VIRI, the Virtual Institute for Responsible Innovation, held its first annual meeting on July 14-16 at SPRU, the Science and Policy research Unit at the University of Sussex, Brighton. Our ProGReSS dissemination leader attended the meeting and gave a presentation on behalf of ProGReSS.

VIRI members at the 1st annual meeting, Brighton.

VIRI’s aim is “to accelerate the formation of a community of scholars and practitioners who, despite divides in geography and political culture, will create a common concept of responsible innovation for research, training and outreach”.