Events
Lectures and Meetings
Radioactive waste storage: Current status and future needs
Speakers:
Professor Bill Lee, Imperial College London
TBC
26 November 2008
Synopsis
The RCUK Review of UK Physics
Speakers:
Professor Ian Diamond, Research Councils UK
Professor Bill Wakeham, Chair of the Review Panel
Professor Peter Main, Institute of Physics
Chair - Professor John Chapman, University of Glasgow
31 October 2008
Programme
Future nuclear power – the practicalities
Speakers:
Mr Adrian Bull, Westinghouse
Dr William Nuttall, University of Cambridge
Mr Sami Tulonen, European Atomic Forum
Chaired by Professor Friedrich Wagner, European Physical Society
18 July 2008, ESOF 2008, Barcelona
Synopsis
Presentations: Bull / Nuttall / Tulonen
Fusion – will it always be 40 years away?
(A joint session organised by the Institute of Physics and the European Physical Society)
Speakers:
Dr David Ward, UKAEA Culham
Dr David Campbell, ITER
Professor Hans-Harald Bolt, Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics
Chaired by Professor Friedrich Wagner, European Physical Society
18 July 2008, ESOF 2008, Barcelona
Synopsis
Presentations: Ward / Campbell / Bolt
Research Excellence Framework: the assessment and funding of higher education research post-2008
Speakers:
Mr Paul Hubbard, HEFCE
Professor Peter Main, Institute of Physics
25 January 2008
Invite
Presentation: Hubbard
UK long-term nuclear waste management: Next steps?
(Organised by Loughborough University and the Royal Society of Chemistry with support from other organisations, including the Institute of Physics)
6-7 November 2006, Loughborough University and
6 February 2007, Royal Society, London
Flyer
Regulation, infrastructure, research and policy developments in nanotechnology
(Organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry and NANOsafeNET in partnership with the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining)
4 October 2006
Flyer
Nanomaterials - Small-scale life changers
(A joint session organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institute of Physics)
17 July 2006, ESOF 2006, Munich
Science and innovation investment framework 2004-2014: next steps
(An Institute of Physics and Royal Astronomical Society town meeting)
Speakers:
Professor Sir Keith O'Nions, Office of Science and Innovation
Professor Peter Main, Institute of Physics
Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson, Royal Astronomical Society
14 June 2006
Representation of Ethnic Groups In Chemistry and Physics
(An Institute of Physics and Royal Society of Chemistry meeting)
Speakers:
Professor Peter Elias, Warwick Institute for Employment Research
Dr Paul Jones, Warwick Institute for Employment Research
Chaired by Professor Jim Al-Khalili, University of Surrey
8 May 2006
Programme
Challenges and Solutions: UK energy to 2050
(A Geological Society conference, sponsored and supported by the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Energy Institute, the Institution of Electrical Engineers, UKERC and NERC)
12-13 October 2005, Burlington House, London and
10 November 2005, Royal Society, London
Programmes: 12 October / 13 October / 10 November
The Role of Physics in Renewable Energy RD&D
Presented by Judith Bates, Future Energy Solutions
Chaired by Dr Robert Kirby-Harris, Institute of Physics
18 October 2005
Presentation: Bates
Science in Government: A view from the centre
(A National Physical Laboratory and Institute of Physics lecture)
Presented by Professor Sir David King, Office of Science and Technology
Chaired by Dr Bob McGuiness, National Physical Laboratory
10 February 2005
Presentation
The future of fission power - evolution or revolution?
Presented by Mr Richard Mayson, BNFL; and Dr David Weaver, University of Birmingham
Chaired by Dr Julia King, Institute of Physics
26 April 2004
Programme
Presentations: Mayson / Weaver
Nanotechnology - fear or fiction?: explaining the science - identifying the issues
(A hearing at the European Parliament, Brussels, organised by the EPP-ED Group, in association with the Institute of Physics)
3 March 2004
Synopsis / Agenda
Metrology at the Dawn of the 21st century
(A National Physical Laboratory and Institute of Physics lecture)
Presented by Dr Terry Quinn, BIPM
Chaired by Dr Bob McGuiness, National Physical Laboratory
12 February 2004
Presentation
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001: Implications for Physics Departments
Presented by Ms Jenni Knox, Policy Director for Higher Education, Skill
Chaired by Mr Philip Diamond, Institute of Physics
25 November 2003
Programme
Case Study: Teaching a Physics Laboratory Module to Blind Students
The Bologna Declaration: Implications for the physical sciences in the UK
(An Institute of Physics and Royal Society of Chemistry meeting)
Speakers:
Professor Gareth Jones, Imperial College London
Dr Tony Ashmore, Royal Society of Chemistry
Chaired by Professor Peter Main, Institute of Physics
20 October 2003
Programme
Bridging the Gap Between Teaching & Learning: The Role of Research
(A LTSN and Institute of Physics lecture)
Presented by Professor Lillian C. McDermott, Professor of Physics and Director of the Physics Education Group at the University of Washington, USA
13 March 2003
Synopsis
Time, Einstein and the coolest stuff in the Universe
(A National Physical Laboratory and Institute of Physics lecture)
Presented by Professor William D. Phillips, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Nobel Prize Winner for Physics (1997, USA)
Chaired by Dr Bob McGuiness, National Physical Laboratory
20 February 2003
Synopsis
Facilities Forum - is Policy for Big Science Working?
Presented by Dr Andrew Taylor, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Professor William Stirling, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Professor Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, University College London
Professor Sir Martin Rees, University of Cambridge
Professor William Gelletly, University of Surrey
Chaired by Dr Peter Tindemans, Council for the European Spallation Source Project
8 April 2002
Final Report
The Contract Research Policy Forum
Presented by
Professor Sir Gareth Roberts, President of Wolfson College, Oxford and the Research Careers Initiative
Dr David Clark, EPSRC
Mr David Triesman, Association of University Teachers
Chaired by Dr Alun Jones, Institute of Physics
17 November 2000
Final Report
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