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| Speaker: | Dr Elizabeth Wood |
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| Date: | Tuesday, 9th September 2025 |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre |
| Description: | Risks from extreme weather are changing all the time due to our changing climate. This talk will provide an overview of changing weather risks, and what JBA are doing to help different sectors to adapt, prepare and build resilience to a changing climate, particularly for flood and rainfall hazards. |
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| Speaker: | Professor Emeritus Janet M Lord |
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| Date: | Tuesday, 7th October 2025 |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre |
| Description: | With advancing age comes an increased risk of a range of diseases with consequences for the individual and the NHS. Professor Lord has played a leading role in promoting a new approach to health in old age, Geroscience, which aims to treat the ageing process in order to prevent disease. |
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| Speaker: | Jonathan Deeming |
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| Date: | Wednesday, 15th October 2025 |
| Time: | 7:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Aston Wood Golf Club |
| Description: | Jonathan is a conservation accredited architect. His interests in the management, care and development of heritage sites are piqued by the variety of projects in his appointments to Canterbury and Lichfield Cathedrals, where he is Cathedral Architect. He works with a range of skilled craftspeople and conservators and considers this a real perk of the job! |
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| Speaker: | Professor Dame Helen Atkinson |
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| Date: | Thursday, 6th November 2025 |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Main House |
| Description: | There are exciting developments in onboard energy storage and AI which are enabling new concepts in air mobility. Will we have zero-emissions aeroplanes and flying taxis? How soon might that happen? What are the challenges? This talk will get you up to date. |
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| Speaker: | Professor Mamidipudi Thirumala Krishna |
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| Date: | Tuesday, 2nd December 2025 |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Main House |
| Description: | High Income Countries including UK have a huge burden of allergies and allergic conditions such as hay fever, asthma and food allergy.This situation is compounded by an unmet need for allergy services. An overview of allergies; how common they are, ethnicity-based disparities, the importance of self-management through education, and novel therapies. |
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| Speaker: | Dr Liane Smith |
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| Date: | Wednesday 7th January 2026 |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre |
| Description: | When working at the forefront of engineering on new types of technology where there are no standards to turn to, inspiration comes from various sources. Examples include the earliest carbon capture and sequestration designs, the world's first large scale offshore methane to hydrogen storage facility and optimising geothermal systems. |
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| Speaker: | Dr Louise Tilley |
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| Date: | Thursday, 5th February 2026 |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre |
| Description: | The International Blood Group Reference Laboratory works to help blood donors and patients around the world who have extremely rare, or even completely new blood groups. |
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| Speaker: | Dr Cathy McClay |
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| Date: | Tuesday, 10th March 2026 |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre |
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| Speaker: | Dr Leanne C. Cullen-Unsworth |
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| Date: | Wednesday, 15th April 2026 |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre |
| Description: | The work of the Wales-based research and conservation charity which Dr Cullen co-founded in 2015 to redress the loss of a critical, yet underrepresented ecosystem. |
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| Speaker: | Professor Kathryn Moore |
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| Date: | Thursday, 14th May 2026 |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre |
| Description: | The underrated West Midlands region hoping to become England’s next national park. There’s no need to rewild farmland or spend billions on a grand project – we just have to reimagine our local areas. |