London Events: 13 May 2008

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• 09:00 onwards
  (lasts 3 days)

  Electric Vehicles & Battery Technology (starts today)

  Location:

  City Conference Centre, ,

• 11:00 - 15:00

  Climate Change and the Biologist

  Location:

  Linnean Society of London, Burlington House,

• 14:00 - 18:00

  Witness Seminar - History of cervical cancer and the role of the human papillomavirus, 1960-2000

  Speaker:

  Professor David Jenkins

  Location:

  Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, Gibbs Building,

• 14:00 - 15:00

  The fascination of the heavens: women in astronomy in Britain in an age before equality

  Speaker:

  Dr Mary Bruck

  Location:

  Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Lecture Theatre

• 16:30 - 17:30

  A forward genetic approach to cardiac development and function

  Speaker:

  Didier Stanier

  Location:

  National Institute for Medical Research, Medical Research Council, Room N5

• 17:00 - 18:00

  Almroth Wright Lecture: New innovations in the control of neglected tropical diseases

  Speaker:

  Professor Peter Hotez

  Location:

  Imperial College London (St. Mary's Campus), Department of Immunology, Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre

• 18:00 - 20:00

  Concreting the countryside, a 21st Century Challenges event

  Location:

  Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), ,

• 18:00 - 19:00

  Giant Waves on the Open Sea: Mariners' tall tales or alarming fact?

  Speaker:

  Professor Paul H Taylor

  Location:

  Gresham College, ,

• 18:00 - 19:30

  CHANCE AND COLOUR, RULES AND RULERS

  Speaker:

  Chris Gough

  Location:

  London Knowledge Lab - Institute of Education, ,

• 18:30 - 19:30

  The Amazon: Naturalists' Paradise and Rubber Bonanza

  Speaker:

  John Hemming

  Location:

  Canning House, ,

• 19:00 - 20:30

  Big Questions: What are black holes?

  Speaker:

  Dr Phil Uttley

  Location:

  National Maritime Museum, Queen's House, Royal Observatory,

• 19:00 - 21:00

  Virtual Words Salon: Regulating the Metaverse

  Speaker:

  Ren Reynolds, Leigh Jackson

  Location:

  The Hospital, ,