Welcome to the celebration of cutting-edge research!

The Maxwell Centre programme acts as a centrepiece for industry engagement across Physical Sciences and Technology at the University of Cambridge. As we are reaching the second anniversary of the Programme launch, we invite you to attend the Annual Research Showcase 2018 event to celebrate the breadth and quality of Cambridge research in the context of external partnerships, opportunities and collaborations. In conjunction with the event we will be also issuing the Maxwell Centre Annual Report 2017-18.

Your feedback

We would like to hear back from the Showcase participants - your feedback, comments and suggestions can be submitted through here:

www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/feedback-annual-research-showcase-2018

Programme of the Showcase - 22 March 2018

The all-day event (registration will open at 9am, expected finish time is 6:30pm) is expected to attract a mixed audience of academics, industry and funders. Registration, poster displays, networking opportunities and lab tours will take place at the Maxwell Centre. In order to accommodate a large audience, all talks will be taking place at the Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory.

The 2018 Showcase will comprise a varied programme focussed on academia-industry collaborations:

Registration opens at 9:00am at the Maxwell Centre, with an opportunity to explore the Maxwell Centre, and get a tour of the laboratories.

Morning session - academic perspective (talks start promptly at 10am Pippard Lecture Theatre):

• 10:00 - Welcome by Prof Andy Neely, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Business Relations & Enterprise
• 10:05 - Opening: "Maxwell Centre and Programme" by Prof Sir Richard Friend FRS FREng, the Maxwell Centre Director
• 10:20 - Research highlight talks:
  • "An all-optical approach to amyloids" Dr Gabriele Kaminski (Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology)  
  • "New opportunities in nitride semiconductors" Dr Rachel Oliver (Materials Science and Metallurgy)
• 11:00 A series of 2 minutes' talks by researchers from across the Physical Science and Technology departments – showcasing a broad range of collaborative, multidisciplinary, cutting-edge research and industrial partnerships. (See below for the full list of topics and speakers, and here for last year's list)
• 12:00 Keynote address "Innovation: is Cambridge 'special'?"by Prof Tim Minshall, Professor of Innovation and Head of the Institute for Manufacturing

Networking lunch, poster session, stands, demonstrations and tours at the Maxwell Centre (12:45 - 13:45pm).

Afternoon session - industrial perspective (talks start promptly at 2pm, Pippard LT):

• 14:00 - "The Faraday Institution - research to tackle energy storage challenges" by Prof Clare Grey FRS, Cambridge Faraday and CAM-IES Director
• 14:30 - Industrial keynote address "Insights into how Tesla is achieving its misson to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy" by Steve MacManus, Vice President Engineering at Tesla Motors
• 15:20 - coffee break
• 15:45 - Industrial snapshot talks: a series of 3 minutes' talks by our industrial partners, with speakers from ARM, Artemis Racing, Beko, BP-ICAM, BT, Cambridge Network, Frontier IP Group, GlaxoSmithKline, Hitachi, IBM, LGC, Magna, NPL, Pilkington-NSG and WaterScope.
• 16:30 - Questions and Answers
• 16:50 - overview and summary: Dr Aga Iwasiewicz-Wabnig, Maxwell Centre Programme Manager   

Further networking opportunities over refreshments and the last round of tours at the Maxwell Centre (5:00 - 6:30 pm).

Registration

Attendance of this event is free of charge, but booking is essential. Please register and get a ticket through the Eventbrite: https://maxwell-centre-research-showcase-2018.eventbrite.co.uk

If you are interested in taking part in any of the lab tours please collect your ticket at the registration. 

Contact

Questions about the event (including prospective speakers, exhibitors and sponsorship) should be directed to Maxwell Centre Engagement Coordinator in the first instance.