Forthcoming Event

TNA: In association with The National Archives, the Bloomsbury Institute presents an evening of advice & discussion on researching your family tree  - Thursday 7 February 2013.
 
Chaired by TNA’s family history specialist Audrey Collins, authors Guy Grannum (Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors), Peter Christian (The Genealogist's Internet) and Andrea Stuart (Sugar in the Blood) will tell you how to get started and discuss what's involved in researching your family tree.
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STFC
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) - STFC Knowledge Exchange Workshop -  Jodrell Bank Observatory - 20 March 2013.   

The Science and Technology Facilities Council Innovations Club jointly with STFC’s Astronomy Programme group are hosting an event on The Square Kilometre Array to discuss current developments and future R&D needs in the key areas of SKA, the largest & most sensitive radio telescope in the world to be built in South Africa & Australia.  The £1.2bn SKA's huge fields of antennas will sweep the sky for answers to the major outstanding questions in astronomy.
 
This workshop aims to pull together the interest from both the academia & industry in order to facilitate knowledge exchange (KE) between STFC funded researchers (HEI’s & labs) and industry with a view of exploiting technologies & advances being made through SKA.  These technologies will have significant industry applications within the general ICT sector.

The workshop will further highlight funding opportunities to support KE relationships around the SKA project as well as provide an opportunity to hear a general update on the status of SKA from the Project Office and UK supporting activities from STFC.
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GPSGovernment Procurement Service is a partner of The Public Sector Show, which is taking place on 30 April 2013 at The Business Design Centre in London.
 
GPS are pleased to confirm our full programme of activities at the show, which includes a keynote session from David Shields in the main conference, a full day of seminars and a presence at the exhibition. More than 2,400 people have already registered to attend this FREE event.
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