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Sep
12th Oxford Energy Day
Conference | Tuesday 17 Sep 2024 | Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
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29
Oct
How safety standards support e-mobility innovation
Dr Denice Durrant and Mark Ramlochan of UL Standards and Engagement
Tuesday 29 Oct 2024 | Online
Skills for Safety’s webinar. Learn about the critical role of safety standards in protecting innovation as well as the key hazards and risks associated with lithium-ion batteries and the importance of international standards harmonisation. Speakers include Dr Denice Durrant and Mark Ramlochan of UL Standards and Engagement. We will also be joined by panelists, Dersu Figueroa Zárate (Director of HUBIQ [...]
28
Oct
From Research to Policy: Nuts and Bolts of Effective Communication
Subhra Priyadarshini, Ehsan Masood
Monday 28 Oct 2024 | Somerville College
The ZERO Institute is hosting its inaugural policy event. Spaces are limited, so please register your place ASAP. Welcome drinks served from 5pm, event begins at 5:30pm.
“From Research to Policy: Nuts and Bolts of Effective Communication,” features two editors from Nature Portfolio’s magazine editorial, who will share their expertise and insights on scientific research and impactful commentary and opinion.
The ability to communicate complex research in a clear, [...]
23
Oct
AI in energy transition – how AI revolutionises the clean energy transition
Dr Lucas Kruitwagen
Wednesday 23 Oct 2024 | Trinity College
Join the Oxford Energy Society in their first speaker event of the year in their AI and Energy series! Dr. Lucas Kruitwagen will be joining them to talk about how AI and machine learning can contribute to the clean energy transition.
Lucas did his DPhil in Oxford when he authored a paper published in Nature Journal on using machine learning and [...]
23
Oct
Evidence of a cascading positive tipping point towards electric vehicles
Dr Jean-Francois Mercure (University of Exeter) - In person and online
Wednesday 23 Oct 2024 | Manor Road Building
Electric vehicles (EVs) can reduce road transport emissions and have recently seen rapid innovation, decline in cost and a rise in popularity. Past a tipping point where uptake becomes self-propelling, EVs could irreversibly replace internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs), as industry discontinues conventional production chains. Here INET provides evidence that this tipping point likely lies within the next few years [...]
22
Oct
Energy Seminar – Week 2: Reconciling land uses on a crowded island to achieve Net Zero and more
Thomas Oliver, Environmental Manager, DESNZ
Seminar | Week 2 | Tuesday 22 Oct 2024 | Dyson Perrins Building | Slides available
THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT
Summary: Pragmatic and strategic land use is crucial for addressing many of today’s pressing challenges, including achieving net zero, restoring biodiversity, and ensuring sustainable food, transportation, and housing for a growing population. Yet, current land use for energy production is somewhat ad hoc and often conflicts with these other land uses. This seminar [...]
Seminar | Week 2
18
Oct
Unearthing the impact of AI on the energy transition
Francisco Morejon Jaramillo, University of Oxford - Department for Education; Prof. Charlie Wilson, University of Oxford - ECI; Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes, Oxford Science Enterprises; Dr Nick Hawker, First Light Fusion; Dr Bettina Wittneben, Said Business School
Friday 18 Oct 2024 | Oxford Martin School
This event is a collaboration between ZERO-Founders Network, Oxbridge-AIx and the Oxford AI Student Society including two start-up presentations showcasing cutting-edge AI and climate innovation followed by a panel discussion featuring renown and distinguished experts and academics from the wider Oxford ecosystem.
Finally, an open mic session where attendees can ask questions or even pitch their own ideas.
17
Oct
Condensed Matter Seminar – Harvesting Energy from the Cold Universe: The Missing Piece in the Renewables Puzzle
Prof. Ioannis Papakonstantinou
Thursday 17 Oct 2024 | Simpkins Lee Seminar Room
On a bright, warm day, the more than 1TW of installed solar power capacity Worldwide works tirelessly to light up our houses, charge our cars, power our business and in general, to seamlessly support our daily lives. This remarkable achievement has been made possible by over 40 years of advancements in photovoltaics, which convert the incoming Solar radiation into useful [...]
16
Oct
Solar and the rural community
various speakers
Wednesday 16 Oct 2024 | Wolfson College
On behalf of Photovolt Development Partners and the Earth Emergency Research Cluster at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, we are pleased to invite you to a fascinating and timely discussion on how new solar energy infrastructure can be designed around the needs of the rural landscape and its inhabitants.
The UK goal of net zero by 2050 will require a rewiring of [...]
15
Oct
Energy Seminar – Week 1 MT24: Catastrophe or hope — which stories should we tell to motivate domestic energy retrofit?
Dr Yekatherina Bobrova, John Doggart
Seminar | Week 1 | Tuesday 15 Oct 2024 | Dyson Perrins Building | Slides available
THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT – hosted by Tina Fawcett
Summary: Powerful narratives are increasingly seen as a key enabler to encourage societal transformation and break away from established values, norms and status quo. Which stories should we tell? The ones that emphasise the extent of the catastrophe in progress, in order to shift people’s priorities and facilitate [...]
Seminar | Week 1
15
Oct
COP29 Expert Panel Briefing: Hope, fear and fossil fuels at COP29
Rachel Kyte, UK climate envoy and Professor of Climate Policy, Blavatnik School of Government Professor Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, Oxford Smith School
Tuesday 15 Oct 2024 | Online
THIS IS AN ONLINE ONLY EVENT
COP29 is fast approaching and while concerns mount over the host country’s ties to oil and gas, NGOs, scientists and campaigners sound dire warnings that time is running out. These calls to action are backed up by a series of unprecedented weather events – hurricanes, fires and floods – that will pile pressure on world [...]