b'WITH THANKS TO OURE&T INNOVATION AWARDS ADVISORY BOARDFran ScottMaker, Presenter, PyrotechnicianFran Scott is the Science Content Developer at the Royal Institution and has been listed in The Progress 1000 Londons most influential people. A scientist by training and an engineer at heart, Fran uses her knowledge to entertain and excite audiences of stage and screen. She is best known for her playful (and often fiery) demonstrations on theCBBCshowAbsolute Genius with Dick and Dom.Struck by the lack of female scientist role models onComplaintsand the new series ofLego Mastersfor childrens TV, Fran set about changing that. After workingChannel 4.With her own production company,Great behind-the-scenes for many years on hit programmesScott! Productions,she writes and produces high-octane such asRichard Hammonds Blast Lab, Bang Goes theshows for clients such as Google for Education, Mishkat Theory and Horizon,Fran then made the move to in- Science Centre, Siemens and National Grid.As the front of camera. She has since presented eight series forScience Content Producer at the Royal Institution, Fran CBBC, six series for BBC Learning Zone, and one foralso heads up the demonstration team in their world BBC Worldwide. For Fran, science and entertainment isfamous Christmas Lectures. Balancing entertainment with at the heart of what she does, and this seems to haveeducation, Fran manages to inject her demonstrations struck a chord with those wanting informative and yetwith narrative and humour to make them as enjoyable as engaging factual programmes, with her shows becomingthey are informative, leading her to present with many well-successes across the globe and receiving numerousknown names including Richard Hammond, Prof. Robert recognitions includingfourBAFTAnominations, aJAPANWinston, Prof. Brian Cox, and of course, Dick and Dom!prize nominationand aRTS award. Finally, Fran also writes science content for print, as Recently, Fran has been moving into more adult- columnist for both National Geographic Kids and The focused programming, with More 4sDepartment ofWeek Junior, as well as contributing to Huffington Post.Professor Kevin Warwick CEng FIETEmeritus Professor, Reading and Coventry UniversitiesKevin Warwick is Emeritus Professor at Reading and Coventry Universities. His research areas are artificial intelligence, biomedical systems, robotics and cyborgs. Kevin is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the IET who has published over 600 research papers.His experiments into implant technology led to him beingEllison-Cliffe Medal from the Royal Society of Medicine the cover story on the US magazine, Wired. He achievedand presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.the worlds first direct electronic communication betweenIn 2014 he was elected to membership of the European two human nervous systems, the basis for thoughtAcademy of Sciences and Arts and in 2018 he was communication. He has been awarded higher doctorateselected to the International Academy for Systems and (DSc) by Imperial College and the Czech Academy ofCybernetic Sciences.Sciences. He received the IET Mountbatten Medal, the eandt.theiet.org/innovation#eandtawards 7'