Date: Thursday, July 18, 2024

Time: 3:30 PM - 7:30PM (BST)

Location: UCL Bloomsbury Campus, UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL

Research & Impact showcase (3:30 PM - 7:30PM)

We will be showcasing the latest innovations and breakthroughs from UCL Engineering.

The showcase will be an opportunity for industry leaders, innovators, disruptive thinkers, and game changers to explore our faculty, our research, our impact, networking with our researchers and other industry partners.

All ten of our departments will be represented through an array of live hands-on demonstrations and exhibits from our world leading research teams encompassing the breadth and depth of engineering at UCL.

Some highlights of what you will be able to explore on the day include:

• Revolutionising healthcare through the development and manufacture of vaccines, new ways to image and diagnose disease and by creating tools for personalised medicine

• Addressing the climate challenge with innovations in zero carbon transport, coastal engineering and clean water provision.

• Connecting the world with ultrafast optical communications, collaborative robots, internet infrastructure, touchless and quantum computing.

• Providing equitable innovations for global populations by reimagining urban spaces, improving rural energy access and delivering healthcare solutions in low resource settings.

• Equipping the future leaders to solve these global challenges in a safe, fair and responsible way through our award-winning engineering education.

Speaker Zone (concurrent with the showcase)

In our speaker zone academic thought leaders will deliver talks and discussions unveiling the disruptive technologies and trends coming from academia that will impact industry and address major societal challenges.

16:30 – 16:50

How is mixed reality changing industry?

Anthony Steed | Professor of Virtual Environment and Computer Graphics

Jeremy Dalton | Head of Immersive Technologies at PwC & Author of Reality check

16:55 – 17:15

AI and public safety: Enabling the global events industry to prevent terrorist attacks

Dr Paul MacFarlane | Lecturer in Security and Crime Science and co-founder of aiRekon

Dr Kartikeya Tripathi | Lecturer in Security and Crime Science and co-founder of aiRekon

17:20 – 17:40

The ABC of Technology: Achieving Breakthrough Collaborations

Prof. Yvonne Rogers, FRC | Director of UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC)

17:45 Welcome from the Dean

17:50 Opportunities to work with UCL Engineering | Vice-Dean (Enterprise)

17:55 Message from the Provost

18:30 -19:15

Panel discussion: Technology break throughs and how they impact industry

Chair: Geraint Rees | Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement

Panel:

John Morton | Professor of Nanoelectronics & Nanophotonics, co-founder of Phase craft and Founding director of Quantum Motion

Mikela Chatzimichailidou | Professor in Design for Mobility, Health, People and Society

Martina Micheletti | Professor of Bioprocess Fluid Dynamics, co-Director of the EPSRC Vaccine Manufacturing Hub for a Sustainable Future and the EPSRC/DHSC Future Vaccine Manufacturing Hub

Research and Innovation Showcase and Industry Reception