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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Postgraduate Institute for Measurement Science (PGI) are very pleased to invite you to the 5<sup>th</sup> PGI Annual Conference in September:</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF66FF;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">NEXT GENERATION METROLOGY - A VIRTUAL PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please join us for this exciting four-session online conference throughout September.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The sessions will be delivered in two hour slots each week, and will include notable keynote speakers, student talks and poster presentations.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">These will culminate in a three hour career development workshop delivered by key professionals from diverse sectors, including potential employers.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The conference will cover the following topics:</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tuesday 8<sup>th</sup> September, 11am-1pm - Engineering solutions for tomorrow's challenges
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the ongoing transformation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices combined with the latest smart technology. Different
sectors are adopting new and innovative approaches. This session explores new engineering solutions and next-generation metrology.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF66FF;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Keynote Speaker: Dr Rachel Cooke (MA Meng PhD CEng FIChemE), Senior Reliability Engineering Manager, Amazon Europe</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tuesday 15<sup>th</sup> September, 11am-1pm - Metrology for the digital age</span></u></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">In the digital age, the world of measurement is changing fast and metrology plays a critical role. With digitalisation, the use of electronic measurement data is rapidly
increasing. This creates new opportunities but also poses challenges in legal metrology, highly accurate simulation or virtual measurement instrument and reliable data analysis. Learn how the national digital strategy is impacting metrology, and how businesses
can be transformed through digital innovation.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF66FF;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Keynote Speaker: Dr Ramona Marfievici, Senior IoT Manager, Digital Catapult</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tuesday 22<sup>nd</sup> September, 11am-1pm - Carbon net zero</span></u></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">In 2019, the UK government put forward an amendment to the Climate Change Act making it a law to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This made the UK the first
of the G7 group of nations and the first major global economy to make such a target legally binding. This session looks at how the UK aims to achieve this target and how metrology can help.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF66FF;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Keynote Speaker: Dr Neil Jennings, Partnership Development Manager, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Grantham Institute for Climate Change</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tuesday 29<sup>th</sup> September, 10am-1pm - Career Workshop</span></u></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">This workshop led by a panel of experts from diverse sectors, aims to provide researchers with the tools required in career planning. This includes using a proactive
approach to map out your career strategy, building networks, raising your profile, preparing for the job market and CV writing. These skills will be useful for all students, whether you are in your first, middle or final years.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">All sessions are online, free and are designed to be flexible, so once registered, please do participate for all or parts of them.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Closer to the time, the PGI will send you the formal calendar appointments for
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