Third Origins Networking Event - "Complexity": Mon 3 June 2013

The next in the series of networking events for the Institute of Origins is on the
theme "Complexity".

It will take place on Monday 3 June, from 10.00-12.00, in the Haldane Room.

As usual, this is an informal meeting, with a brief introduction followed by a few
short (10 min) research talks, and the remaining time for discussion and networking
over light refreshments.

The agenda is as follows:

10.00-10.20     Arrival and refreshments
10.20-10.30     Welcome - Ofer Lahav (Vice Dean for Research, MAPS Faculty)
10.30-10.40     "Complexity in Chemistry" - Richard Catlow (Dean, MAPS Faculty)
10.40-10.50     "The Sun's Complexity" - Louise Harra (MSSL)
10.50-11.00     "Biodiversity and life in the balance" - Steve Baigent (Mathematics)
11.00-12.00     Networking and refreshments

Royal Institution Public Lectures on "Nature and Nature's Laws: how did they come about?"

associated with the Leverhulme Trust-funded international network "Kant and the Laws of Nature":

• 4th June, Ofer Lahav (UCL) "The Nature of Dark Energy and Dark Matter: Are New Laws of Physics Required?"
• 11th June, Chris Smeenk (UWO) "Is Cosmology Possible as a Science?"
• 18th June, Margaret Morrison (Toronto) "Capturing Reality with Fictional Models".
  

Details of the program and access to the Ri What's On guide.

Please note: these lectures are open to everyone, and free for students.

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.

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).