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- 09:00 Registration
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- 09:45 Welcome
and Introductions to Daresbury
- Professor Colin
Whitehouse, Chief Executive, STFC Daresbury
- Professor Whitehouse
will give an overview of the current projects at Daresbury, in particular
the development of the 4GLS, outlining how companies can be involved
and benefit from this unique and world leading facility
- 10:00 Spacecraft
Remote Sensing of the Environment
- Dr Steve Welch,
Mullard Space Science Laboratory
- Earth Observation
is one of the three main reasons for doing science in space. Dr Welch
has more than twenty years' experience in spacecraft engineering.
He will outline some of the ways that spacecraft have been used for
remote sensing and new missions that are on the horizon from the European
Space Agency. These future missions are going to exploit new techniques
in lasers and optics and represent an opportunity for new players
to enter the space supply chain
- 11:00 Coffee
- 11:30 Organic
Semiconductor Solar Cells
- Prof Ifor Samuel,
University of St Andrews
- Solar power has
the potential to supply our energy needs, but cost is currently a
key limiting factor. This talk will introduce organic semiconductors,
remarkable plastic-like semiconductors that can be simply processed
and even ink-jet printed to make low-cost semiconductor devices, and
show work on their development for solar cells
- 12:05 Technology
Strategy Board - Electronics, Photonics and Electrical Systems
- Dr Nick Appleyard,
Lead Technologist
- Dr. Appleyard will
introduce the Technology Strategy Board explaining their interaction
with KTNs and Collaborative R&D and how it relates to the previous
DTI Technology Programme. He will relate this to the structure of
the existing strategies by underpinning technologies (eg Electronics,
Photonics & Electrical Technologies) and by application areas
(eg environmental sustainability) and the photonics KTN as a network
that the audience should be signed up to. He will also tell us about
the high-efficiency lighting, being an area that has been funded by
CR&D in the past. The Technology Strategy Board is in the process
of reviewing Photonics and Nick will explain how we can access the
Board and feed into this policy process
- 12:40 Introduction
to NWPA
- Professor Allan
Boardman, Acting Chairman NWPA
- Prof. Boardman
will outline the objectives of the Association and update delegates
on progress and plans
- 13:00 Lunch
- 14:00 Pulsed
Doppler Lidar for atmospheric dynamics and pollution monitoring
- Dr Guy Pearson,
Halo Photonics Ltd and Salford University
- The concept, design
and operating characteristics of a new, autonomous remote sensing
instrument for atmospheric monitoring will be described. Contemporary
fibre-optic and photonic technologies are utilised to produce an instrument
capable of providing a unique data set. Examples of wind, turbulence
and particulate profiles will be presented as well as a summary of
the commercial applications
- 15:05 4GLS Technology;
Opportunities, Progress and Timescales
- Professor Wendy
Flavell or Dr Elaine Seddon, 4GLS
- 4GLS is already
being utilised to evaluate potential applications in a number of areas,
for example:
*Advanced studies of skin cancer, and potential early diagnosis of
lung cancer
*Live cell imaging to better understand action of pharmaceutical on
a cell
*Evaluation of reaction pathways in real time to help develop next
generation photovoltaic
*Improved understanding of chemical catalysis mechanisms
*Non-damaging "point and click" THz imaging and spectroscopy
for explosives identification
The presentation will help you to understand the progress being made
with 4GLS technology including investments in, and benefits derived
from it. In particular it provides key industrial users with the opportunity
to understand the potential benefits of 4GLS technology in key target
sectors (Lifelong Healthcare, Energy, Catalysis & Fine Chemicals,
Security, Semiconductors, Electronics and Nanotechnology)
- 16:00 Conclusions,
Opportunities and Close
- Professor Allan
Boardman, Acting Chairman NWPA
- Prof. Boardman
will reiterate how you can be involved with Northwest Photonics Association
and outline our plans for the next few months
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