Thursday 17 November 2022 9:00am to 4:30pm
Maxwell Centre, West Cambridge
About
The Maxwell Centre programme acts as a centrepiece for industry engagement across Physical Sciences and Technology at the University of Cambridge.
We invite you to attend the Annual Research Showcase 2022 event to celebrate the breadth and quality of Cambridge research in the context of external partnerships, opportunities and collaborations.
Morning session – academic perspective (10:00-12:00)
9:00 Registration opens.
10:00 Opening: Prof Sir Mark Welland FRS FREng FIET FInstP, Maxwell Centre Director
10:15 Community connectors: Maxwell Programme, Cambridge Zero, Royce (grasping collaboration opportunities- how to hit the ground running with support from Maxwell community )
10:45 Keynote: “Brilliance of Glass and Net Zero Challenges" Dr Su Varma, CChem FRSC FIMMM (Academic Director of R&D Incubator, NSG Pilkington)
11:20 Research snapshots: a series of 2 minutes' talks by researchers from across the University, showcasing a broad range of collaborative, multidisciplinary, cutting-edge research and industrial partnerships
Networking lunch with poster session at the Maxwell Centre.
Afternoon session – Joining the dots (13:00 - 15:00)
13:00 Community connectors: Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge Global Challenges, Decarbonisation Network, Energy IRC (grasping collaboration opportunities- how to hit the ground running with support from Maxwell community)
13:30 Keynote: Emily Farnworth, Director, Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Change Engagement
14:05 Panel discussion: “Achieving a Zero Carbon Future Together”, Emily Farnworth, Dr Aga Iwasiewicz-Wabnig, Dr Su Varma; chaired by Prof Sir Mark Welland
15:30 Closing remarks
Further details at: www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/programmes/annual-research-showcase-2022
We very much hope you will be available to join us at the Maxwell Centre (www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk), to share in our success and gain direct access to opportunities in collaborative research across the University of Cambridge.