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SUMMARY:SIMposium\, Economically competitive fusion energy event organised by Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers
DESCRIPTION:This year’s event is being opened up to a wider audience in the Livery and to those in the industry. It will be held in the SIM Hall otherwise known as Glaziers’ Hall. \nBuy a ticket here : SIMposium tickets link\nProspectus\nPower from nuclear fusion has begun to attract the attention of investors across the world.  While all nuclear-generated electricity to date has been based on fission or the “splitting of the atom”\, there is now considerable and revived interest in an alternative way of generating nuclear-based electricity\, from nuclear fusion\, which involves\, put simply\, squashing atoms together. \nThe aim of a fusion reactor is to generate extreme conditions like those found at the centre of the Sun\, which will cause hydrogen atoms continually to combine to make helium\, and release huge amounts of energy in the process\, with little radioactive waste.  While there has been progress in moving towards this goal\, continuous energy production has still not been achieved\, in spite of the significant research funding provided by many countries. \nBut new fusion enterprises are beginning to spring up\, and they are attracting billions of pounds in private investment.  Does this intriguing new phenomenon mean that we are closer than was commonly thought\, to generating economically competitive fusion energy?  The SIMposium has been organised in order to test this proposition\, and to showcase the research and financial strategies being employed to overcome the scientific and engineering obstacles that lie along the path towards commercial viability. \nSIMposium organised by the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers \nThe Master of the Scientific Instrument Makers organises the annual SIMposium\, which focuses on an important scientific topic of his or her choice\, with the added proviso that younger researchers in the fields of interest to the Company should\, ideally\, be given a chance to demonstrate their contributions. \nThis year’s SIMposium fits within the Lord Mayor’s theme of “Financing the Future”\, which the Rt Hon Lord Mayor\, Alderman Nicholas Lyons\, promulgated in his Annual Address to the Livery. \n  \nProgramme\nSIMposium\, 3 April 2023 – Economically competitive fusion energy  \n\n9.30 Arrival – coffee and biscuits\n10.00 Court Room\, Leadership Session 1. \nChaired by Professor Philip Thomas\, Master of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers\n10.00 Introduction: Professor Philip Thomas\n10.10 The global fusion landscape\, Tom Davis (Oxford Sigma)\n 10.35 Questions\n10.40  Introduction to fusion – UKAEA perspective\, Tim Bestwick\, Chief Technology Officer & Director Strategy\, Communications and Business Development at UK  Atomic Energy Authority\n11.05 Questions\n11.10  Coffee\n11.30  Court Room\, Leadership Session 2\nChaired by Charles Holroyd\, Deputy Master\, Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers\n11.30  Tokamak Energy – accelerating the development of commercial fusion\, David Kingham (Tokamak Energy)\n11.55  Questions\n12.00  Learning curves for fusion: prospects for increased private investment\, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli\, Company of World Traders\n12.25 Questions\n12.30  Open challenges for measurement in fusion\, speaker from UKAEA.  \n 12.55  Questions\n13.00 Lunch\n14.00 River Room\, Scholarship Session.\n14.00 Opening of poster session\, Prof. Tom Scott (Director of SW Nuclear Hub\, University of Bristol)\n14.15 onward: 12 Posters\, primarily from younger researchers in industry and university\n16.00  Tea available\n16.30  Close
URL:https://liverycag.org.uk/event/simposium-economically-competitive-fusion-energy-event-organised-by-worshipful-company-of-scientific-instrument-makers/
LOCATION:Glaziers Hall\, 9 Montague Close\, London\, SE1 9DD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Gresham College Upcoming Events
DESCRIPTION:Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597 when Sir Thomas Gresham’s vision of a  college to bring the ‘new learning’ to Londoners was realised. Today we carry on Sir Thomas’s vision\, bringing some of the world’s most brilliant minds to speak in fields ranging across the arts and sciences. Gresham College has many events coming up over the next few months. Check out the lectures below. \n\nWhat is the Role of Nuclear Power in a Net Zero System?  Lecture\, Barnard’s Inn Hall\, Wednesday\, 19 Apr 2023 – 18:00\n\nThe UK’s nuclear power reactors have provided a significant proportion of the UK’s low carbon electricity over their lifetimes. Most will retire in this decade. Advances in technology mean that modern systems can compete with other forms of low carbon energy. \n  \nProfessor Myles Allen took his first degree in Physics and Philosophy\, followed by a doctorate in Atmospheric\, Oceanic and Planetary Physics\, both at the University of Oxford. He has worked at Oxford for most of his career\, with early stints at MIT and the UN Environment Programme in Kenya\, and is currently Director of the Oxford Net Zero initiative. \nProfessor Myles Allen’s Upcoming Events: \n\n\nThe Trillionth Tonne of Carbon and Why It Matters For Climate Change  Lecture\, Barnard’s Inn Hall\, Tuesday\, 18 Apr 2023 – 18:00 \n\n\nWhen we connect our model of the global carbon cycle to the model of atmosphere-ocean temperatures we find every tonne of CO2 we dump into the atmosphere ratchets up global temperatures\, permanently\, by around half a trillionth of a degree Celsius. So\, to stop global warming\, we need net zero carbon dioxide emissions. And to limit warming to 2°C\, we need to limit the total amount we emit to around 3.7 trillion tonnes of CO2: one trillion tonnes of carbon. \n\n\nHow the World Agreed on Net Zero Lecture\, Barnard’s Inn Hall\, Tuesday 23rd May 2023 – 18:00 \n\n\nThe climate had a bad year in 2009. Talks collapsed. Emails were hacked. And several papers found even 50-80% reductions weren’t enough: we had to get to net zero. Yet six years later\, negotiators from 190 countries acknowledged the need for net zero in the Paris Agreement\, even resolving to try to limit warming to 1.5 °C\, which means net zero global emissions around 2050. Can it be done? It certainly can. Will it be done? That’s up to all of us.
URL:https://liverycag.org.uk/event/gresham-college-upcoming-events/
LOCATION:Barnard’s Inn Hall\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate Change,Environment Science
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SUMMARY:Growth Tech Event: Climate start-ups and their impact
DESCRIPTION:A presentation and discussion with Climate VC\, hosted by the WCIT Entrepreneurs Panel and ‘IT and Climate Change’ working group host. Climate VC fund early-stage start-ups to drive material decarbonisation of the economy and day-to-day life though their fund and syndicate. They see climate change as the biggest opportunity the world has ever seen to invest in change and build the world we want to live in. Climate VC’s mission is to find\, foster and fund crazy\, unusual and innovative start-ups who want to have a global and gigatonne-scale impact on the climate. \nThe discussion: \nPeet Denny will open the evening with an insight into the Climate.VC Fund\, the drivers\, ambitions and aims\, how his experience can offer some direction\, guidance and insights into the key issues. This will be followed by two examples providing key insight into how climate tech start-ups are addressing the climate challenge: Paul Young and Osas Omoigiade\, business founders leaders of businesses funded by Climate.VC. Lt Gen Richard Nugee will then offer his view on the strategic imperatives that are driving the Climate.VC approach and their future direction. \nThe speakers \nPeet Denny \nPeet is the founding partner for Climate Ventures. He is an entrepreneur with a deep background in Information Technology\, which has led to him founding multiple companies. He is the founder of the largest UK AI community outside of London\, an international keynote speaker\, and former CTO of Wealth Wizards amongst many other achievements. \nPaul Young \nPaul is CTO and Co-Founder of Kita\, enabling nature-based solutions to thrive via insurance products that remove carbon delivery risk from buyers and sellers in the voluntary carbon market. Before focusing his career onto the fight against climate change\, he led R&D teams within data science-based fintech startups\, culminating with the co-founding of Sybenetix\, successfully acquired by Nasdaq in 2017. \nOsas Omoigiade \nOsas is the founder and CEO of Deep.Meta\, who are bringing advanced technology to reuse steel and save millions of tonnes of CO2. He has a PhD in Steel Metallurgy from Imperial College London and strong relationships with steel makers in the UK. Deep.Meta is backed by Imperial Enterprise Labs Centre for Climate Change and Innovation\, Google\, Innovate UK as well as Climate Tech and Automation investors. \nLt.Gen Richard Nugee \nRichard created the MOD’s Net Zero Strategy and is board member of multiple climate start-ups and a member of Climate VC’s impact advisory board. Richard was commissioned into the British Army in 1986 and completed numerous operational tours. He was latterly Chief of Defence People and in 2020 wrote a Review of Defence’s approach to Climate Change and Sustainability. He is now the Non-Executive Director for Climate Change for Defence\, Chair of the NAAFI Board and Director of his own Strategic Advisory. \nTickets: £12 (inc VAT). Refreshments will be provided. Any surplus will be donated to the WCIT Charity. \nIf you would like to attend\, please follow the link to book your place via Eventbrite: Climate start-ups and their impact event 
URL:https://liverycag.org.uk/event/growth-tech-event-climate-start-ups-and-their-impact/
LOCATION:WCIT Hall\, 39a Bartholomew Close\, London\, EC1A 7JN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Online Seminar: The Role of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in reaching Net Zero
DESCRIPTION:An introduction to the concept of power purchase agreements\, differing models and their related benefits and risks. \nA case study of the City of London Corporations Power Purchase Agreement\, including: An overview of the business case; forming the scope of the project; construction and delivery of the Solar Farm; Lessons learned; future development opportunities at South Farm. \nAn introduction to the Square Mile Multi-Offtaker PPA – Concept and update on current stage of development. \nSpeakers: \nPhil Dominy\, Director Energy & Infrastructure\, EY (Ernst & Young) – leads the renewable energy strategy and PPA team in the UK. He advises companies and public sector organisations on how to meet renewable energy targets and reduce energy costs at the same time. His specialism is renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) and he advised on the City of London PPA  signed in late 2020. \nGraeme Low\, Assistant Director – Head of Energy and Sustainability\, City of London Corporation – Graeme leads the Energy and Sustainability Team within the City Surveyors Department. He is responsible for the purchase of Energy on behalf of the organisation and is leading on the delivery of 4 aspects of the Climate Action Strategy focused around corporate and investment properties\, design standards and resilience. Graeme joined the organisation is 2020 with over 25 years experience in Energy and Carbon Management across public and private sector roles. Graeme has been managing the delivery of the PPA and sleeving agreement for the Corporation. \n  \nRegister for the event here: Power Purchase Agreement Online Seminar 
URL:https://liverycag.org.uk/event/online-seminar-the-role-of-power-purchase-agreements-ppas-in-reaching-net-zero/
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