A unique manufacturing event to help grow your business in 2012.

This event brings together 2 renowned guest speakers from the world of manufacturing and engineering who will be providing invaluable advice on how to win new contracts for your business:

• Professor John Smith – Purchasing Director of Ford Motor Company
• Professor Andrew Day – Ford Professor of Quality Engineering, and Director of Centre for Automotive Research, University of Bradford.

19 January 2012

7:30am – 10am

Cedar Court Hotel, Mayo Avenue

Free for Manufacturers, £75+VAT for non-manufacturers

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This 2-day biennial international conference is an excellent 2 days of high value, information and contacts with 4 polymer themes

• Resource Efficiency
• Healthcare Technology
• Micro & Nano Technology
• Science to Commercialisation

A range of papers will be presented alongside an exhibition and laboratory demonstrations in our Polymer IRC labs covering:

• novel micromoulding
• extrusion with in-process measurements
• pharmaceutical processing
• process spectroscopy
• solid phase orientation
• computer modelling
• novel precision characterisation
• industry-related demonstrations (including Fanuc and Thermo Fisher)

Please see the Website for further informaiton and booking  www.brad.ac.uk/ppe

A special guest seminar on low carbon is taking place at our School of Management on 3 November with talks from Andy Gouldson and Hafiz Mirza.

Andy Gouldson,  Professor of Sustainability Research, University of Leeds  will speak about ‘Economics of Low Carbon Cities: Methods, Outcomes, Impacts of a Local Level Stern Review’ and Hafiz Mirza, Professor of International Business,  Bradford University School of Management (and currently on secondment to the UN) will speak about  ‘The 2010 UNCTAD World Investment Report: investing in a low carbon economy’.

The event will start at 11.30am and finish at 1.30pm.  A light lunch will be available.

To book contact Elizabeth Brealey (e.brealey@bradford.ac.uk) via e-mail by Thursday 27th October.

A talk from published writer Dr Ariadne Tampion on ‘Writing your Way to Recognition’ will take place at the University of Bradford on Wednesday 26 October form 12.30pm in room C7, Richmond Building on Central Campus.

Written language can be a powerful tool for establishing your identity and worth in the minds of others. This presentation will give tips for writing in a way that is not only readable but memorable.  It will cover some background to the nature, origins and limitations of  language communication and thereby provide guidance for connecting with a variety of audiences.

For Dr Ariadne Tampion, writing has been a thread throughout her life: from childhood obsession, through an exceptional doctoral thesis, to the varied demands of a myriad of community and campaigning roles.  Most recently, she has produced works of fiction on the theme of her current interest, artificial intelligence.

The talk has been organised by the University of Bradfords Informatics Research Institute.  No booking required.

Bradford School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of Bradford are hosting their annual prestige lecture on the topic of why people become short sighted.This year’s David Pickwell lecture will be given by Professor Bernard Gilmartin, an internationally renowned researcher in the field of myopia.

The unremitting increase in prevalence of myopia over the last 50 years means that one in five of the world’s population is likely to be myopic by 2020. Prevalence levels in the UK are approximately 25% and rising. In that it represents a substantial proportion of the eye care professions’ work load, myopia is clinically a ‘known’ but, despite diverse and extensive research over several decades, its aetiology remains an ‘unknown’. This year’s lecture in honour of Professor David Pickwell, will review current work on the ‘mystery’ of myopia with reference to its epidemiology, its structural correlates and the efficacy of contemporary methods of treatment, in particular those involving peripheral refraction.

Bernard Gilmartin is Professor of Optometry in the School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University and was the former editor of Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics (1987 - 2000). He is a Life Fellow of the College of Optometrists and has served on GOC and UK Government Teaching and Research review Panels.

A drinks reception will be held from 6.30pm, followed by the lecture at 7.30pm.

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From noon onwards on 28 September, Centenary Square and the Urban Park will become a giant showcase for all that’s good about Bradford.

There’ll be a spectacular, varied programme of music, dancing, fashion shows, sports coaching, crisp tasting, cheerleading, record breaking and great displays to interest just about everybody.

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The future of work in the third sector

Challenges and opportunities

22nd September 2011, 9.30am – 4.30pm
Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA

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Reshaping Delivery:  in the current economic climate how do we deliver KT in a more sophisticated way to deliver growth?

Thursday 6 and Friday 7 October 2011 in London.  More details…

Engaging in international markets requires companies to manage activities in countries where large cultural differences often prevail. Many companies think these differences lead to only temporary difficulties in coming to terms with the various cultural habits and customs of overseas customers, agents and suppliers. These cultural differences however often lead to very different ways of doing business, which can result in high costs to companies. Research reveals that these cultural differences are one of the greatest barriers to successful international business activities. This 0.5 day workshop will focus on the skills and competences required to successfully manage across cultures.

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Heaton Mount

The growth of business opportunities in the next few years will increasingly be in emerging markets like China, India and Vietnam, but what are the tricks to doing this successfully? The focus of attention has been on the emerging economies of Asia, but exciting opportunities exist in many Latin American countries and some African countries. This workshop will address issues on how to identify good opportunities in emerging economies and how to manage and minimise risk whilst maximising these opportunities.  More information and booking details….