The 26th Erasmus Darwin Memorial Lecture. THE EVOLUTION OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB

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Speaker: Professor Dame Wendy Hall
Biography: University of Southampton
Date: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Main Theatre
Description: Wendy Hall is Professor of Computer Science and Executive Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton. The Web is barely 25 years old but in that time it has changed every aspect of our lives. Not only does the Web change society but also society shapes the way the technology evolves.

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2015 - 2016 Programme

PEROVSKITE – a new material for solar cells

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Speaker: Dr David Moore & Maximilian Höerantner View Flyer
Biography: University of Oxford
Date: Tuesday 15th September 2015
Time: 8.00 pm
Venue: Studio Theatre
Description: Perovskite based solar materials have exhibited the fastest increase in demonstrated photovoltaic efficiency of any material. We will trace their history and look at the material science that makes them special.

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RISE OF THE SUPERBUGS – the end of antibiotics?

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Speaker: Professor Peter Lambert View Flyer
Biography: Aston University
Date: Tuesday, 9th June 2015
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Main Theatre
Description: Antibiotics were among the greatest medical discoveries of the 20th century and have saved millions of lives worldwide. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria – “the superbugs” - threaten to end the antibiotic era. Why has this happened and what can be done to turn the tables on the superbugs?

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2014 - 2015 Programme

KING GEORGE III AND THE PORPHYRIA MYTH: Use of Computer Diagnostics in Historical Figures

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Speaker: Professor Timothy Peters View Flyer
Biography: University of Birmingham
Date: Thursday, 14th May 2015
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Studio Theatre
Description: Recent re-evaluation of the King's illness has shown the porphyria diagnosis to be unsustainable. Computer diagnostics and handwriting analysis confirmed recurrent mania followed by progressive cognitive impairment. This meeting will be preceded at 7:30 by the Society's AGM.

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2014 - 2015 Programme

SEEDS AS NATURAL CAPITAL

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Speaker: Professor Hugh W Pritchard View Flyer
Biography: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: Wednesday, 15th April 2015
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Studio Theatre
Description: Seed conservation in the Millenium Seed Bank at Wakehurst aims to combat potentially catastrophic threats to human wellbeing by safeguarding wild plant diversity and enabling its sustainable use through global partnership.

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2014 - 2015 Programme

SHALE GAS EXPLORATION

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Speaker: A Director of Cuadrilla View Flyer
Biography: Cuadrilla
Date: Tuesday, 17th March 2015
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Studio Theatre. Non-members will not be admitted to this lecture.
Description: An introduction to the benefits and risks of this controversial process – what and where shale gas is and how hydraulic fracking can access this valuable resource for the UK.

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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION – seeing inside the living cell

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Speaker: Dr Peter March View Flyer
Biography: University of Manchester
Date: Thursday, 12th February 2015
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Studio Theatre
Description: Bioimaging combines a wide range of techniques to allow scientists to study the processes within living cells. This exciting area of research is advancing our understanding of how the cells within the body interact.

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3-D PRINTING: UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL

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Speaker: Professor Ian Ashcroft View Flyer
Biography: University of Nottingham
Date: Wednesday, 21st January 2015
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Studio Theatre
Description: The principles of additive manufacturing and 3D printing will be described before moving on to the potential the technology provides for radical new designs and the design tools that need to be developed to unlock this potential.

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2014 - 2015 Programme

DESIGNING NEW STREET STATION

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Speaker: Carol Stitchman View Flyer
Biography: Head of Design, Network Rail Birmingham Gateway Project
Date: Wednesday, 10th December 2014
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Main Theatre
Description: An architectural journey from the original 2007 planning application, including the RIBA competition entries, through the Gateway design from platform to roof level and finally to the current construction progress.

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2014 - 2015 Programme

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