Below you will find information relating to events run by LivWiSE, or science related events, courses and activities that we think may be of interest to you.

Upcoming Events

Lecture: Life in the Fast Lane:Revealing the inside track at McLaren

LivWiSE Is delighted to invite you to a special guest lecture with McLaren’s Executive Director of Operations, Alan Foster. Identified by KPMG and Lloyds Bank as one of the top 100 most influential manufacturing executives in the UK (2014), Alan is will be talking about;

• How McLaren build and develop Super Cars and Formula One
• McLaren Automotive business and an insight into the cutting edge technology, engineering and manufacturing that is involved
• An overview of the diverse career opportunities at McLarens

Friday 10^th February, 5:30-7pm, Harrison Hughes Building, School of Engineering

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Event: Tech for Teens - Design, Development and Testing of a High Altitude Air Vehicle

Liverpool Girl Geeks ‘Tech 4 Teens’ free workshops will be coming to the School of Engineering on the 16^th February. The workshop will investigate Felix Baumgartner made a record-breaking sky-dive from 24 miles above Earth from a Hot Air Balloon. Open to girls (Aged 11-17) interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.  

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Talk: Women in Technology  

Martina King, CEO of Featurespace, is very passionate about digital technology. She will be delivering a FREE talk, open to all staff and students. Full detials TBC

Wednesday 22^nd February, 1pm, Rendall Building

Lecture: Careers Don't Go in Straight Lines

Speaker: Professor Athene Donald: The topics of my research career have changed fairly radically over the years. Having started off as an electron microscopist on metals I ended up studying protein aggregation, although I like to believe each step on the way was rational. In this talk I will focus on how physics can be used to study plants in novel ways from innovative electron microscopy methods, to utilising ideas developed in very different areas of materials science by treating plants as a foam. However, towards the end of my career I have found myself largely involved with topics unrelated to research including school education, science policy and gender equality. I will touch on some of these areas too to make the point that careers can take you in unexpected directions.

6th March, 3pm, Brunner Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry

Lecture: ‘The Science of Goo’

The soft materials colloquially known as goo turn up all over the place in our everyday lives, from food to playthings, from glues to medical ointments. But what leads to this 'gooiness'? In this IOP Merseyside FREE lecture Professor Athene Donald (University of Cambridge) will describe why it is that long chain molecules (polymers) can be used to make these materials, why they have the effect they have, and how understanding them can be powerful for creating new medical treatments.

Monday 6^th March, 6:30-8pm, CTL

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A Fatal Attraction?: Why people are fascinated by robots, and what to do about it

We are delighted to have Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn, from the University of Hertfordshire, delivering the second of a series of annual Robotics public lectures at this evening event. "My talk will address differences between biological and artificial creatures, and how the common perception of robots as "persons" can mislead us and raise expectations that the robots are not (yet, or never will be) able to fulfil. An alternative view focuses on the machine-like qualities and functionalities that robots are good at and which open up promising applications that can benefit society e.g. in healthcare applications, such as assisting older people in their own homes or teaching children with autism about communication and social interaction".

Monday 19th June 17, 5-7pm, Victoria Gallery & Museum 

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