What does it mean to be a scientific learned society in the 21st Century?

Welcome to my first CEO Blog. I will be using this forum as a means to regularly keep all our members, stakeholders (and visitors to our website) informed on what might best be called the ‘view from my office’, here at the HQ of the Nutrition Society in London. I joined the Nutrition Society as CEO on 1st July 2014, and enjoyed a two month transition into the role whilst the outgoing CEO Fred Wentworth-Bower eased himself (deservedly so) into his retirement. Fred had selflessly served the Nutrition Society for 10 years. The period since I was handed the full reins on 1st September has been preoccupied with developing an in-depth understanding of all aspects of the work of the Society. This is vital to enable us to take the next most important step – developing a long-term strategic plan for the Society. An important element of this strategic planning is to review where the Society is at the moment. The Nutrition Society has been around for 74 years and I would suggest is in a very strong position. Our scientific journals are world-renowned and reporting sustained global sales. Our textbooks continue to be in demand, and further editions, and new titles, are in progress. Our successful Scientific Meetings present the results of the latest, leading edge research and facilitate healthy debate. Our Training and Education programme is now ‘selling out’ on many its highly rated courses. The Society has a stable financial footing upon which to operate, which benefits our m...
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