One of the highlights of the academic year in the DREAM CDT, as well as being a fantastic opportunity for student integration across the four partner HEIs, is the Symposium. The 2017 DREAM Symposium was held at the end of April in Clare College in the University of Cambridge. The event saw the gathering of the DREAM PhD students from each university to participate in a packed academic programme of presentations, static poster displays and interactive demonstrations of research underway.
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The event importantly offers the DREAM Industrial Advisory Board (IndAB), and International Advisory Board (IntAB) an opportunity to meet the students and learn about all the ongoing work, a well as chance for the students to hear advice, benefiting from the Board members years of experience.rom
The Symposium provided an opportunity to hear presentations from leading international academics in the area of big data and risk, with keynotes from:
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Dr Stephen Hallett DREAM Centre Champion and Director |
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Professor Simon Pollard Pro-Vice-Chancellor, School of Water, Energy and Environment Cranfield University |
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Professor Mitchell Small The H. John Heinz Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Engineering and Public Policy, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA |
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Professor Rosén – Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geology and Geotechnics Dr Lindhe – Assistant Professor, Civil and Environment Engineering, Geology and Geotechnics Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden |
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Professor Tom Spencer Professor of Coastal Dynamics, Director of Cambridge Coastal Research Unit Professorial Fellow, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge |
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In 2017, we were able to combine the annual Symposium with a wider industrial interface event, the 360o, part of our wider NERC-supported Innovation events. We were most fortunate to benefit from presentations and discussions from leading industrial exponents of Big Data and risk management, with speakers from Microsoft, Google, ESRI (UK) and Smith Herbert Freehills. Speakers were:
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Ed Parsons Geospatial Technologist, Google Inc. |
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David Coulling Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills |
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Dr Matthew Smith Connected Digital Services, Microsoft |
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Dominic Stubbins Esri, Chief Solution Architect |
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