Reading International- Curatorial Network Talk #3: Robert Leckie
2017-11-22 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Gasworks London, 155 Vauxhall Street, London, SE11 5RH

Stenton Lecture: The Russian Revolution: A hundred years on
2017-11-23 19:30 - 20:30 | Henley Business School, Room G11, Henley Business School, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
The Russian Revolution transformed the face of an empire, established the world’s first socialist state, and profoundly affected the course of world history for the rest of the twentieth century. A hundred years on, the master historian Professor Stephen Smith reflects on the tumultuous events of 1917 and our attempts to understand this epochal moment in history.

War Child
2017-11-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL), Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX, United Kingdom
Dr Teresa Murjas from the University of Reading will introduce audiences to her project ‘War Child’.
This inspiring project examined the creation of the Evacuee Archive at the Museum of English Rural Life as a means of reflecting on wider experiences of children ‘on the move’.
Teresa will show films from the project and answer questions about her wider work which responds creatively to migrant experiences. There will also be a pop-up exhibition of items from the Evacuee Archive.
Admission is free, booking is required
Follow the hashtag
#UoRLostandFound

Reading International: Curatorial Network Talks #4: Lozana Rossanova
2017-12-06 18:00 - 20:00 | TBC

ECMWF symposium for Adrian Simmons
2017-12-08 14:00 - 17:30 | ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading, RG2 9AX
A Symposium for Adrian Simmons, ECMWF, Shinfield Road, Reading
Former University of Reading meteorologist and Visiting Professor, Adrian Simmons, is being honoured with a research symposium as he retires from his current role at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts this year.
Adrian has, over several years, contributed to numerical weather prediction and climate science in fields ranging from dynamic meteorology and numerical models to atmospheric composition and climate science.
Speakers at the symposium will cover topics such as Adrian’s early academic career (Brian Hoskins) as well as his contributions to numerical aspects and the spectral model (Michel Jarraud); supercomputing (Walter Zwieflhofer); data assimilation (Florence Rabier); climate reanalysis (David Burridge); the Global Climate Observing System (Carolin Richter) and the GEMS and MACC atmospheric composition projects (Vincent-Henri Peuch). The symposium will start at 14:00 and will be followed by a drinks reception at 17:30.
For further information and to register, please visit the symposium webpage:
https://www.ecmwf.int/en/learning/seminars/symposium-adrian-simmons
The symposium will be live streamed and access details will be available on the event page from 20 November.

Connecting Early Careers Researchers across disciplines (CINNergies)
2017-12-11 16:00 - 18:00 | The Meeting Room, Cedars Hotel, Whiteknights, University of Reading, United Kingdom

Housing and Cities Academic Forum
2017-12-12 10:30 - 15:30 | School of Architecture G.06, School of Architecture, University of Reading, Reading, RG1 5AQ, United Kingdom
Location: London Road Campus, School of Architecture, Room G.06
This Academic Forum will provide colleagues the opportunity to discuss their research interests and facilitate research collaboration among the substantial number of researchers working on these issues in research divisions across the university. The workshop will be facilitated by Reading members of the ESRC Housing Evidence Centre CACHE.
As part of the agenda, academic researchers are asked to give a 2-3 minute individual presentation to introduce their particular research interests within Housing and Cities. Upon registration, please could you send through 2 slides that you will plan to use for this presentation and specify whether your interests lie within Housing, Cities or both.
Lunch will be provided. If you are interested in attending, please register a place through Chris Anderson in the Research Deans’ Office by e-mailing c.j.anderson@reading.ac.uk. For catering purposes, please confirm whether you have any specific dietary requirements.
We hope you can attend and look forward to seeing you.

Fixing Our Broken Housing Market: a workshop on the way forward
2017-12-13 10:00 - 16:00 | University of Reading, RG6 6UR
The implications of recent housing policy developments in England and their future direction will be explored at an upcoming one-day workshop run by The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence and the University of Reading.

February saw the government publish the housing white paper, Fixing Our Broken Housing Market, followed by a consultation document on proposals for reform in September. The Secretary of State has also recently announced a forthcoming green paper on social housing, and significant changes for housing are also expected in the November budget. These developments signal a potential major shift in the direction of housing policy in England and the workshop will explore the way forward.
Speakers include:

Professor David Clapham, University of Reading
Professor Neil Crosby, University of Reading
Professor Geoff Meen, University of Reading
Professor Flora Samuel, University of Reading
Professor Christine Whitehead, LSE
Representative from central government.

Further details about the workshop can be found on the Eventbrite page.

Women’s Classical Committee Lecture: Queer Classics: Sexuality, Scholarship and the Personal – Jennifer Ingleheart, Durham
2018-02-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Edith Morley, Room G44, Edith Morley Building, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Register at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-classics-sexuality-scholarship-and-the-personal-tickets-40923793167

PUBLIC LECTURE - Brain glue: sticking it to dementia
2018-02-28 19:30 - 20:45 | Henley Business School, Room G11, Henley Business School, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Brain Glue: Sticking it to Dementia
Wednesday 28 February, 7.30-8.45pm
G11, Henley Business School, Whiteknights campus
This event is free to attend.
Registration in advance is not required, but is recommended as public lectures are often full. Click here to book your place >
Nearly a million people in the UK today are living with dementia. Currently there is no treatment that will prevent, cure or slow down its progression. To overcome this scientists are now studying not only nerve cells in the brain, but the so-called glial cells – previously thought to be just the ‘glue’ that sticks other brain cells together. Evidence suggests that these cells could provide insight and even early warning about the onset of disease, years before clinical symptoms develop.
The human brain is the most complex computer we have, yet we are still discovering the basics of how it works. This lecture will outline some of the challenges in finding treatments for brain diseases, and explore the potential of glial cells in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr Mark Dallas is a Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience at the School of Pharmacy, University of Reading. He is the Academic Co-Ordinator for the Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Network, Neuroscience Theme Lead for the Physiological Society and sits on the editorial board of Physiology News.

PUBLIC LECTURE - The Bee’s Needs: How to Save the World’s Pollinators
2018-03-14 19:30 - 20:45 | Henley Business School, Room G11, Henley Business School, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Honey Bee pollinating sunflower.
The Bee’s Needs: How to Save the World’s Pollinators
Wednesday 14 March, 19:30-20:45
Location: G11, Henley Business School, Whiteknights campus
This event is free to attend.
Registration in advance is not required, but is recommended as public lectures are often full. Click here to book your place >
Bees and other insects are crucially important, helping pollinate crops and support our wild ecosystems. The University of Reading is at the forefront of research into the decline of insect pollinators and understanding how valuable they are for crop production.
The lecture will outline current evidence on the status of pollinating insects in the UK and across the globe. The crucial role pollinators play for crop production will be explored as well as ways we can help protect these iconic species for the important role they have providing vital ecosystem services.
Dr Mike Garratt, a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Agriculture Policy and Development, will present the latest research on pollinators and what we can do to help protect them.

Fairbrother Lecture 2018: Would you let your phone tell you what to eat? Designing technology for personalised nutrition advice
2018-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Henley Business School
Would you let your phone tell you what to eat? Designing technology for personalised nutrition advice
The Graduate School is delighted to announce that the Fairbrother Lecture 2018 will be delivered by current doctoral researcher Rodrigo Zenun Franco who is undertaking a PhD in Computer Science.
Rodrigo will be talking about his research on online personalised nutrition advice. He has developed an app to assess dietary intake and propose valid personalised nutrition advice for adults. This web application has been designed to be simple to use and can be accessed on a range of devices including laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Rodrigo hopes that the app will help make personalised nutrition widely available, thereby enabling more people to benefit from tailored diet advice.
The work is supported by the British Nutrition Foundation and the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).
Rodrigo undertook an undergraduate degree in Brazil, before coming to Reading for his MSc. His PhD is supervised by Dr Faustina Hwang (Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Sciences) and Professor Julie Lovegrove (Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition, School of Chemistry, Food & Pharmacy).
Accompanying the lecture, there will be a display of work by a number of other outstanding doctoral researchers from across the University: Vincent DeLuca (Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences); Anna Freeman (Geography & Environmental Science) Rita Goyal (Henley Business School); Sophie Payne (Literature and Languages) and Suzannah Ravenscroft (Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences).

Whitechapel Girl - Special Lecture
2018-04-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Berkshire Record Office, 9 Coley Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 6AF, United Kingdom
Rediscovering the “Whitechapel Girl”
They are remembered as the “Whitechapel Boys,” a group of writers and artists who came from the Jewish working-class district of London and forged promising careers through the early part of the twentieth century. Isaac Rosenberg wrote some of the finest poetry to emerge from the First World War. Mark Gertler and David Bomberg became significant modernist painters.
What tends to get lost is that one of the “Boys” was a “Girl.” Clare Winsten, born Clara Birnberg, studied at the Slade from 1910 to 1912, and developed a fascinating body of work as a painter and sculptor. She became good friends with George Bernard Shaw, and illustrated three of his books.
Clara Birnberg became Clare Winsten when she married the writer, Stephen Winsten. He was imprisoned as a conscientious objector during the First World War, as she gave birth to the first of the couple’s two daughters. Stephen’s imprisonment led to Clare’s producing a series of haunting illustrations to Oscar Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
As part of the exhibition, “Colours More Than Sentences: Illustrated Editions of The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” running at the Berkshire Record Office until 8th June, the University of Reading Department of English has invited scholar and curator, Sarah Macdougall of the Ben Uri Gallery, to share her new research on Winsten’s life and career. Macdougall will be talking about her rediscovery of the “Whitechapel Girl” at a public lecture at the Berkshire Record Office in Reading at 6-15 p.m. on Thursday 19th April.
The lecture and the exhibition are both free, but places for the lecture are limited. People can register in advance for the lecture by going to www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/ContactUs.

UN and Global Order launch
2018-04-26 08:45 - 16:30
How research can support and strengthen the United Nations
Please join us for a one-day conference, and launch of the UN and Global Order Programme at the University of Reading.
When: Thursday, 26 April, 2018, 9:15-4:30, registration begins at 8:45
Where: University of Reading, London Road Campus, LO22 G01
Admission is free, booking is essential. Book here: events@reading.ac.uk

This event will bring together academics, practitioners, civil society, and students and will showcase the key ways in which research supports and strengthens UN activities. Thematic panels on human rights, peacekeeping, and UN reform will identify and discuss current and future challenges and opportunities and how researchers and policymakers can work together to maximize the UN’s fulfilment of its mandate.
Keynote speeches :

Ian Martin, former Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Libya, Nepal, and Timor-Leste and Executive Director of Security Council Report,
Dominik Zaum, Research Dean for Prosperity & Resilience, University of Reading

About UNGOP
The UN and Global Order Programme at the University of Reading was established in 2017 to provide a major new forum for UN research within the UK. Bringing together academics working on peacekeeping and statebuilding, disaster risk reduction, human rights, food and agriculture, climate change, displacement and migration, and organisational culture, amongst others, the Programme supports both long-term and short-term research that informs and shapes policy and practice. Members and affiliates work with various UN bodies and operations, member states, regional organizations, civil society and non-governmental organizations, and other relevant stakeholders. To learn more about the Programme, and for a full list of our partners, see: https://research.reading.ac.uk/ungop/

Urban-Met Seminar
2018-06-12 16:00 | GU10, Meteorology building, RG1 7QF
Speakers: David, Jess, Elliott
Book reading: Urban Climates (Oke et al., 2017), Ch 10.1, 10.2, 10.3

Workshop: (Post)Colonial images
2018-06-21 11:00 - 18:00 | Minghella Building, University of Reading, Building 195, Shinfield Rd, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6BT, United Kingdom
(Post)Colonial images: An Intermedial Approach
Sponsored by the AHRC-FAPESP funded IntermIdia Project and CFAC, the Centre for Film Aesthetics and Cultures, University of Reading
21st June 2018
Keynote speech by Vicente Sánchez-Biosca (University of Valencia), and a stellar line-up of speakers and artists
Screening of The Song of Ossobó (Silas Tiny, 2017)
Organised by Maria do Carmo Piçarra (University of Reading/University of Minho)
Admission is free, but booking is highly recommended- email carmoramos@gmail.com
Programme
11h-13h00 Cinema, Minghella Building G4 Opening by Lúcia Nagib. Screening The Song of Ossobó (Silas Tiny, 2017, 99’)
13h00-14h00 Lunch break
14h00-14h40 Studio Space, Minghella Building room 102 Maria do Carmo Piçarra (Minho/Reading) – Intermedial approaches to Portugal, France and England representations of the empire in the cinema
14h40-15h40 Studio Space, Minghella Building room 102 Katy Stewart (Sheffield) – Singing for Timbuktu and Kinshasa: Intermedial voices in African cinema’s digital revolution Sérgio Dias Branco (Coimbra/ Durham) – Spectres of today: Fractured history and digital modulation in Horse money (2014) Chair: Maria do Carmo Piçarra (Minho/Reading)
15h40-16h00 Coffee break 16h-16h30 Studio Space, Minghella Building room 102 Artistic take Quarries of wandering form by Judy Rabinowitz Price (Kingston)
16h30-18h00 Studio Space, Minghella Building room 102 Keynote speaker Vicente Sanchéz-Biosca (Valencia) – When the images are missing. Rithy Panh and the visual strategies to address the Cambodian Genocide

A Celebration of TAEDS
2018-06-23 12:30 - 16:00 | Minghella Building, University of Reading, Building 195, Shinfield Rd, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6BT, United Kingdom
The unique Theatre Arts, Education & Deaf Studies (TAEDS) BA for deaf-hearing integrated student cohorts completes a 32 year history with a swansong to celebrate its unique history, and mark the legacy, of the programme.
The world premiere of Moonbird, an adaptation of the children’s story by the deaf author Joyce Dunbar, will be performed by Handprint Theatre Company, a deaf-hearing integrated company formed by programme alumni.
We intend to further mark the legacy of deaf-hearing integrated theatre with performances by graduating deaf students from the Royal Conservatoire, Glasgow.
Refreshments will be followed by speeches from past and current deaf and hearing staff and students and the Vice Chancellor, Sir David Bell KCB, will also make an appearance.
Book your tickets here: https://alumni.reading.ac.uk/a-celebration-of-taeds

Early Career Fellowship Schemes: Event for potential supervisors
2018-06-26 13:00 - 14:30
A joint session for Heritage & Creativity and Prosperity & Resilience on the topic of Early Career (Independent Post-doctoral) Fellowship Schemes. This session will introduce the range of schemes and the support provided by the University to develop applications. You will hear from current post-doctoral fellows and their mentors on what makes a successful application.
Tuesday 26th June 13.00 – 14.30
Agenda

Introduction and welcome
Overview of fellowship schemes
Experience of a mentor
Experience of a fellow
Q&A

If you would like to attend please email Nicola Flynn to book a place (n.j.flynn@reading.ac.uk). Location will be confirmed in due course.

Voice and Vote: Women and Parliament
2018-06-27 09:00 - 2018-10-06 17:30
Voice and Vote: Women’s place in Parliament
Wednesday 27th June – Saturday 6th October
09:00 – 17.30
Westminster Hall, London
100 years since women gained the partial vote, an interactive exhibition will be hosted in Westminster Hall telling the story of women in Parliament – the campaigning, the protests and the achievements.
Dr Jacqui Turner, University of Reading History lecturer and Vote 100 adviser, and the University of Reading Special Collections are recreating Nancy Astor’s mailbag for the exhibition. Nancy Astor was the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat, and her letters of correspondence are stored in the University of Reading’s Special Collections.
The exhibition will also feature other rare and previously unseen historic objects, pictures and archives.
Admission free.
For more information and to book your place visit: https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/vote-100/voice-and-vote/

Reading 2050 - Nature and People in our Urban Future
2018-06-28 18:00 - 19:00 | London Road, LO24 (Institute of Education), 4 Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5EX
Please join Nature Nurture’s Director, Natalie Ganpatsingh, who will share her insights into how we can ensure people and nature connect and flourish in our cities in a lecture: ‘Nature & People in our Urban Future’
The lecture is part of the Reading 2050 lecture series, which provide a platform to discuss how Reading should evolve into a smarter and more sustainable city by 2050 (www.reading2050.co.uk).
Admission to the lecture is free.
The SBE, Barton Wilmore and Reading UK, established the Reading 2050 group in 2013. The Reading 2050 lecture series is structured around three themes, which underpin the Reading 2050 vision:
*Place and Environment
*People and Lifestyle
*Economy and Employment
In 2017, the School brought together expert speakers to discuss Reading’s heritage and history, the future of its transport and energy and the impact of climate change and floods. A discussion on Reading’s Art and Culture was facilitated earlier this year, and there are other Reading 2050 events planned for 2018 and 2019.
https://livingreading.co.uk/publications-events

'The American Moment' Conference
2018-07-04 00:00

Democratising Heritage workshop
2018-07-04 10:00 - 16:30 | Meadow Suite, Park House, Meadow Suite, Park House, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
An upcoming workshop co-hosted by Historic England and the University of Reading, on the subject of Diverse Participation and Representation in the Heritage Sector, will take place on 4 July 2018.
The day will bring together museum and heritage professionals with researchers to discuss:
– developing dynamic relationships between heritage and users
– using co-production methods to diversify the framing of heritage and place
– and exploring co-curation with diverse volunteers.
The workshop takes place on 4 July from 10am-4.30pm, at the University of Reading. For more information and to book, please see the attached flyer: Heritage Workshop Flyer

Bi/Multilingualism and the History of Language Learning and Teaching
2018-07-06 - 2018-07-07 | University of Reading, RG6 6UR
HoLLTnet international meeting:
‘Bi/Multilingualism and the History of Language Learning and Teaching’
University of Reading, United Kingdom, 6-7 July 2018
HoLLTnet (www.hollt.net) is a Research Network of AILA (L’Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée). The Research Network was founded in 2015 to stimulate research
into the history of language learning and teaching within applied linguistics internationally.
Building on several successful previous colloquia (www.hollt.net/events.html), this
international conference aims to situate the history of language learning and teaching in the
wider context of multilingualism across time and space. Possible topics for contributions
include, but are not limited to:

Bi/Multilingual dictionaries, grammars and other language-learning materials
Language learning and teaching in multilingual communities
Scholars of classical languages as learners of modern languages, and vice versa
Language learning and teaching in colonial contexts
The role of L1 in foreign language teaching
Polyglottism in the history of language learning
The role of translation and bilingual texts in language learning
Non-native speaker teachers in the history of language learning

All papers should be based on historical research.
If you would like to be considered for participation in the colloquium, please send your
presentation title, your name, email address, institutional affiliation, and a 250-word abstract
to r.mairs@reading.ac.uk by 23 February 2018. Those sending proposals will be notified of
the outcome as soon as possible after that date.
Further information on conference registration for those not presenting papers will be
circulated in due course.
The event has been made possible by the generous support of the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism and Department of Classics at the University of Reading. The university campus has quick and convenient transport links to London and Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. More information on getting to campus.
Dr Rachel Mairs, Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, University of
Reading
Dr Richard Smith, University of Warwick, and Professor Giovanni Iamartino, University of
Milan, Joint convenors, AILA Research Network on History of Language Learning and
Teaching
Download this information as a PDF

Reading 2050 - The Urban Metabolism of Reading
2018-07-18 18:00 - 19:00
Please join Dr Eugene Mohareb and Dr Daniela Perrotti from the School of the Built Environment, for a lecture: ‘The Urban Metabolism of Reading’
The lecture is part of the ‘People and Lifestyle’ theme of the Reading 2050 lecture series, which provide a platform to discuss how Reading should evolve into a smarter and more sustainable city by 2050 (www.reading2050.co.uk )
Admission to the lecture is free.
The SBE, Barton Wilmore and Reading UK, established the Reading 2050 group in 2013. The Reading 2050 lecture series is structured around three themes, which underpin the Reading 2050 vision:
*Place and Environment
*People and Lifestyle
*Economy and Employment
In 2017, the School brought together expert speakers to discuss Reading’s heritage and history, the future of its transport and energy and the impact of climate change and floods. A discussion on Reading’s Art and Culture was facilitated earlier this year, and there are other Reading 2050 events planned for 2018 and 2019.
https://livingreading.co.uk/publications-events

A Century of Women MPs Conference. Speakers include Rachel Reeves, MP and Dr Jacqui Turner, University of Reading
2018-09-05 10:00 - 2018-09-07 18:00
This conference, to be held in Portcullis House, Westminster, London, forms a part of celebrations of the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 and the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 together with the 90th anniversary of the Equal Franchise Act 1928.
There will be two public events during the conference, the first is a round-table discussion, chaired by Baroness Hayman, former Lord Speaker and life peer, of the experiences of women MPs, the second is a lecture given by Rachel Reeves MP entitled, ‘Women of Westminster’.
Attendees can also enjoy keynote addresses from Dr Jacqui Turner (University of Reading) about Nancy Astor – ‘”Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones”: Nancy Astor breaching the gender divide 1919-1923’, and Professor Krista Cowman (University of Lincoln) about ‘The First Women Candidates’. The will also be the opportunity to see the Vote 100 projects landmark exhibition Voice and Vote in Westminster Hall.
Registister for the conference here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-a-woman-mp-round-table-discussion-with-former-and-sitting-members-tickets-47917731224
Further information about the round-table event and the Rachel Reeves lecture can be found here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-a-woman-mp-round-table-discussion-with-former-and-sitting-members-tickets-47917731224

Symposium: Brain-machine interfaces for rehabilitation
2018-09-07 08:30 - 17:00 | University of Reading, RG6 6UR
From Lab to Clinic – Pathways to translational brain-machine interfaces for rehabilitation
The University of Reading will host a focused one-day symposium in September 2018, aiming to bring together researchers in brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) and clinical experts in rehabilitation to discuss the pathway and the challenges for widespread clinical adoption of BMIs. This event will help early career researchers identify how to bring their BMI research into clinical application. The symposium will include users of BMI technology as well as representatives from funding bodies to provide an all-inclusive and informative discussion on adapting and translating existing research outputs.
Accepted abstracts will be presented in poster format and some early career researchers will be selected to give an oral presentation. Click here to visit the abstract submission page for more details.
Candidates who present a poster will be requested to take part in a lightning round, where they will received 1 minute to present their work to the symposium attendees.
The event includes a panel discussion by funding body representatives (MRC), and researchers in BMI, to discuss questions regarding how to fund and conduct research in clinical environments – especially from an early career point of view. Questions to the panel can be submitted in advance with registration or during the day. Lunch and coffee/tea throughout the day will be provided, and there will be a networking wine and canapé reception at the end of the day.
Please consider submitting your work or coming along on the day.
Click here to submit your abstract.
This event is wheelchair accessible.
Please contact ioannis.zoulias@reading.ac.uk if you have any enquiries.
About the symposium
Organised by Ioannis Zoulias and Orla Fannon of the University of Reading, UK, this symposium aims to address the key challenges in the design and adoption of BMIs in the clinic, and highlight the pathways to success for researchers working with BMIs for rehabilitation. The meeting will explore the viewpoints of the operators (i.e clinicians) and the end users (i.e patients) of BMI technologies, focusing on the key considerations for designing BMIs that are adaptable to the variation in physiologies across disabilities, and suitable for the specific needs of end-users.
The symposium will bring together patients, researchers in cutting-edge BMI technology, clinicians in rehabilitation, and experts on the physiology of motor disabilities. The primary goal is to identify the pathways for early career researchers to translate their BMI research into a clinical solution. The secondary goal is to foster new collaborations between clinicians and researchers who are in the early stages of BMI development. The aim is to facilitate the formation of long-lasting collaborations, and subsequently to create an increase in widespread use of clinical BMIs for rehabilitation.
The symposium will host talks by established BMI researchers, and clinicians, who will discuss the most promising BMIs for motor rehabilitation, and share their experiences in designing BMIs and transferring them to a clinical setting. A panel discussion between the audience, invited speakers, clinicians, representatives from funding bodies, patients, and academic researchers, will explore the challenges and opportunities for transferring BMIs to the clinic. The symposium is an excellent event to network with BMI experts, clinicians and other early careers researchers in BMI, and to receive valuable input on the translational potential, limitations, and advantages of your research within a clinical perspective.
Confirmed Speakers

Miguel Nicolelis, Duke School of Medicine Professor in Neuroscience, Duke University, North Carolina, USA
Dario Farina, Chair in Neurorehabilitation Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
Claire Guy, Principal Physiotherapist in Spinal Injuries, Rookwood Hospital, UK
Ian Daly, Lecturer of Computer Science, University of Essex, UK

Confirmed Panellists

Robin Gibbons, Senior Research Associate, Aspire CREATe Group, University College London, UK
Medical Research Council, UK

Loddon Observatory Showcase
2018-09-25 12:30 - 16:00
The Loddon Observatory is organising a Loddon Showcase on 25th September 2018, 12:30-4:00pm in Meadow Suite, Park House, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6UA.
This will be an opportunity to present and learn about work undertaken within the Loddon catchment on Water, Environment, Climate, Governance and Heritage and to meet other people from the University and our External Partners.
Please register online here by 14th September at the latest.
We are inviting abstracts, in particular for posters, and short 3-5 minute talks presenting research relevant to the Loddon catchment, to be submitted as soon as possible and by 14th September at the latest on the website above or by email to a.duranel@reading.ac.uk.

Reading 2050: Future Housing and Population Change in Reading
2018-09-26 18:00 - 19:00 | L022 G01, L022 G01, London Road Campus, Reading, RG1 5AQ
Please join Simon Macklen and James Donagh from Barton Willmore, for a lecture: ‘Future Housing and Population Change in Reading’
The lecture is part of the ‘Economy and Employment’ theme of the Reading 2050 lecture series, which provide a platform to discuss how Reading should evolve into a smarter and more sustainable city by 2050 (www.reading2050.co.uk )
Admission to the lecture is free.
The SBE, Barton Wilmore and Reading UK, established the Reading 2050 group in 2013. The Reading 2050 lecture series is structured around three themes, which underpin the Reading 2050 vision:
*Place and Environment
*People and Lifestyle
*Economy and Employment
In 2017, the School brought together expert speakers to discuss Reading’s heritage and history, the future of its transport and energy and the impact of climate change and floods. A discussion on Reading’s Art and Culture was facilitated in 2018, and there are other Reading 2050 events planned for 2019.
https://livingreading.co.uk/publications-events

LOB Research Seminar
2018-09-27 12:00 - 15:00 | Henley Business School, Room G10, Whiteknights, RG6 6AH
Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour Research Seminar
Guest speaker Hugh Willmott

Work and the Future Office
2018-10-10 18:30 - 20:00 | London Road, Building LO22, Room G01, University of Reading, London Road campus, Reading, RG1 5AQ
Nicola Gillen, Director and Global Practice Leader, Strategy Plus at AECOM
Drawing from the forthcoming RIBA book ‘Future Office: Next-generation workplace design’, lead author Nicola Gillen will explore disruptors in the world of work, design process and practice to look at how and where we will work in the future.
DEGW Foundation Lecture, hosted by the School of the Built Environment.
Nicola Gillen is the European Practice Lead for Strategy Plus at AECOM. She also leads the Pharmaceutical, Technology, FMCG and Learning Sectors for Strategy Plus in the UK. Her recent publications Technology, Media and Communications, written for the BCO, and Productivity: A Homemade Recipe?, a white paper published by AECOM.
The DEGW archive will be available to view before the lecture in the Museum of English Rural Life (opening times for exhibition 17.00-18.30).
The event is free to attend, however, we recommend booking early as places are limited.
To book a place, please email architecture@reading.ac.uk. Doors open at 18.00.
