May 16, 2022 - May 16, 2022
Join the London Institute for Advanced Light Technologies to celebrate the International Day of Light and International Year of Glass at the Science Gallery London
Listen to an inspiring keynote from physicist and author Dr Jess Wade, enjoy a tour of new glass artworks created by postgraduate science students and take part in panel debates with leading voices from the worlds of science, art and architecture. And make your own glass guide from molten glass, drawn from the only British-made furnace on wheels! See your piece installed in a giant fibre-optic bundle – and raise a glass to the power of light!
Please forward this on to anyone who may be interested in attending. This event is open to all.
Guiding Light Activities
10.00 – Welcome – Professor Anatoly Zayats – Co-director of London Light
10.15-10.45 – Keynote – Dr Jess Wade – Imperial College London
Jess is an Imperial College Research Fellow investigating spin selective charge transport through chiral systems in the Department of Materials. Broadly speaking, her research considers new materials for optoelectronic devices, with a focus on chiral organic semiconductors. Outside of the lab, Jess is involved with several science communication and outreach initiatives. She is committed to improving diversity in science, both online and offline, and since the start of 2018 has written the Wikipedia biographies of women and people of colour scientists every single day.
15.00 – 15.50 – Shining a Light on Symmetry
Join physicist Professor Bob Schroeder from UCL, art publisher Kailash Elmer and glass artist Katharine Coleman for a discussion about the power of light and glass to express symmetry and pattern at different scales.
16.00 -16.50 – Colour in Time and Space
In this session, physicist Professor Riccardo Sapienza from Imperial College London will be joined by holographer Pearl John and glass artist Bruno Romanelli to consider how time and space shape our experience of colour.
17.00 – 17.50 – Revealing Form with Light
In this session, physical chemist Professor Helen Fielding from UCL, lighting designer Mark Major and glass artist Matt Durran will share different perspectives on light and form from the nano to the architectural scale
18.00 – 18.30 – The Poetry of Light with theatre designer Paule Constable
The day will end with multi-award-winning lighting designer Paule Constable with a talk entitled ‘Light as a storytelling medium’
18.30- 20.00 – Drinks reception
BOOK FREE
