On 19 September 2007, a group of leaders in European science, policy and industry gathered at the Royal Academy of Science, Humanities and Arts, in Brussels. The topic for discussion: How fundamental developments in computer science – among them, computational thinking – are changing the way we perform research, educate our children and set policy.

The resulting report, produced with support from Microsoft Corp., looks in detail at the science and the policy, with case studies in astronomy, systems biology and epidemiology. There are interviews with Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, and Andrew Herbert, managing director of Microsoft Research Cambridge. There are contributions, too, from senior European Union policy chiefs.

Printed copies of the report may be obtained free of charge (subject to availability) from the Science|Business Brussels Office, Rue du Trone 98, 6th Floor, 1050 Brussels, Belgium, or email info@sciencebusiness.net.

Alternatively, you can download the PDF (5.1Mb).