Media tarts up regional event

Michael Kenward

The Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) in the UK play an increasing role in delivering science policy. They are supposed to be in touch with what is happening locally, and get to hand out taxpayers' money to support local businesses and universities in the innovation game.

The RDAs are gradually overcoming scepticism of the "what do they know about science?" variety, but then they go and put on events with people like "Dr Edward De Bono, creator of the Six Thinking Hats concept and regarded by many as the world’s leading authority on constructive and creative thinking". To compound the disquiet, they recruit...

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