Programme summary 2022-23 - Updated


 

Date

Subject

Speaker

September 12

Science and History

David Worsley

September 26

A ‘sweet’ new strategy to tackle superbugs

Abby Walklett

October 10

Serendipitous science

Dr Annie Hodgson

October 26

Leeds Bradford Airport expansion

Martin Birley

November 14

The early universe as seen from the James Webb telescope

Peter Jarman

The East African Pygmies in Yorkshire

Christine Jarratt

November 28

Treescapes: An arboreal history from the ice age to the present.

Alan Hunton

December 12

Environmental change in NW Canada and N Norway

Michael Alexander

January 9

Gold and other scarce materials

David Randon

2023 is a prime number

John Bibby

January 23

The UK space industry – past, present and perhaps future.

Cath Blacketer

February 13

Verification of robotic systems using neural network components.

Ziggy Attala

Catastrophe! Chaos!

Alan Hawley

February 27

Experiences of Japanese abandoned cultural contrasts

Isobel Jones

Using Monoclonal Antibodies to detect fraud

Robin Jenkins

March 13

How science and technology have helped to shape independent Singapore

Ros Perry

The East Yorkshire Geopark project

Paul Thornley

March 27

Internet architectures and the security of Internet routing

Joshua Levett

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