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A day to celebrate the PECDT’s success – with talks from alumni, invited academic speakers, open careers discussion and evening reception.
09.45-10.00 Arrival, registration and poster set-up (RSM G01)
Session 1 (RSM G20) – Chair: TBC
10.00-10.05 Welcome: Prof Ji-Seon Kim (PE-CDT Course Director)
10.05-10.40 Invited internal speaker: Dr Firat Güder, Imperial College London
10.40-11.00 PECDT academic talk: Prof Ji-Seon Kim and Dr Piers Barnes, Imperial College London
11.00-11.30 2 x PECDT alumni talks (15 mins each)
1. Dr Joby Razzell Hollis, Natural History Museum
2. Dr Julianna Panidi, Imperial College London
11.30-11.50 Tea/coffee break
11.50-12.30 Plenary speaker: Prof Tim Swager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Magneto-optics of molecular and polymeric materials
12.30-13.00 2 x PECDT alumni talks (15 mins each)
1. Dr Alex Ramadan, University of Sheffield
2. Dr Saurav Limbu, QinetiQ
13.00-14.00 Lunch (RSM G01)
Session 2 (RSM G20) – Chair: TBC
14.00-14.20 Invited talk: Prof Donal Bradley, Neom
14.20-15.20 4 x PECDT alumni talks (15 mins each)
1. Dr Prospero Taroni Junior, University College London
2. Dr Sebastian Wood, National Physical Laboratory
3. Dr Sally Luong, TruLifeOptics
4. Dr Luca Occhi, Cambridge Mechatronics
15.20-15.40 PECDT academic talk: Dr Oliver Fenwick, Queen Mary University London
15.40-16.00 Tea/coffee break (RSM G01)
Session 3 (RSM G20) – Chair: Dr Oliver Fenwick and Dr Piers Barnes
16.00-16.15 Invited internal speaker: Prof James Durrant, Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London
16.15-16.45 2 x PECDT alumni talks (15 mins each)
1. Dr Alice Smith, IBM
2. Dr Weidong Xu, University of Cambridge
16.45-17.30 PECDT academic and alumni Q&A discussions
17.30-19.00 Evening reception (RSM G01)