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The mission of the New Energy Summer Summit is to increase the capacity of early-stage energy and climate researchers to accelerate transitions to equitable and sustainable energy systems and a healthy climate via interdisciplinary scholarship and collaboration. Each year, the Summit convenes an increasingly global cohort of scholars from a wide range of disciplines in an intimate setting for structured and unstructured creative exchange and peer-to-peer networking. This year’s agenda includes expanded opportunities to enhance critical skills for multi/interdisciplinary collaboration and scholarship such as communication, and proposal and publication workshopping, as well as ample time to connect with senior faculty and practitioners for career advising, mentorship, and networking. Attendees join an expanding “New Energy Network” of Summit alumni for continued exchange of ideas and opportunities.

Interested advanced PhD students, postdocs, and assistant professors can apply to attend the Summit by filling out the New Energy Summit Application Form. Please share this opportunity widely. The deadline to apply is March 17. Reach out to Dr. Megan Litwhiler Megan.E.Litwhiler@dartmouth.edu with any questions.

Speaker: Dr Nick Souter, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK

Abstract:

The storage and processing of large datasets, including neuroimaging data, uses energy, and therefore has a carbon footprint. In this 1-hour workshop, we’ll discuss how computing leads to carbon emissions, and what can be done to reduce your personal research computing footprint. Specifically, we’ll provide context on:

• The scale of impact of the ICT sector on the climate
• The impact of accumulating unused ‘dark data’
• The importance of carbon intensity
• How to cut back on unnecessary computing
• Current methods for tracking computing energy usage and carbon emissions

The content discussed here will include specific examples from neuroimaging research, including how one can reduce the carbon footprint of preprocessing in fMRIPrep, and the effect of fMRI software choice on energy usage. The messages and approaches discussed here will also apply to any discipline requiring the processing of large amounts of data, beyond neuroimaging alone. The session will end with live demonstrations of a digital carbon tracking tool and a climate aware task scheduler.

The Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum is hosted annually by the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy in Cambridge with the aim of raising the profile of materials science in the UK academic and industrial communities, while being international in scope. The Forum attracts high-level involvement from industry, research councils and other influential bodies. It incorporates the Kelly Lecture inaugurated in 1999.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-armourers-and-brasiers-cambridge-forum-...

Programme

1:00: Registration

1:30: Welcoming remarks

1:35 Session I

Talks to be confirmed

Brief Encounters! ― a series of 3-minute talks by early-career researchers

3:05 Tea and Poster Display

3:50 Session II

Talks to be confirmed

4:50 The Armourers & Brasiers' Materials Science Venture Prize 2025, presented by The Master of the Armourers & Brasiers' Company

5:20 THE TWENTY-FIFTH KELLY LECTURE

Prof. Mary Ryan, Vice Provost for Research and Enterprise and the Armourers and Brasiers' Chair for Materials Science, Imperial College London

6:20 Closing Vote of Thanks

The Arab International Women's Forum is delighted to announce our high-level joint conference with Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy (WiSER) during London Climate Action Week 2025.

Taking place on Tuesday 24 June 2025 at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London, the event will convene global leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, policymakers, and sustainability champions to spotlight female-led solutions that are shaping a more sustainable, equitable future.

Themed ‘Women Building Resilient Communities’, the 2025 conference will feature panel discussions, TED-style talks, and interactive sessions exploring sustainable agriculture, AI in sustainability, access to finance for women-led ventures, and youth climate advocacy, and will launch a joint AIWF x WiSER report offering actionable insights to drive impact.
 

Registration is now open here. Please visit the AIWF website for the conference agenda and further details.

We look forward to welcoming you to this event.

Our annual conference is designed for an audience of researchers, policy professionals, and others who have an interest in the role of research evidence to inform policy making.

Conference themes

• Life sciences, healthcare and economic growth
• What can academic evidence and expertise contribute to the UK's housebuilding targets?
• Supporting mental health and neurodiversity in schools
• Critical minerals and net zero
• Engineered pandemics
• Disinformation, security and democracy

Inclusive innovation - experiences from Cambridge and Manchester

Register: https://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/events/csap-annual-conference-2025/

Confirmed speakers and chairs so far include:

• Stephen Aldridge, Director for Analysis and Data, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Duncan Astle, Gnodde Goldman Sachs Professor of Neuroinformatics, Department of Psychiatry, and Programme Leader, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge
• Claire Bryant, Professor of Innate Immunity & Wellcome Trust Investigator, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge
• David Cleevely, Chair, Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub
• Tabitha Goldstaub, non-Executive Chair, Innovate Cambridge
• Mary Hockaday, former Controller, BBC World Service English and Master, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
• Loic Menzies, Senior Research Associate, Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, Cambridge
• James O'Shaughnessy, former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (2016-2018)
• Sharon Peacock, Professor of Public Health and Microbiology, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge
• Salma Shah, former Special Adviser to the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, (2018-2019); Director, Kraken Strategy
• Lalitha Sundaram, Senior Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge