CAMBRIDGE
SAR
SOCIETY FOR THE APPLICATION
OF RESEARCH
PROGRAMME FOR THE YEAR 1996 - 1997
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Monday 21st October 1996
TALKING TO MACHINES Professor Steve Young, Cambridge University Engineering Department, 8.30 - 10.00 pm Wolfson Theatre, Churchill College
Monday 4th November 1996
HORSES, CAMELS AND ELEPHANTS: THEY ARE ALL BIG AND BREED Professor 'Twink' Allen, Jim Joel Professor of Reproduction, TBA Equine Fertility Unit, Combined with SAR Annual General Meeting 8.30 - 10.00 pm Wolfson Theatre, Chuchill College
Monday 18th November 1996
FROM THE TRANSISTOR TO THE SINGLE ELECTRON MEMORY Professor Haroon Ahmed, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory 8.30 - 10.00 pm Wolfson Theatre, Churchill College
Monday 25th November 1996
MACHINERY OF MEMORY Professor Gabriel Horn, Department of Zoology Joint Meeting with the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 8.30 - 10.00 pm Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, Pembroke Street
Monday 2nd December 1996
PANASONIC IN THE ERA OF MEGACOMPETITION Dr Reiji Sano, Matsushita Research Institute, Tokyo Inc, 8.30 - 10.00 pm Wolfson Theatre, Churchill College
Monday 27th January 1997
THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL PEPTIDE-BASED THERAPEUTIC AGENTS Professor Dennis Stanworth, Peptide Therapeutics Group PLC, 8.30 - 10.00 pm Wolfson Theatre, Churchill College
Monday 10th February 1997
THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR ÒGENE-COATÓ- THE ART, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS OF CHROMOSOME PAINTING Dr Helen Ougham, Cytogenics Group Leader, Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, 8.30 - 10.00 pm Wolfson Theatre, Churchill College
Monday 24th February 1997
TOOLS FOR LIVING: APPLYING TECHNOLOGY TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE DISABLED Professor Heinz Wolff, Professor Emeritus at Brunel University, 6.30 - 8.30 pm, buffet 8.30 - 10.00 pm, lecture University Centre, Mill Lane
Monday 10th March 1997
OBESITY: GLUTTONY OR SLOTH? Dr Andrew Prentice, Dunn Nutrition Centre, Cambridge Philosophical Society will join us for this meeting 8.30 - 10.00 pm Wolfson Theatre, Churchill College
Friday 14th March 1997
VISIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS, Private viewing of National Science Week (Details to be announced)
Monday 28th April 1997
AGRICULTURE AND THE CITIZEN Sir Colin Spedding CBE, Chairman of CSTI, 8.30 - 10.00 pm Wolfson Theatre, Churchill College
Monday 12th May 1997
TECHNOLOGY THAT IS COOL FOR CATS Dr Jonathan Kisenyi, Ford Motor Company Ltd, 8.30 - 10.00 pm Wolfson Theatre, Churchill College
Monday 19th May 1997
MATERIALS FOR WEALTH Dr Julia King, Head of Materials, Rolls Royce Plc, 8.30 - 10.00 pm Wolfson Theatre, Churchill College
Monday 2nd June 1997
VIOLINS AS ENGINEERING Dr Jim Woodhouse, Cambridge University Engineering Department, 8.30 - 10.00 pm Wolfson Theatre, Churchill College
Monday 16 June 1997
SOIREE VISIT TO THE BOTANICAL GARDENS (Details to be announced)
· Full details are circulated to members of the Society before every event.
· Coffee and biscuits are provided during the 30 minute period preceding each lecture
· Non members are very welcome at all lecture meetings. Other events are for members only.
· Financial and Membership Administration: University of Cambridge Wolfson Industrial Liaison & Technology Transfer Office 20 Trumpington Street Cambridge, CB2 1QA Telephone: Cambridge (01223) 334756
· For details of the Meetings or of Membership, please contact the Organising Secretary: Dr Elizabeth Orme Cambridge Consultants Limited Cambridge Science Park Cambridge CB4 4DW Telephone: Cambridge (01223) 420024
THE SOCIETY FOR THE APPLICATION OF RESEARCH COUNCIL
Prof. Sir Sam Edwards FRS (Pro-Vice Chancellor for Science) President
Mr. K. Spence-Jones (SJ Consulting Limited) Vice President
Dr. N. Bruce (Institute of Biotechnology)
Prof. D.G. Crighton FRS (DAMTP)
Dr. J.H. Cummings (Dunn Clinical Nutrition Lab)
Mr. B.J. Ford (Chartered Bioligist)
Prof. L.D. Hall (Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry)
Dr. R.C. Jennings (Wolfson Industrial Liaison Office)
Mr. I. Kent (Dalgety Spillers)
Mr. R.A. King CBE (Graseby plc)
Dr. W.C. Nixon FEng (Peterhouse, Cambridge)
Dr. P.W. Russell-Eggitt OBE (Consultant)
Mr. C. Smart (Cambridge Research & Innovation)
Mr. P.R. Bligh (Deloitte & Touche), Corporate Secretary
Dr. E.A. Orme (Cambridge Consultants Limited), Organising Secretary.