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Quite a big one for you all. Some of it is during working hours but hopefully there's something of interest in here.
Robert Malies, sent on behalf of Tom Spurrier, EWB-UK Professional Network London Coordinator
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6th Annual Lecture Series in Sustainable Development 2008
Wednesday Evenings, 5:30 for 6:00 pm
Lecture Room 0, Cambridge University Engineering Department
Cambridge University Department of Engineering, Centre for Sustainable Development presents their 6 th Distinguished Lecture series. The first lecture on 23rd January is: The challenges of managing the American foreign aid program, post-9/11 in Pakistan and Afghanistan , given by Mark Ward from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Please see attachment for the full timetable or contact Dr R.A.Fenner, raf37@eng.cam.ac.uk, for more information
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Events of Interest in London in Jan 2008
This was prepared by a PN member in London, for comments and more info please go to http://nicholasstreet.org/blog/2008/01/10/interesting-events-this-january/
Friday 11 January
Close Guantánamo Bay demo - US Embassy, Grosvenor Square - assemble @ 9:30, start @ 10:30
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=627
Population trends and their implications for human welfare - John Cleland - SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1 @ 6pm
Tuesday 15 January
Public Meeting on the Climate Change Bill - Joan Ruddock MP, Martyn Williams (Friends of the Earth) - Committee Room 10 in the House of Commons - @ 6.30pm
Wednesday 16 January
Food and Climate Change: Food production, distribution and consumption in the context of climate change - Craig Sams, Jenny Jones, Tim Lang, Patrick Holden - Cecil Sharpe House, Regents Park Road, Camden - @ 6.30pm - £15 http://www.resurgence.org/events/index.html
Combating corruption in post-war settings - Martin Tisné, Alina Rocha Menocal - ODI - booking required http://www.odi.org.uk/events/corruption/index.html
Saturday 19 January
Change the World, Fabian new year conference - Timothy Garton Ash, Shirley Williams, Polly Toynbee, Margot Wallstrom, Ed Miliband, Hilary Benn, Shami Chakrabarti - £35/£20. This collection of speakers definitely demands some attention: http://fabians.org.uk/events/new-year-conference-08/
Tuesday 22 January
Perspectives on Trade and Poverty Reduction - Jonathan White, Chris Stevens - ODI, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 - @ 1pm http://www.odi.org.uk/events/trade_perspectives/index.html
Turning the welfare state inside out, Simon Duffy and the story of in Control - Matthew Taylor, Dr Simon Duffy, Caroline Tomlinson - RSA, 8 John Adam Street, WC2N 6EZ - @7pm http://www.thersa.org/events/detail.asp?eventID=2463
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EWB-IC: Intermediate Technologies Workshop
16th of January, 1pm-6pm at Mech Eng Building room 649-650.
A repeat of last year's course with a few more technologies, this is an afternoon workshop dealing with intermediate technologies such as micro hydro, ceramic filters, biofuel and pot-in-pot refrigerator. Participants will have the opportunity to learn the basics of the technologies and do short practical exercises and discuss their uses. There are 20 places available and it will be free of charge. Contact Nara ( ns704@ic.ac.uk) to sign up.
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Ram Pump Workshop
16th of January, 1pm-6pm at Mech Eng Building room 649-650.
This is a new weekend long workshop dealing with ram pump design with a chance for an assembly and testing of a small sized pump. This workshop is still in a planning stage and for various reasons, a date cannot be set for it yet. Could everyone who would be interested in going, contact Nara ( ns704@ic.ac.uk) as soon as possible, including which dates you would prefer the course to be set at. The choices are:
- 18-20 April (preferred by trainer)
- 11-13 April
- 14-16 March
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Renewable Energy Systems (RES) TRIP
RES Open Morning on Saturday 9 February 2008.
Visits are free and will be from 10.30am - 1pm, but there will be some charges for renting a minivan to get there. The cost will be split up depending on how many people are going. There are 15 places available. Contact Nara ( ns704@ic.ac.uk) to sign up and could you please tell him if you would be able to be the 2nd driver for the minivan
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Engineers Without Borders UK
The Humanitarian Centre, Fenner's Gresham Road, Cambridge, CB1 2ES, UK www.ewb-uk.org
Email: professional_network@ewb-uk.org
Engineers Without Borders UK is registered in England & Wales and is limited by guarantee. Registered Company No.: 4856607. Registered Charity No.:1101849. Registered Address: The Humanitarian Centre, Fenner's, Gresham Road, Cambridge, CB1 2ES, UK
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