people because apparently this has been over-subscribed 10,000 times and our investment team wonder why we weren't selling tickets but perhaps that's against us spiritually. Anyway, very very warm welcome. I'm sure I can't stay throughout the 2 days but I will come back. I can stay for about 10 o'clock and then I'll come back later today and tomorrow this is a subject very very close to my heart. I've only been at the Trust 10 months as some of you may know and so I haven't quite forgotten what it's like to be on the other side and to be on the receiving end of many of the issues that you're going to be discussing over the next couple of days. I think it's increasingly important and I think it's increasingly important as many of you will know much better than I do. This is not just about getting to the magic number, it's 42. For those of you who are older than me, remember what that number means. This is much more about yes, but also about connecting what I do or did and people like me did or do and people in the broader community of science and the broader social context that we are working and linking those people up and their work and seeing how that drives change. That's I think what we're trying to get to from this. I think there's a sense certainly of my generation that the current system does not really work for us but like the Comfort Bank, we're not quite sure what is out there and I don't think it'll be probably in the end with apologies to any of you who are similar age to myself. I don't think it'll necessarily come from our generation. I think it will come from younger people driving the change because there is a generational issue around the way we connect and I think science and research world however defined needs to broaden itself and think out of the box in terms of the way we build this ecosystem. One just word of caution I think and I've talked so much about this to trust colleagues over the last few months. I hope the sufficient number of the lay community and the research community amongst you. The burden on that research community is massive at the moment and one of my big concerns is we're in danger of overburdening it with ever more approaches and I think it's on the edge of not being able to cope with that such that we will destroy the creativity and innovation. We're in danger of overburdening it and destroying the innovation compared to I think where we need to be in terms of true creativity in this space. So what everyone can come up with and there are many different approaches to this and what are the different things from it. We must not damage the very thing we try to protect and encourage. So having the voice of the broader society and the broader research community I think is critical. The World Trust would very much like to play a role in this catalytic role, a convening role, a leading role where appropriate it's actually a critical transition that we have to take this and I would very much like to see that I hope it helps support this and others in this endeavour because the trust has to ask itself how do we get to the point in our own mechanisms of funding, in our own ways of support to make sure we are also innovative and creative around this space and not in the way we do things. So with that I know it's very task-casual and I promise to talk for not 15 minutes. A very warm welcome to everybody. I really do look forward to A, talking back and B, hearing the advice that comes out of this meeting. Not everybody has to agree and if that disagreements would be very, very welcome. And a moment of discussion about what is and where it's going is something that people very much like to see and pursue. So thank you for coming. Apologies to the hundred and thousand others perhaps I'm in the room, couldn't you? So please email whatever else one does to share the message. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
right time, which was a deliberate trick in the days by Jeremy Power, the Director of the Welcome lucky group of people because apparently this has I've only been at the Trust 10 months as some of what we're trying to get to from this. I think the change because there is a generational issue community and the research community amongst you. approaches and I think it's on the edge of not The World Trust would very much like to play a very task-casual and I promise to talk for not 15 moment of discussion about what is and where it's