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OU Festival of Research

A celebration of the diversity of research in the University

This event took place on 12th June 2007 at 10:00am (09:00 GMT)
Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
10.00 – 10.30 Keynote Speaker Professor Trevor Herbert.
Bass Musical Instruments: Methods and Stories.

11.00 – 13.00 Using Technology to Reduce the Carbon Footprint. (KMi mini conference)
Speakers: Clara Mancini & Elia Tomadaki


13.15 – 14.00 Prize Giving: Poster and Essay Writing competition.

14.00 – 15.30 Forum: getting it Right – The Balance between Research and Teaching. Facilitator: David Middleton.
Note: This Forum was canceled

15.45 – 16.15 Keynote Speaker Dr Marie Gillespie. Topic: Humour and the British.
Note: Due to unforseen circumstances Dr Marie Gillespie has been replaced by Professor Tony Bennett.
Topic:Cultural and social division in Contemporary Britain.
10:00 am Professor Trevor Herbert
11:00 am Clara Mancini & Elia Tomadaki
   Clara Mancini, Natural Language Generation Group, Centre for Research in Computing, The Open University, United Kingdom

   Elia Tomadaki, KMi, The Open University
3:35 pm Professor Tony Bennett

The webcast was open to 200 users