Edinburgh 2010/11



The annual series of Institute of Physics lectures resumes in January 2011 and continues until April 2011.


The poster advertising the lectures can be

downloaded here, together with the lecture abstracts.

 

This session's calendar looks like this:


All of the events are held in the Welcome Rooms of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the talk begins at 19.30. All attendees are invited to arrive early for a sherry / soft drinks reception from 19.00.


On-street parking is available free after 18.30 on site.  Directions for finding the Royal Society of Edinburgh are available here.

Enquiries can be sent to Professor Derryck Reid, IOP Local Organiser, Heriot-Watt University.

18 Jan 2011

Drawn to the Dark Side:

The Enigma of Dark Matter in the Universe

Dr Katie Mack

Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge

15 Feb 2011

Fusion: Energy for the Future?

Dr Anthony J. Webster

Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE)

8 Mar 2011

Geoengineering: Experiment Earth

Prof. Andy Ridgwell

University of Bristol

26 April 2011

Ubiquitous Computing:

Being Human when Computers are Everywhere

Prof. Yvonne Rogers

The Open University