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        The First GWR Research Symposium

            " Future Imperfect ? "   

GWR held its first annual research symposium  entitled " Future Imperfect ? " on November 18th at Hewlett Packard labs in Bristol, which showcased GWR funded research projects in progress and demonstrated how clusters of excellence have been firmly established here in the South West. Webcasts of the plenary lectures and futurology sessions may be streamed directly from the links below.

Click on the logo next to the session you wish to watch .

Each video lasts approx 20 mins.

GWR A South West Success Story  --  David Billington

Weather Prediction Models and GWR  --  John Thuburn

Future Imperfect I - The Future of computing -- Eamonn O'Neill

Sustainable Energy in the South West  --  Marcelle McManus  

Future Imperfect II - Major Environmental Challenges  --  Jim Longhurst

Aerospace Research and GWR  --  Paul Weaver

Future Imperfect III - The Future of Media Entertainment -- Jane Arthurs

• Plenary lecture sessions described how GWR is supporting clusters of research excellence in Sustainability, Aerospace, and Meteorology, whilst workshop sessions given by GWR students and GWR fellows described a number of specific research programs in Materials Sciences, Psychology and Sustainability.

• Three very stimulating futurology “ Future Imperfect ” sessions completed the program, in which acknowledged experts were invited to speculate on what they think that the future holds over the next 15 years in their three areas of expertise : Computing, Environmental Challenges and Media Entertainment

• A research poster competition attracted over 50 entries from GWR PhD students who were required to describe their work via a poster and then defend their work to their peers, symposium delegates, and to a jury of Pro- and Deputy Vice-Chancellors from the region. The winning entry, which received a prize of £100 in book tokens, was “ Robotic Humanoid Hand Research“ presented by Craig Chorley who is working at the University of Western England and the University of Bristol. A case study of Craig's work is available as a pdf The Common Touch  ( Robotic hands) .

• A PRESS RELEASE describing the GWR Symposium is available HERE.

• The latest GWR newsletter which was distributed at the Symposium is available HERE

• CASE studies of a number of our projects are available as pdf files from the links below :
  • Lighter, Stronger, Aircraft ( Smart materials)
  • Innovation on Display ( New visual display panels)
  • Helping Mother Nature ( To grow baby lobsters )
  • The Common Touch ( Robotic hands)
  • A Bright Future ( Solar panel research)