July 2008 Film Highlights
Please Note: The dates of the following presentations are the dates of the actual events. In some cases, the IET.tv webcast will not be available until 2 or 3 days later.
LIVE
12:30 – 13:30, 3 Jul 2008 News Channel
My Voice: Members’ Webcast
Robin McGill discusses professional registration with Chris Simpson at ECuk
7 July 2008 News Channel
Attracting, Educating and Collaborating with International Scientists & Engineers
Campaign for Science & Engineering
- Keynote speech
Phil Willis MP, Chairman of the House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee
- International Scientists and Engineers – an introduction to the issues
Nick Dusic, Director, CaSE
- Fostering International Collaborations
Dr Lloyd Anderson, Director of Science, The British Council
- International Students and Academics
Catherine Marston, Universities UK
- Attracting Highly-Skilled Migrant Workers
Katerina Rüdiger, Researcher, The Work Foundation
- DIUS International Strategy
Ashley Ibbett, Head of International, Government Office for Science, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
8 July 2008 News Channel
Brazil: The Natural Knowledge-Economy: The Atlas of Ideas 2.0
Speakers:
- Andrew Cahn, Chief Executive, UK Trade and Investment
- H.E. Carlos Augusto R. Santos-Neves, Brazilian Ambassador to the UK
- Charles Leadbeater, Author of 'We-Think' & Demos Associate
- Fernando Rizzo, Director, The Centre for Strategic Studies and Management, Brazil (CGEE)
- Kirsten Bound, Senior Researcher, Demos
Launch of a new Demos pamphlet, followed by a panel discussion with UK and Brazilian thinkers and policymakers.
The landscape for innovation in Brazil is changing fast. R&D budgets are rising. Brazilian researchers are at the forefront of developments from biofuels to human genomics and ITC. And Brazil is now the 15th largest producer of scientific publications, up eight places in under a decade.
But in the UK and Europe, Brazil’s innovation capabilities are less well understood than those of its ‘BRIC’ cousins, China and India. So what are the real prospects for science, technology and innovation in Brazil over the next ten years? And how can we scale up collaboration with its new centres of excellence?
Demos will publish the results of six months of extensive fieldwork and interviews with leading Brazilian innovators, scientists and policymakers, undertaken in partnership with the Brasilia-based think tank CGEE. The launch will include a panel discussion with UK and Brazilian thinkers and policymakers.
This project is part of The Atlas of Ideas 2.0. Demos is grateful to The IET, Microsoft, NESTA, the British Council and UKTI for their generous support and to CGEE for a valuable research partnership.
LIVE
18:00 BST 8 July 2008 Electronics Channel
The age of nanotechnology
Speaker: Professor James Gimzewski
James Gimzewski talks about the strongest material ever made, the reality of a space elevator, how the electronics industry kick-started the nanomedicine revolution and the potential for programming single molecules. If that's not enough diversity in one individual, he also shares some of his passion for the artistic interpretation of the nano world.
Jim Gimzewski is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles and Director of the Nano & Pico Characterization Core Facility of the California NanoSystems Institute and the Scientific Director of the Art|Sci Center. Prior to joining the UCLA faculty, he was a group leader at IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, where he research in nanoscale science and technology for more than 18 years. Dr. Gimzewski pioneered research on mechanical and electrical contacts with single atoms and molecules using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and was one of the first persons to image molecules with STM.
His accomplishments include the first STM-based fabrication of molecular suprastructures at room temperature using mechanical forces to push molecules across surfaces, the discovery of single molecule rotors and the development of new micromechanical sensors based on nanotechnology, which explore ultimate limits of sensitivity and measurement. This approach was recently used to convert biochemical recognition into Nanomechanics. His current interests are in the nanomechanics of cells and bacteria where he collaborates with the UCLA Medical and Dental Schools. He is involved in projects that range from the operation of X-rays, ions and nuclear fusion using pyroelectric crystals, direct deposition of carbon nanotubes and single molecule DNA profiling. Dr. Gimzewski is also involved in numerous art-science collaborative projects that have been exhibited in museums throughout the world.
14 July 2008 IT Channel
Computing for the future of the Planet: UKCRC 2008 Annual Lecture
by Professor Andy Hopper CBE FREng FRS, Head of the Cambridge Computer Laboratory.
Digital technology is becoming an indispensable and crucial component of our lives, society, and environment. A framework for computing in the context of problems facing the planet will be presented. The framework has a number of goals: an optimal digital infrastructure, sensing and optimising with a global world model, reliably predicting and reacting to our environment, and digital alternatives to physical activities.
Andy Hopper is Professor of Computer Technology at the University of Cambridge and Head of the Computer Laboratory. Professor Hopper has pursued academic and industrial careers in parallel. He has worked in senior roles for multinational companies and also co-founded a dozen spin-outs and start-ups, two of which floated on stock markets. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Royal Society and was awarded a CBE for services to the computer industry in 2007. For more information see www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/~ah12/