The Morgan-Botti lecture is an annual event in

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which concentrates on innovation, technology and science. It is supported by

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Wales and is aimed at educating and informing as well as the promotion of Wales. It is named after

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, who was the

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and Jean Botti, who was the Chief Technology Officer of Airbus Group. Attendees at the lecture generally include industrialists, entrepreneurs, government officials and senior academics. The inaugural Lecture was given by Professor Lord

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in 2011. The lectures are held at the

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. In 2016 the lecture was retitled the Endeavr 2016 Celebration Event and became the launch event of the Wales Festival of Innovation.

The Lectures

* 2011 Lord Robert Winston * 2012 Lord

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* 2013

Mark Miodownik Mark Andrew Miodownik () is a British materials scientist, engineer, broadcaster and writer at University College London. Previously, he was the head of the Materials Research Group at King's College London, and a co-founder of Materials Lib ...

* 2014

Alice Roberts Alice May Roberts (born 19 May 1973) is an English biological anthropologist, biologist, television presenter and author. Since 2012 she has been Professor of the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She was President ...

* 2015

Andy Hopper Sir Andrew Hopper (born 1953) is a British-Polish Computer Technologist and entrepreneur. He is treasurer and vice-president of the Royal Society, Professor of Computer Technology, former Head of the University of Cambridge Department of Compu ...

*2016

Kevin Warwick Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954) is an English engineer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University. He is known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, and has also done ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan-Botti Lecture Awards established in 2011 British lecture series British science and technology awards Innovation in the United Kingdom Science and technology in Wales Science lecture series Technology history of the United Kingdom 2011 establishments in Wales Recurring events established in 2011 Education in Cardiff