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Dear Ben, Kinda, Ava and all, This is a great idea that Alasdair would have absolutely enjoyed (except for the vegetarian food... very true!). Congratulations for the great idea! It would be very complicated for me to assist since I am on the other side of the globe, but I will surely be with you in spirit. If the event will be podcasted or shared in any other way, please let me know. I would like to listen to the lectures and I think some of my students would enjoy them too. Warmest regards from Mexico, Claudia. > Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:20:02 +0100 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [SPACESYNTAX] An Academic memorial event for Alasdair Turner > To: [log in to unmask] > > Dear all, > > Some of us have been thinking for some time of holding an academic focused > memorial event for Alasdair Turner, this would be to celebrate Alasdair > and his work and the work he inspired. > > After some discussions, we have arranged an event that we think has a > respectful mix of interesting academic research and also beer and sausage > rolls, that Alasdair would have appreciated, and will be interesting to a > large number of you. So, we would like to invite you to UCL on 6th > September from 2pm to 7pm. The event will be held in the ground floor of > Wates House. > > This day is graduation day for the Bartlett, and is normally a day of > celebration for students who have completed a course at UCL. It is a good > day to bring together some key UCL staff and past students together with > the wider range of those influenced by his work, including from the Space > Syntax community, the MSc Adaptive Architectural Computation community and > others. > > I worked next to Alasdair for many years at the Bartlett and enjoyed > teasing him and winding him up about almost everything he did, research or > otherwise! and, as a friend and a colleague who was not directly involved > in his research, I will host this event and try to cope with the challenge > of corralling an extremely high quality lineup of speakers. > > I will try and get a light hearted atmosphere that is respectful and > celebrates Alasdair's work, I think that is what he would have wanted, so > we propose a series of speakers from 2pm to 5pm for approximately 100 > people, followed by a wider reception with sausage rolls and beer, > (possibly some vegan sausage rolls for vegetarians though Alasdair would > not have approved) for about 200 people. > > Professor Alan Penn will be providing the closing speech and hosting the > end of the event. > > So, there will be 6 talks on research inspired by Alasdair's academic > work, at a maximum of 20 minutes each, with questions and comments. > > The event line-up is as follows: > > 2:00 : Welcome, intro - Ben Croxford > 2:10 : Bill Hillier > 2:35 : Ruth Conroy-Dalton and Nick Dalton (Sheep) > 3:00 : Mike Batty > 3:25 : Martha Tsigkari (ex-AAC student) > > 3:50: Tea Break > > 4:00 : Kinda Al Sayed (PhD student of Alasdair's) > 4:25 : Alan Penn (with contributions from Chiron Mottram) > 4:50: Possible space for extra speaker, or comments via video link or from > audience > 5:00 : Opportunity for Alasdair's family or relatives to respond to the > talks if they wish > 5:15 : closing remarks by Alan Penn > > > The event is free but please could you register for either or both of the > academic event and the post-event reception using the EventBrite system, > using the link below. > http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/3824220346 > > Please contact myself, Kinda or Ava if you have any questions or problems. > > > Ben > > > > Dr Ben Croxford > Course Director: MSc Environmental Design and Engineering > Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, UCL > Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London WC1H 0AE > Phone: 020 3108 9007 > Research: 128.40.58.147/web/ben/ > Teaching: 128.40.58.147/web/ben/ede/ > Prospective students: > www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/programmes/postgraduate/mscdiploma-environmental-design-engineering<http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/programmes/postgraduate/mscdiploma-environmental-design-engineering> > Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Kinda Al_Sayed > Research Associate > UCL Teaching Fellow Advanced Architectural Studies > UCL Teaching Fellow Adaptive Architecture and Computation > Space Group > Bartlett School of Graduate Studies > University College London (UCL) > Central House > 14 Upper Woburn Place > London WC1H 0NN > e: [log in to unmask] > W: https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/research/personal?upi=KALSA78