IOP Hereford and Worcester Lecture Programme

th th Monday 5 th October 2020 Thursday 14 January 2021 [webinar or live TBC] Tuesday 16 March 2021 MALVERN ● Malvern (venue TBC) WORCESTER ● University of Worcester. British Science Week Malvern Festival of Innovation Launch Lecture . 7:00pm ● Professor Marcelle McManus, Director of the Centre for MALVERN ● Malvern St James School Lecture (Title to be confirmed) Sustainable & Circular Technologies at the University of Bath ● Professor Helen Gleeson, OBE. Cavendish Professor Net Zero by Life Cycle Socially-distanced seating and also live-streamed. of Physics and Head of Physics and Astronomy, University of For details and to register see www.festival-innovation.com We need to reduce carbon and meet our net zero Leeds targets. But how? What is the best way and how A Bit of a Stretch - Liquid Crystal Elastomers Thursday 1st October 2020 [webinar] can we know? What will be the impact of novel This talk will introduce what these special ● Dr Aaron Jones & Dr Sam Cooper, Institute for technologies? Will there be any degree of rubbers - liquid crystal elastomers - are and Gravitational Wave Astronomy, University of Birmingham certainty? This talk considers how we can (and how they spontaneously change shape, can Gravitational Waves can’t) use a life cycle approach to measure lift thousands of times their own weight, and Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein carbon emissions - exploring impacts spatially and temporally how they can even get thicker when over 100 years ago and can be used to learn to provide an optimised system. stretched, rather than thinner.

about some of the most exotic and difficult to Tuesday 9th February 2021 Tuesday 20 th April 2021 observe objects in our universe, such as 26th Annual Public Science Lecture, Huntingdon Hall. WORCESTER ● University of Worcester. neutron stars and black holes. These waves are now being routinely detected by LIGO and Virgo, ● Dr Martin Khechara, Associate Professor for STEM, ● Dr Teppei Katori, Kings College London kilometre-scale observatories limited in their most sensitive University of Wolverhampton Neutrino Physics: Exploring Matter and Universe region by fundamental quantum mechanics. Learn about The Most Dangerous Experiments in Physics Neutrino physics is one of the most these incredible detectors and how they are revolutionising In this highly interactive, definitely flourishing fields in particle physics. astronomy with apps that connect microscopic universe ridiculous and probably dangerous Neutrinos are elementary particles of vibrations in the cosmos directly to your phone! science show, Dr Martin Khechara will nature, and scientists found they have explore some key principles of physics, mass. This was the topic of the 2015 th Tuesday 10 November 2020 [webinar] including motion, temperature, electricity Nobel prize, and is the only clear ● David Wilkinson, Institute of Physics and Fellow, and magnetism to show the audience evidence for this mass beyond the Standard Model of particle Nottingham Trent University some of the best and most spectacular demonstrations that can physics. Scientists all over the world study properties of To c or not to c - Physics in Science Fiction Writing be carried out on stage. neutrinos or use neutrinos as a new tool to investigate Science fiction has long been divided between astrophysical objects and fundamental properties of the th authors who try to get all the physics right and Thursday 18 February 2021 Joint with universe. In this talk Dr Katori will review particle physics and those who abandon any pretence at HEREFORD ● Hereford University Centre the status of the most exciting neutrino projects in the world. considering real-world science at all. This ● Peter Karney, BEng (Hons), CEng, MIEE th lecture looks at some of those who tried and Head of Product Innovation, Digital Catapult Centre, London. Wednesday 12 May 2021 considers both how well they did and the LoCo4Farm: How low power IoT connectivity can WORCESTER ● University of Worcester. innovative ideas they have come up with for future physics and enhance Digital Farm Operations ● Professor Malcolm Longair, CBE, FRS, FRSE. technology. And of course, there is the perennial question in LoCo4Farm represents a joint undertaking 9th Astronomer Royal for Scotland; Director of Development space-based future fiction – whether faster-than-light travel is between the Digital Catapult and the and Outreach, Emeritus Jacksonian Professor of Natural permitted. To have >c or University of Cambridge. digitising farm operation through low cost and th The Origin of Maxwell's Equations Wednesday 9 December 2020 [webinar] low power Internet-of-Things technologies. IoT Maxwell's discovery of the laws of ● David Cross, Institute of Physics has the potential to help optimise the use of electromagnetism represents one of the key Physics to the Climate Rescue resources such as freshwater, land, energy, pesticides and events in the history of physics, resulting in a Combatting anthropomorphic Climate fertiliser. The project aims to establish a test bed and paradigm shift from Newtonian physics to a Change is a multi-disciplinary challenge and demonstrator facility at the South West Dairy Development Universe dominated by fields. Maxwell's there is unlikely to be one ‘silver bullet’. Here Centre. The talk will cover the areas that have been explored discovery provides the link between the we showcase some of the ways in which and opportunities this exciting technology could offer. physics of Newton and Einstein. The revolutionary nature of physicists worldwide are contributing to the Maxwell's insights will be highlighted. solution. Some of these solutions are ‘oven-ready’ and awaiting implementation, others still require work but whether For Huntingdon Hall : admission is only by t icket . All lectures start at 19:30 ( unless otherwise they aim to reduce fossil fuel use or extract CO 2 from the These are free from the Box Office from 4th Jan. stated in the programme). We finish by 21:00. atmosphere, we are going to need as many tools in our climate control toolbox as we can get!

2020-21 v2.0 Outreach About the IOP Institute of Physics

Tuesday 6th October 2020 The Institute of Physics is a leading international professional body and learned society, established to MALVERN ● Virtual event. promote the advancement and dissemination of Hereford & Worcester Events (See : www.festival-innovation.com ) physics. Next Generation Innovators Sponsored by IOP This is a science event for Years 7 to 9 pupils. The Institute has a world-wide membership and has Lectures & Outreach There will be demonstrations and lectures. a major international presence in: This event will be live-streamed from 10:00- 13:00 and schools can dial-in. Check-out the • scientific publishing and electronic dissemination of 2020/2021 on-line programme. Registration required. Usually for school physics; parties & Home Educators, anyone can join in this event! • setting professional standards for physicists and awarding professional qualifications; Monday to Saturday 5th - 10 th October 2020 • promoting physics through scientific conferences, MALVERN ● Malvern Theatres (TBC. See website above) education and science; Malvern Festival of Innovation • policy advice.

Today we need to innovate more than ever: the Details about the various grades of membership and way we do business, the way we use resources; of professional qualifications can be found at the way we live. We need new ideas to stay competitive, new technologies to improve lives, http://www.iop.org/membership/ and new insights to lead the way. Join us to discover what's Undergraduates, Trainees and Apprentices can join coming next and to learn how others are innovating. the IoP as Associate Member. Including … Saturday 10th October - Family Show : Be enlightened and For further information inspired by the Family Show speakers . For tickets see the Institute of Physics - Hereford and Worcester website. Centre:

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Please e-mail: [email protected] and ask to be included on the H&W Event email list Venues IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Hereford University Centre , Herefordshire and Ludlow The first few talks in the programme will be on-line via College, Folly Lane, Hereford. HR1 1LS. Image credits Huntingdon Hall, Worcester. WR1 3LD. webinar. Please check www.events.iop.org and search Neutrinos: Reider Hahn (Fermilab) Box Office: 01905 611427 Ligo: NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet Midlands for the latest information and registration Malvern St James, Avenue Road, Malvern. WR14 3BA. details. All IoP talks start at 19:30. Malvern Theatres, Grange Road, Malvern. WR14 3HB. Physics to the Climate Rescue: The Royal Society University of Worcester, St Johns Campus, Worcester. WR2 6AJ. (Go to Reception in Edward Elgar bldg) All other images courtesy of the speakers.