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05 Nov

Energy Seminar – Week 4: Innovation in the context of the energy transition

Dr Claudia Centazzo

Seminar | Week 4 | Tuesday 05 Nov 2024 | Dyson Perrins Building | Slides available
THIS IS AN INPERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: The ESO has now become NESO, the National Energy System Operator, an independent public corporation with new planning and advisory responsibilities across the whole energy system. The drive toward decarbonisation and net zero has never felt more acute, a responsibility NESO take seriously. The energy sector continues to evolve at pace, developing new technologies [...]

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Seminar | Week 4
29 Oct

Energy Seminar – Week 3: The paradigm shift in fusion energy: How Kyoto Fusioneering is accelerating the path to commercialisation

Dr Richard Pearson, Co-founder Kyoto Fusioneering

Seminar | Week 3 | Tuesday 29 Oct 2024 | Dyson Perrins Building | Slides available
THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: Over the past decade, the fusion energy landscape has transformed dramatically, driven by scientific breakthroughs, technological innovations, and an influx of private investment. This paradigm shift has ushered in a new epoch, marked by unprecedented public-private partnerships and a shared ambition to bring commercial fusion to reality within a decade. In this [...]

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Seminar | Week 3
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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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