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PROGRAMME:
Friday, 28th June:
Victoria Gallery & Museum (University of Liverpool)
18:00 Registration, drinks reception
19:00 Welcome speeches
Dr Javier Escudero, President of SRUK/CERU
Ms Wendy Simon, Deputy Mayor for Liverpool City Council
Dr Paloma Domingo, General Secretary of FECyT
Prof Wiebe Van der Hoek, Executive Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Science & Engineering at the University of Liverpool
Dr J. Javier Burgos-Mármol, Chair of the VII International Symposium SRUK/CERU
EVENING SESSION
19:30 The global light pollution growth: how to measure it and implications
Dr Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel, University of Exeter
20:20 Information about Saturday and Sunday sessions
Saturday, 29th June:
Central Teaching Hub (University of Liverpool)
8:30 Registration
MORNING SESSION 1: Beating our own vulnerability. New strategies for health.
9:00 Tumour genomics and the tumour microenvironment: entwined partners in crime
Prof Robert Bristow, Director of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre, University of Manchester
9:50 Designing magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications
Prof María Puerto-Morales, Institute of Materials Science of Madrid
10:40 Coffee break
MORNING SESSION 2: Human culture in the spotlight.
11:00 Curating in the age of globalisation, biennalisation and Artificial Intelligence
Prof Joasia Krysa, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Biennial
11:50 Telling Stories about Solar Power
Dr Greg Lynall, University of Liverpool
12:40 Lunch + Poster Session
AFTERNOON SESSION 1: Understanding Nature at every scale.
14:30 Dancing till the end of gravitational collapse: black stars
Prof Luis J. Garay, Complutense University of Madrid
15:20 Black is the new green
Prof Magdalena Titirici, Imperial College London
16:10 Coffee break
AFTERNOON SESSION 2: Keeping the house clean: Environmental challenges.
16:30 Groundwater resource protection: present and future challenges
Prof Robert Ward, British Geological Survey
17:20 Impact of climate change and on crops vs impact of crops on climate change
Prof Micaela Carvajal, Centre for Soil and Applied Biology Segura, CEBAS-CSIC
20:00 Conference Dinner, at the Liverpool Marriott Hotel City Centre
* Please note: arrival at the venue should be at least 20 minutes earlier
Sunday, 30th June:
Central Teaching Hub (University of Liverpool)
8:30 Registration
9:00 Annual General Meeting (SRUK members only)
11:00 Coffee break and registration
SUNDAY MORNING SESSION
11:30 Round-table: How can we fight the influence of pseudosciences?
Ms Rebecca Asher, Sense about Science
Mr Fernando Cervera, APETP, ULÛM, Valencia Plaza, Nerium Scientific SL
Ms Ainhoa Goñi, Science Journalist – Radiocable, La Razón, Yahoo, National Geographic. Former Head of Communication at CSIC.
Mr Michael Marshall, Good thinking Society
12:00-15:30 Science Zone (Parallel Session)
13:00 Lunch
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION
14:30 Job and Grant opportunities in Spain
Dr Izaskun Lacunza, FECyT
14:50 Ciencia en el Parlamento
Dr José Miguel Bermúdez, Ciencia en el Parlamento
15:10 SRUK Wom=n Equity & Research Committee: towards gender equity and diversity in research
Ms Judit García-González, SRUK Wom=n Equity & Research Committee
15:30 Closing Ceremony
