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#LTAX25

20 & 21 March

10:00 - 16:00 | Senate Room, Gilbert Scott Building
(Main Building)

Day 1 - Thursday 20th March

Present Time	Speaker	Title
14:30	Melzie Ghendrih	Anticipating the explosion of massive stars: Pre-Supernova neutrino detection at Super-Kamiokande
14:50	Jan Wieczorek	Gradient Descent – theory and practice: investigating the operation of an algorithm critical for development of modern AI systems, such as ChatGPT, under certain modelling assumptions.
15:10	Paloma Viegas	Breaking the Silence: Unveiling the Humanity Within Prostitution Legislation
15:30	Dr James Rowe, Dr Mona O'Brien & Dr Aleix Tura Vecino	Let's Talk About [X]

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Speaker	Title	Present Time
Dr Robyne Calvert, Dr Mona O'Brien, Dr Aleix Tura Vecino, Dr James Rowe	Let's Talk About [X]	10:00
Dr Andrew Struan, Dr Scott Ramsay	Keynote: X years of [X]	10:10
Gurnoor Puri	A Deal with the Devil? The Hidden Sacrifices of Plea Bargaining	10:50
Gerardo Mateo Guio Archila	The black sheep of the viral family: how common traits help scientists research risky pathogens	11:10
	BREAK	11:30
	[X]position	11:45
Abdullah Tamim Abdul Maleque	Can we guide light by making tiny tunnels? Creating optical light highways using ultrafast lasers.	12:05
Emmanuel Gebreyes	The Hidden Cost: How Adverse Childhood Experiences Impact Health and Prosperity	12:25
	LUNCH	12:45
Niall Brady	Corporations and inflation: neoliberalism, power and post-pandemic pressures in advanced economies	13:30
Thomas Tse	Dark Patterns: How Big Tech Companies Subtly Influence You Through Software Design	13:50
Shambhavi Sahay	Who Can Afford Sustainability? Examining the Socioeconomic Barriers to Green Practices	14:10
Aaron Patmore	Cystic Fibrosis: Does a disability’s history start with its first diagnosis?	14:30
	BREAK	14:50
Sara Ibgui	The gut, brain, and mind: Can we treat inflammatory bowel disease with antidepressants and psychedelics?	15:05
Michael Ellam	Dating Russian Manuscripts Based on Palaeographic Change	15:25
Sophie Calderwood	Cloudy with a Chance of Space Weather: Tracking Small-Scale Structures in Solar Flare Ribbons	15:45

Day 2 - Friday 21st March

Present Time	Speaker	Title
14:30	Cleona Ng	Hong Kong’s political challenges through the camera lens: the people’s reaction
14:50	Paula Moreño López	Exploring Gender-Based Violence: A Feminist Analysis of Non-Conventional Forms of Violence in Spanish and Scottish Policies
15:10	Lovisa Sigfridsson and Alexandra Arnmark	A Prime Keeper of Secrets
15:30	Dr James Rowe, Dr Mona O'Brien & Dr Aleix Tura Vecino	Let's Talk About [X]

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Speaker	Title	Present Time
Dr Robyne Calvert, Dr Mona O'Brien, Dr Aleix Tura Vecino, Dr James Rowe	Let's Talk About [X] (again!)	10:00
Taniya Jose	Passive Brain Computer Interface for Measuring Cognitive Engagement for Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Games	10:10
Catherine Fitzhugh Wilson	The ‘feminine imagination’ in postwar cinema	10:30
Laurna Sim	Playing the Game of Drones – How Evolving Unmanned Aerial Technologies are Transforming the Conduct of Modern Warfare	10:50
	BREAK	11:10
Andreia Moniz e Castro	Connecting Science to the Public Through Everyday Examples	11:25
Sai Gupte	Vlastníci: A horror disguised as a comedy. A deep dive into the Czech film The Owners (2019) and its commentary on modern democracy.	11:45
Gleb Korol	Becoming the Principal: Applying Selectorate Theory to University Governance	12:05
	LUNCH	12:25
Seben Akman	You came to this world, and you have to pay the price for it: A Cultural-Ecological Reading of Midsommar	13:15
Samiya Dash	The Art of Viral Warfare: Reprogramming Nature to Fight Cancer	13:35
Zola Rowlatt	Finding Freedom Between the Lines of Duality	13:55
	BREAK	14:15
Dhanial Mohammed	The Consequences of the Riemann Hypothesis	14:30
Daniz Alasgarova	From ‘becomings’ to ‘beings’: how childhood sciences challenge the legal construction of children’s rights	14:50
Maisie Henderson	The Life and Death of an Invasive Mosquito	15:10
Sophia Robinson	Let’s Talk About the Ancient Feminist	15:30

10:00

12:45

Event opens

Presentations

Lunch break

13:30

Presentations

Programme - Thursday

09:30

16:00

Wrap-up

10:00

12:25

Event opens

Presentations

Lunch break

13:15

Presentations

Programme - Friday

09:30

15:50

Wrap-up

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