Organization:Philips Lecture

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The Philips Lecture was a lecture organised by the Royal Society of London with support from Philips Industries Limited in 1980, the object being to strengthen contacts between the Society and industry and more generally between universities and industry. The general theme of the series was science in industry. The lecture was annual and was given for the last time in 1992.

List of lecturers

Year Name Lecture Notes
1981 Alfred Spinks Targets in biotechnology.
1982 James Whyte Black The uncertain road to modern medicines.
1983 Geoffrey Allen The impact of industrial and academic collaboration on new technology.
1984 David Allan Rees Renewing the role of research establishments.
1985 John Ivan George Cadogan Research, business and the universities.
1986 Frank Brian Mercer Critical aspects of industrial and academic collaboration.
1987 Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir Magnetism.
1988 Robin Buchanan Nicholson Industrial research: success and failure.
1989 Cyril Hilsum Does industrial R&D pay?
1990 Alastair Pilkington Glass and windows.
1991 S van Houten Why industrial research?
1992 C. Thomas Elliott Thermal imaging: a new eye on the world.

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