The SUPA Annual Gathering 2024 took place on 22 May 2024, in the Advanced Research Centre in Glasgow University.
Schedule
9:00 - 9:30 Registration, Poster and Exhibitor set up
9:30 - 9:40 Welcome
9:40 - 10:40 Scott Doyle, Beyond Sparks: the Role of Plasmas in Shaping our Energy Future
Presented in Room 237, shared through zoom to all rooms and SUPA classrooms
10:40 - 10:50 Break
10:50 - 12:10 First Theme meeting session, Presentations in parallel
12:10 - 13:50 Lunch, Exhibition, Poster Session
13:50 - 15:10 Second Theme meeting session, Presentations in parallel
15:10 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 16:30 Natalia Korolkova, Quantum Technologies with Bright Light
The primary objective of European Crucible is to create and develop a pan-European network of future research leaders who have enhanced knowledge, contacts and capacities to collaborate more effectively with wider impact
Listen to broadcaster, Quentin Cooper, as he interviews team members from 5 pilot projects that received seed funding and learn how their multidisciplinary research activities were initiated and enabled through their participation in European Crucible. Projects address medical, health, environmental, social, legal and technological challenges.
SUPA had responsibility, on behalf of all Scottish Research Pools, for the administration and delivery of the European Crucible grant from Scottish Funding Council / Scottish Government.
SUPA Annual Gathering
Tues 16 May 2023, 9.30-4.30, followed by networking reception
Technology & Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde
The SUPA Annual Gathering in 2023 will take place in Glasgow, at the TIC building on George Street at the University of Strathclyde, easily accessible by train to either Queen Street or High Street, with coach drop off/pick up available directly outside.
The event will continue to be a showcase of the incredible research taking place across SUPA, with guest speakers, speakers from within the SUPA community, posters and networking.
In 2023, the SUPA Annual Gathering took place at the TIC building on George Street at the University of Strathclyde. It was held on Tuesday, 16 May 2023.
Article written by Prof Victoria Martin, University of Edinburgh
The fourth of July 2022 saw the 10th anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs Boson at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Both Edinburgh and Glasgow are members of the ATLAS Experiment collaboration - one of the two experiments that made the discovery - and of the LHCb Experiment collaboration that investigates on other of particle physics phenomena, including the quantifying the asymmetry between matter and anti-matter.
Edinburgh & Glasgow particle physicists celebrated the Higgs10 anniversary with an event at the National Museum of Scotland attracting around 400 participants. YouTube star & professional science communicator Dr Sam Gregson (aka "bad boy of science") presented two interactive shows; PPE PhD students & researchers provided hands-on exhibits - from make your own particle collision (aimed at the youngest attendees) to test-driving robots used in underground particle physics experiments. In the evening, around 100 invited guests, colleagues and supporters attended a drinks reception and talk by Prof Victoria Martin (Edinburgh).
Join us either at the John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh, or live online throughout the day.
Annual Gathering
Tuesday, 24 May 2022 - 09:30 – 18:00 BST (registration from 09:00)
James McIntyre Conference Centre
18 Holyrood Park Road,
Edinburgh, EH16 5A - view map
The day will include:
- A research highlight talk from one of SUPA's top talents
- Highlights from our ECRs
- PhD students discussing their research
- Hearing from the SUPA Saltire Emerging Researcher Awardees
- Selected posters from SUPA research themes
- A closing keynote you don't want to miss
Those in the room and online will all be able to ask questions and engage with the speakers.
Programme9:00 Registration and Poster Session
9:30 Welcome and Opening Address
- Prof Alan Miller, SUPA CEO
- Prof Peter Mathieson, Principal & Vice Chancellor, University of Edinburgh
10:00 Research Highlight
- Prof Brian Gerardot, Heriot-Watt University
10:30 Posters, Coffee
It's been a year of ups and down, home working for some, back in the lab, classroom and office for others, and we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect back on all the successes of the last year.
See our summary infographic below, but for those who prefer the written word, here is a summary of the successes acros SUPA in 2021:
The SUPA Public Engagement Forum aims to bring together those with a passion and interest for public engagement across SUPA and beyond. Exploring current activities and illustrating what can be achieved together with external partners with whom we work to promote public understanding of science.
The event will open with a Welcome from Prof Julie Fitzpatrick, Chief Scientific Advisor for Scotland.
We will hear from key science centres about what platforms and audiences they can provide for researchers, and learn from the experiences of those SUPA researchers and projects that have engaged with science centres. Speakers include: