Member Event: Join SyncNorwich at their first UEA event meetup

Join us at UEA to hear about our work in the tech sector through world leading research, providing talent from across a range of disciplines and how we are engaging with the tech community more generally.

Meet our new Head of Computing Sciences Professor Gerard Parr to hear about his ambitions for the School, learn about what some of our academics and students are up to and take a tour of campus facilities including our new Media Suite.

Presentations will include:

– Introducing UEA’s School of Computing Sciences; including examples of spin-out companies as well as ongoing research from academics and post graduates.

– Paul Gooding (UEA); Discussing collaboration opportunities presented by Digital Humanities at UEA (Paul will also run a tour of UEA’s new Media Suite)

– Adam Vaughan (ehabitation); describing how he worked with a team of UEA Computing Sciences students to develop a prototype app for his business ehabitation.

Also… beer, soft drinks, pizza and a chance to chat. We look forward to seeing you there.

Date: Thursday 16 March 2017

Time: 17.00

Venue: ZICER Building, University of East Anglia

RSVP: sign up at https://www.meetup.com/syncnorwich/events/235981846/

Event schedule:

17.00 doors open: Pizza, soft drinks and beer/wine will be available throughout the evening (so don’t worry if you can’t make it until a bit later!). The UEA Careers Service will have a stand open to discuss opportunities for connecting with new talent.

18.00 Introductions

18.10 Professor Gerard Parr; introducing the UEA School of Computing Sciences.

18.20 Dr Beatriz De La Iglesia; Talking about her research in the context of “Making sense of data in different environments.”

18.30 Jamie Barwick; Programme Manager for the development of UEA’s campus wide Digital Strategy, discussing opportunities for engaging with the tech community to support the UEA’s digital ambitions.

18.40 Adam Vaughan (ehabitation); Describing how he worked with a team of UEA Computing Sciences students to develop a prototype app for his business ehabitation.

18.50 Dr Paul Gooding (UEA); Discussing collaboration opportunities presented by Digital Humanities at UEA (Paul will also run a tour of UEA’s new Media Suite after the talks have finished)

19.00 Q&A

19.15 More food and drinks and optional tour of the Media Suite. Please stick around to chat and ask further questions.

Please RSVP to give us an idea of catering numbers.

If you travel by car and park in the main car park, we will provide free parking permits at the event which will enable you to have your parking token stamped when you leave.

Thank you!