Taking place in Liverpool from 14th – 16th September, Electronics for  Sustainable Societies was hosted by Dr Ivona Mitrovic, University of Liverpool.

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Brain Inspired Computing took place on Monday 7th November 2022 online via zoom. 

Presented by Professor Tony Kenyan, Professor Steve Furber and Professor Roger Woods.

Information from this event to follow shortly.

“Making Electronics Sustainable” held on 3rd February 2022, part of the eFutures “Electronics for Sustainable Societies” series, Chaired by Professor David Cumming, Head of the James Watt School of Engineering and the Professor of Electronic Systems at the University of Glasgow.

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• Keynote from Professor Elvira Fortunato, Vice Rector at Nova University.
• Garam Bell, Circular Economy Officer, Telecommunication Development Bureau of the International Telecommunications Division.
• Maria Smolander, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• Joshua Young, PragmatIC
• Roland Hischier, Advancing Life Cycle Assessment Group, Empa St.Gallen
• Gerardo Hernandez-Sosa, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

“Hope for Hydrogen” held on Tuesday 25th January 2022, explores current innovations and novel applications in hydrogen research; and discusses its potential promise for accelerating or supporting a more sustainable society.
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– Keynote from Professor Julianna Early, MAE at Queen’s University Belfast
– Dr Rory Monaghan, NUI Galway
– Dr Sile Brennan, Ulster University
– Dr Janke Kappenburg, University of Groningen
– Dr Zhiming Yuan, Strathclyde

“Sustainable Materials and Nanodevices” held on Friday 10th December 2021 as part of our “Electronics for Sustainable Societies” series.

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Launch of the eFutures’ report on “The UK Landscape in Artificial Intelligence & Brain-Inspired Computing Hardware” was held on 30th November 2021.

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This workshop was held the 4th of August in partnership with Connected Everything and jointly hosted by Dr Oliver Fisher, University of Notthingham and Beth McEvoy, Queen’s University Belfast. It was provided to help Early Career Researchers develop their proposal writing for the Small Grant Programme eFutures and Connected Everything are offering.

This webinar was held on the 15th of July. In partnership with Connected Everything and hosted by Dr Nik Watson, Assistant Professor, University of Notthingham, insights from Niks extensive experience working with Industry, developing research proposals with industry partners and the lessons learnt along the way were included.

“Gain a greater understanding of creativity, innovation and the mindset required for creative problem solving” was held Wednesday 23rd June. This ideation workshop was an initiative of eFutures, the UKRI-EPSRC funded Network+ for electech. 

Workshop facilitator – Foursight certificated trainer, Patricia Flanagan of REJIG

“Is Engineering Significant Difference the key to enhanced cybersecurity?” held on 22nd June in partnership with The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen’s University, Belfast and the UK Research Institute in Secure Hardware and Embedded Systems (RISE).

Keynote from Peter Davies, Thales
Prof Kerstin Eder, University of Bristol
Dr Chongyan Gu, Queen’s University, Belfast
Prof Weiqiang Liu, Nanjing University
Prof Máire O’Neill, ECIT, Queen’s University, Belfast
Dr Daniel Page, University of Bristol

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This webinar was held 17th June in partnership with Connected Everything and hosted by Dr Zena Wood, University of Exeter. It focused on creating an Elevator Pitch for researchers. Dr Zena Wood (University of Exeter and Digitally Enhanced Advanced Services Networks Plus) led the session on how to design an elevator pitch for research studies, suitable for a multi-disciplinary environment. Participants gained practical skills in distilling their research for specific audiences to help get better their key messages communicated.

“How can ICT contribute to making a circular economy?” was held on the 14th June. On this webinar experts discussed the problems ICT can create but also, vitally, the potential it has for offering solutions for sustainability. 

Hosted by Susanne Baker, Associate Director for Climate, Environment and Sustainability at techUK

Keynote by Pascal Leroy, Director General of the WEEE Forum

Karsten Schischke, Group Manager Product Ecodesign and Circular Materials at Fraunhofer IZM

Dr Peter Garraghan, Lancaster University

Dr Marios Angelopoulos, Bournemouth University

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“How can new technologies address the healthcare needs of low and middle income countries?“, held on 14th May we heard a number of case studies from a panel of experts working in this exciting area. Hosted by Dr Pantelis Georgiou, Reader in Biomedical Microelectronics, Imperial College London

Keynote from Dr Louise Thwaites, Associate Professor at Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City

Dr Conor O’Mahony, Principal Research at Tyndall National Institute, Cork

Dr Paul Arkell, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Professor Heike Rabe, Professor of Perinatal Medicine at Brighton and Sussex Medical School & Honorary Consultant Neonatologist Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals Trust

Esther Shaylor, Innovation Specialist at UNICEF, Copenhagen

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Dr Louise Thwaites, Technological Solutions for Critical Care in Resource-Limited Settings.

Dr Conor O’Mahony, Smart Dressings’ for Advanced Woundcare in LMICs

Dr Paul Arkell, Point-of-Care Technology in the Management of Tropical Fever

Professor Heike Rabe, Neonatal Circulatory Adaptation After Birth and the Need for New Healthcare Technology

Esther Shaylor, Rapid Water Testing with E.coli in the Field

“How can electronics Systems Evolve Digital Manufacturing?”,  held on 14th May with Connected Everything II, we heard a number of short talks on how electronics systems is evolving the manufacturing industry. Chaired by Dr Nicholas Watson, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at University of Nottingham.

Keynote from Professor Mark Gillan, COO of Artemis Technologies

Dr Alessandra Caggiano, University of Naples along with her colleague Dr Alessandro Simeone, Shantou University

Dr Nick Ploydorides, University of Edinburgh

Dr Carmen Torres Sanchez, University of Loughborough

These short talks were followed by a Q&A panel chaired by Dr Sarah Connolly of which you can find the transcript here.

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Dr Mark Gillan – Fast Tracking the Race to Zero Emissions in the Maritime Sector Using a Digital Twin

Dr Alessandra Caggiano & Dr Alessandro Simeone – Intelligent Cloud Manufacturing Platform for Resource Efficiency Optimization in Smart Manufacturing Networks

Dr Nick Polydorides – Process Embedded Diagnostics & Predictions

Dr Carmen Torres-Sanchez – Re-imagining Engineering Deisgn: Electronic Systems Wanted!

Click back soon to read information on our previously held Women Working in Electronic Systems event.

Click back soon for information on our previously held spintronics event

Click back soon for more information on our previously held Healthcare Technologies for Low – Middle Income Countries event held in conjunction with Imperial College London

Click back soon for more information about our previously held event on AI:Vision Systems, held in conjunction with KTN