The cfaed will have a further top-class guest in its „Distinguished Lecture Series“. After the French Physics Nobel Laureate, Serge Haroche, in April, the president and vice-chancellor of the British University of Surrey, Professor Sir Christopher Snowden, will give a talk on november 28 at 10.15am (Festsaal Dülferstraße). His subject is „The Electronic Adventure – Engineering a Better Future”. Sir Christopher’s presentation will start by examining the background and achievements of some of the major breakthroughs in electronics and then take a look into the potential technology of the future. This will involve a quick tour of the history of electronics, highlighting its central role in manned space exploration, the key role in mobile communications and computing as well as the wider and pervasive nature of modern electronic technology. The talk will conclude by giving some insight into some of the more recent exciting discoveries in the areas of materials, nanotechnology, graphene and their potential for use in new areas such as renewable energy and medicine. Sir Christopher Snowdon is a distinguished engineer with wide experience of the international microwave and semiconductor industry. He is President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK (since 2005). Furthermore, Sir Christopher is President of Universities UK (2013-2015) and a member of the Prime Minister’s advisory Council for Science and Technology. He also sits on the governing body of the UK’s Technology Strategy Board. His previous posts include Chief Executive Officer at Filtronic plc; Head of School and personal Chair of Microwave Engineering at the University of Leeds; Senior Staff Scientist at M/A-COM Inc. USA, Lecturer at the University of York and Applications Engineer at Mullard Ltd. Sir Christopher is also a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the IEEE, the IET and a Fellow of the City and Guilds Institute. He holds a number of awards from the Royal Academy of Engineering and the IEEE. In 2012, he received the Outstanding Career Award from the European Microwave Association. He was knighted in the 2012 New Year’s Honours for services to engineering and higher education.
The keynote is open to the research and industry community as well as the public audience.
The Snowden lecture is a special high light of the cfaed autumn research festival on november 27 and 28.

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