TEDxCERN @ UCL

CERN will be hosting a TEDx event, with the theme 'Multiplying Dimensions', on Friday 3 May 2013.

Although the TEDxCERN main stage will be in Geneva, the UCL Institute for Origins and Department of Physics and Astronomy are hosting a "simulcast" from 12:30 onwards. Watch the talks live from CERN on a high-quality webcast, hosted by Nobel prize winner George Smoot, discuss the subjects with UCL researchers, and join us for a drinks reception.

Attendance is free, but registration is required. For details, and to register, see the
TEDxCERN@UCL event web page.

Third Origins Networking Event - "Complexity": Coming soon!

Second Origins Networking Event - "Inner Space/Outer Space"

The second in the series of networking events for the MAPS Institute of Origins is on the theme "Inner Space/Outer Space", concerning recent developments in particle astrophysics and cosmology.

It will take place on Friday 25 January, from 3-5pm, in the Haldane Room.

Guest speakers include Nikos Konstantinidis (HEP), Tom Kitching (MSSL) and Filipe Abdalla (Astrophysics).

New series of Institute of Origins Networking Events - the first on the "Origins of Life"

The first of a series of MAPS Institute of Origins networking events, on the theme "The Origins of Life", will take place on Wednesday 31 October, from 3-5pm in the North Cloisters of UCL.

This will be an informal meeting, starting with a brief introduction to MAPS, followed by a few short (10 min) research talks, with the remaining time for discussion and networking over light refreshments.

Guest speakers for the inaugural event include Richard Catlow (Dean of MAPS), Steve Miller (CPS Co-Director), Lewis Dartnell (Astrobiology), Nick Lane (Evolutionary Biochemistry and Bioenergetics) and Giovanna Tinetti (Exoplanets).