Regional Fellow Meeting Cambridge

The Arundel House Hotel, Cambridge was chosen to host the Foundation’s 19th Regional Fellow Meeting for UK and Ireland on 24 November, 2010.

During the meeting, immediate past Fellows gave presentations on their research topic. They were then awarded certificates for the successful completion of their Fellowship period.
Also at the Fellow meeting, the book written by Canon Foundation Alumni Fellows, Making Research Visible to the World, was launched. An initiative from Alumni Chairwoman Dr. Helen Westgeest and Canon Foundation Director, Corrie Siahaya-Van Nierop, the book was published to celebrate reaching the 250 Research Fellows mark in 2010.”

Alumni book presentation by Dr. Helen Westgeest (click to enlarge)

After the meeting, attendants moved on to the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, Dept. of Physics to listen to Prof. Sir Richard Friend’s lecture on Creative tensions between science and technology. This is the 4th lecture in the series of 5 Canon Invited Lectures.

Sir Richard giving his Invited Lecture (click to enlarge)

Sir Richard introduced the science of plastic electronics and its commercial development to a general audience and discussed the problems involved in taking scientific breakthroughs from the research laboratory into the market place. Having over 600 publications and more than 20 patents, he was knighted for "Services to Physics" in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2003.”

Sir Richard giving his Invited Lecture

2009 and 2010 Canon Fellows being awarded certificates and brooches


2009 Fellow Isabel Jimenez Arenas


2009 Fellow Satomi Ito (click to enlarge)


2010 Fellow Sébastien Dhers (click to enlarge)


2010 Fellow Oscar Navajas


2009 Fellow Tatsuma Padoan (click to enlarge)


2010 Fellow Bas Verberk


Group photo Regional Fellow Meeting Cambridge 2010
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