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Professor Dame Angela McLean visited Ottawa to meet her counterparts from the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in what was the first face-to-face meeting of the Chief Scientific Advisers (CSAs) of the five nations. This is also the first time all five CSAs were women.
![Chief Scientific Advisers of Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, United States and New Zealand. Credit: Mélanie Provencher](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66913a56ce1fd0da7b5924a4/s712_OCSA_GROUP_326_MP8_1522__1_.jpg)
Professor Dame Angela McLean visited Madagascar to see how the UK is supporting the Malagasy government and people to protect this biodiversity hotspot.
![Government Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Dame Angela McLean and other UK dignitaries visiting Madagascar](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66913a81ab418ab0555924ae/s465_GCSA_Angela_McLean_in_Madagascar.jpg)
The Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology (CST) met with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) today in Washington, D.C. to discuss shared science and technology priorities.
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Government to discuss with venture capitalists how to work best with them to harness their ideas, adopt transformative technologies and address various challenges.
![Image of participants of the Innovation and Venture Capital Day](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65de3235cf7eb1e5f4f57f36/s465_Innovation_and_Venture_Capital_Day.jpg)
Professor Dame Angela McLean visited the United States to launch the US-UK Strategic Dialogue on Biological Security, visit US laboratories, and take part in discussions with scientists, scientific advisers and companies working on biosecurity.
![Government Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Dame Angela McLean at the signing of the US-UK Strategic Dialogue on Biological Security in Washington DC. Credit: British Embassy in Washington](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bb7ee84965c50010e8a359/s465_GCSA_visit_to_US.png)
The Council for Science and Technology wrote to the Prime Minister in October offering advice on opportunities to further drive research and development in the UK’s creative industries.
![Photo depicting the creative industires. A video camera faces a red backdrop which has yellow lights. The video camera is filiming this backdrop.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65310234e839fd000d867170/s465_Creative_Industries_960_x_640.jpg)
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