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Winton Symposium tackles the challenge of energy storage and distribution

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Storage and distribution of energy is seen as the missing link between intermittent renewable energy and reliability of supply, but current technologies have considerable room for improvements in performance. Speakers at the annual symposium, which is free and open to the public, will discuss some of the new technologies in this important area, and how understanding the basic science of these can accelerate their development.

“As intermittent forms of renewable energies continue to contribute to a larger share of our energy mix, there is an urgent need to store and efficiently distribute energy to ensure the lights stay on,” said Dr Nalin Patel, Winton Programme Manager at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge.

̽��ֱ��one-day event is an opportunity for students, researchers and industrialists from a variety of backgrounds to hear a series of talks given by world-leading experts and to join in the debate. Speakers at the event will include Professor Harold Wilson, Programme Director of the UK Atomic Energy Authority; Professor Katsuhiko Hirose, Professional Partner at Toyota Motor Corporation; and Professor David Larbalestier, Director of the Applied Superconductivity Center, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State ̽��ֱ��. ̽��ֱ��full programme of speakers is available online.

̽��ֱ��symposium is organised by Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics and Director of the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability and Dr Nalin Patel the Winton Programme Manager.

There is no registration fee for the symposium and complimentary lunch and drinks reception will be provided, however participants are required to register online. ̽��ֱ��event is open for all to attend.

̽��ֱ��sixth annual Winton Symposium will be held on 9 November at the ̽��ֱ��’s Cavendish Laboratory on the theme of Energy Storage and Distribution.

There is an urgent need to store and efficiently distribute energy to ensure the lights stay on.

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Winton Symposium on green computing

sc604 — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 03:09:46 +0000

̽��ֱ��fourth annual Winton Symposium will be held on 28 September at the ̽��ֱ��’s Cavendish Laboratory on the theme of ‘Green Computing’. ̽��ֱ��one-day symposium will cover topics ranging from new materials and architectures for low power consumption computing, to computer-based applications which can benefit our environment.

̽��ֱ��proliferation of devices with increasing computing power poses opportunities and threats to how we manage our natural resources. Speakers at the symposium will explore emerging technologies that may alter how we perform computation in the future in an efficient manner, as well as how computing can enable us to do things more efficiently.

̽��ֱ��opening speaker for the symposium will be Dr Mike Lynch, founder of Invoke Capital and Autonomy. Autonomy – now part of HP – is a global leader in software that processes human information, or unstructured data. His talk will be ‘ ̽��ֱ��green light for new compute: What will we need all that compute for?’

Professor Andy Hopper, Head of the ̽��ֱ��’s Computer Laboratory, will discuss how to harness the power of computing technology to generate a better understanding of the Earth and its environment. His talk will cover the consumption of energy by computing and balance this with the numerous benefits that can be achieved.

Dr Krisztián Flautner, former VP of R&D at ARM who now leads ARM's Internet of Things Business Unit, will focus on the challenges and opportunities and the current sate of play in various segments of the Internet of Things in his talk. ARM designs scalable, energy efficient-processors and was voted in 2014 by Forbes as the third most innovative company in the world. ̽��ֱ��company is also one of Cambridge's most successful and has shipped over 60 billion ARM-based chips, with ARM technology in use in 95% of smartphones.

Other speakers at the event include, Professor Luca Cardelli of Microsoft Research and ̽��ֱ�� of Oxford, Professor Linda Nazar of the ̽��ֱ�� of Waterloo, and Professor Hideo Ohno of Tohoku ̽��ֱ��.

“As computers become ubiquitous, their power consumption is becoming a significant portion of total global energy demand,” said Dr Nalin Patel, Winton Programme Manager. “This can be mitigated by developing new materials, architectures and applications that can not only reduce power consumption but enable us to do things more efficiently.”

̽��ֱ��symposium is organised by Dr Patel and Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics and Director of the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability.

There is no registration fee for the symposium and complimentary lunch and drinks reception will be provided, however due to the large demand for places, participants are required to register on-line for the event. ̽��ֱ��event is open for all to attend.

On 28 September, the fourth annual Winton Symposium will be held at the Cavendish Laboratory on the theme of ‘Green Computing’.

As computers become ubiquitous, their power consumption is becoming a significant portion of total global energy demand

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Winton Symposium tackles the challenges of a growing population

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̽��ֱ��third annual Winton Symposium will be held on 29th September at the ̽��ֱ��’s Cavendish Laboratory. ̽��ֱ��topic for this year is ‘Global Challenges for Science and Technology’ and will again bring together leading scientists from around the world to explore how to tackle the increasing demands of a growing population with declining natural resources.

Attendance is free of charge; however participants are required to register online due to the high demand for places.

This year’s sessions for the one-day symposium will be:

Session I
̽��ֱ��opening speaker is Professor Joseph Heremans from Ohio State ̽��ֱ��, who will discuss ‘Solid State Heat Engines and Waste Heat Recovery,’ providing insight into the design and use of thermoelectric systems for converting waste heat into useful energy. Professor Nina Fedoroff, who has performed pioneering work in the field of plant genetics and the development of modified crops, will speak on ‘Who will produce the food for a hotter, more crowded world?’ Fedoroff was Science and Technology Adviser to the US Secretary of State and director of the Center for Desert Agriculture at the King Abdullah ̽��ֱ�� of Science and Technology and is currently the Evan Pugh Professor at Penn State ̽��ֱ��.

Session II
How can new technology make a difference on a global scale? Dr Simon Bransfield-Garth is CEO of Azuri Limited, a Cambridge company that provides affordable solar lighting in several parts of Africa, and will talk about ‘Empowering the Rural African Consumer.’ Professor Winston Soboyejo is at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton ̽��ֱ�� and is President of the African ̽��ֱ�� of Science and Technology. His talk ‘New Frontiers in Materials for Global Development: From Health to Energy and the Environment,’ will provide examples of applying mathematics to the development of novel materials including nanoparticles and bio-micro-electro-mechanical systems.

Session III
̽��ֱ��focus of this session is on the provision of energy on a global scale, and the impact this has on people and the climate. Professor Richenda Van Leeuwen, Director of Energy and Climate at the United Nations Foundation, will address the growing needs for energy in her talk ‘Towards Sustainable Energy for All - innovation for energy access and development.’ She will draw upon her experience in providing energy services in the developing world and the impact on poverty alleviation. Professor David MacKay, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and Regius Professor in Engineering at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, will describe ‘ ̽��ֱ��Global Calculator.’ He will discuss how this tool can be used to engage people in the debate on reducing international emissions and global action on climate change.

“ ̽��ֱ��increasing pressure that an ever-growing population is placing on our natural resources is one of the great challenges currently facing our world,” said Dr Nalin Patel, Programme Manager for the Winton Programme. “This year’s speakers are all addressing these challenges in unique and ground-breaking ways, and we are delighted to welcome them to Cambridge.”

̽��ֱ��symposium is organised by Dr Patel and Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics and Director of the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability.

For more information, please contact Dr Nalin Patel: nlp28@cam.ac.uk; 01223 760302

On September 29th, the Department of Physics will host the third annual Winton Symposium at the Cavendish Laboratory on the theme of ‘Global Challenges for Science and Technology’.

̽��ֱ��increasing pressure that an ever-growing population is placing on our natural resources is one of the great challenges currently facing our world

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Winton Symposium

Global challenges for science and technology

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Winton Symposium‘s material world

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This year’s focus on ‘Materials Discovery’ will bring together leading scientists from around the world, revealing unexpected breakthroughs in a wide range of subjects from electronics to life sciences.

Attendance is free, and with last year’s inaugural ‘Energy Efficiency’ event drawing a large audience of researchers and industrialists from a range of disciplines, the event promises to be popular - so pre-registration is essential.

This year’s sessions for the one-day symposium will be:

Session I

Professor Chris Wise, designer of the award-winning London 2012 Velodrome, will open the symposium by focusing on sustainability in the engineering industry. Exploring current thoughts on demand reduction, the global problem of shrinking resources and an expanding population, Wise will discuss how these issues can inform innovative building design.

Session II

From great structures to the microscopic, graphene Nobel prize-winner Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov from the ̽��ֱ�� of Manchester will explore the world of ultrathin films and their unexpected properties. This will be followed by Professor Paul Alivisatos, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, one of the pioneers in the field of nanocrystals, who will address the design of these minute structures and reveal their practical applications.

Session III

Professor Jason Chin from the Cambridge/MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology will delve into the building blocks of biological world. Despite their complexity, Chin will show how these structures can be manipulated to create new forms of functional materials, and share his research into the production of artificial genetic code. Professor Daniel Fletcher from ̽��ֱ�� of California, Berkeley, who has been studying the mechanics and dynamics of cell movement, will look at the self-organisation of biological structures.

Session IV

Finally, two leading scientists with backgrounds in chemistry will cover their latest breakthroughs. Professor Ben Feringa from the ̽��ֱ�� of Groningen has designed a wide range of synthetic materials, and will talk about his leading research in the field of 'molecular motors'. Professor George Whitesides, one of the leading material scientists of his generation and Professor at Department of Chemistry at Harvard ̽��ֱ�� will discuss his multi- disciplinary research with applications ranging from biology to microelectronics.

Dr Nalin Patel, Programme Manager for Winton Programme, said: “We are delighted to welcome world-leading scientists to Cambridge to explore some of the recent breakthroughs in materials research, and how they may have an impact on societies needs in the future.”

For more information, please contact Dr Nalin Patel: nlp28@cam.ac.uk; 01223 760302

On 30 September, the Department of Physics will host the second annual Winton Symposium at the Cavendish Laboratory on ‘Materials Discovery’.

We are delighted to welcome world-leading scientists to Cambridge to explore some of the recent breakthroughs in materials research, and how they may have an impact on societies needs in the future

Dr Nalin Patel, Programme Manager for Winton Programme

Cambridge Cavendish Laboratory

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