Come and join us at Maggie’s Oxford for a range of fascinating talks from Clare Flynn, David Freeman, Dan Snow, Caspar Henderson, George Clarke and Charlie Luxton. All talks will end with a question and answer session.

Price:

£20 per talk. All tickets include a glass of wine and nibbles.

Dates:

Clare Flynn – Wednesday 16th May, 7.30pm

Come and hear Clare Flynn, author of ‘A Greater World’, ‘The Chalky Sea’ and many others. Her books deal with displacement – both physical and emotional and have a strong sense of time and place. They draw on her extensive travels and experience of living in many different places.

David Freeman – Thursday 5th July, 7.30pm

David Freeman demonstrates how the music business started in Victorian times.

This event is all about how sound waves were first captured on fragile spinning wax cylinders and how this beautiful simple technology evolved into 78 discs and then into 45 rpm vinyl singles and the much loved 33rpm LP.

David will bring along his Edison Phonograph and original cylinders and from that starting point he will explore the entrancing world of analogue sound.

David Freeman is an ex-science teacher who became a broadcaster. He has a passion for music and how it has been recorded and reproduced over the years.

Dan Snow – Thursday 13th September, 7.30pm

Dan Snow is a presenter and popular historian. He has presented programmes like ‘1066: A Year to Conquer England’ and ‘The Vikings Uncovered’. He has a history slot on ‘The One Show’ and hosts the podcast ‘Dan Snow’s History Hit’. Dan has also written several books on history, several in partnership with his father, Peter Snow.

Caspar Henderson – Tuesday 18th September, 7.30pm

Caspar Henderson is a writer and journalist. His is the author of‘The Book of Barely Imagined Beings’ and ‘A New Map of Wonders – explorations of science, beauty and wonder in times of rapid change’.

George Clarke – Tuesday 30th October, 7.30pm

George Clarke is an architect, TV presenter and Creative Director of architectural practice George Clarke Partners. He is best known for presenting ‘The Home Show’, ‘The Restoration Man’ and ‘George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces’. George has also written several books to accompany his shows.

George enjoys lecturing and is passionate about the way architecture can transform our everyday lives; his aim is to make architecture popular and accessible to everyone.

George is also an ambassador for Maggie’s.

Charlie Luxton – Thursday 8th November, 7.30pm

Charlie Luxton is an architectural designer who combines his design work with writing and presenting TV programmes. He is best known for ‘Treehouses’, ‘Our Homes and Property’ and ‘Build a New Life in the Country’. He is also a regular designer on ‘DIY: SOS’, and wrote ‘Restored to Glory’ back in 2005.

Charlie is particularly passionate about the environment and communicating his enthusiasm for sustainable architecture and eco-friendly design.

If you have any further questions please drop us an email at oxfordfundraising@maggiescentres.org.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talks-at-maggies-oxford-tickets-43390037771?aff=es2

A Developed Urban Area that creates sustainable economic development and high quality of life by excelling in Economy, Mobility, Environment, People, Living, and Government. Which can be done through strong human capital and social capital.

So, what is the main purpose of smart cities projects nowadays?

It aims to improve cities through means that encompass Urban planning, Strategic Planning, Economic Planning, Architectural Development, Environmental Sustainability, Information Technology and effective use of Natural Resources.

Smart Cities are those which use Innovative methods for solving daily problems, are currently working on developing the future vision of improving the standard of living of its inhabitants.

Rebuilding new cities and managing its services such as the Electricity, Water, Transportation, and Communication Systemsare all Objectives and the main focus of such Development. This modern technology can be used to manage infrastructural investments and is able to support economic growth. Furthermore, the main role of the smart cities concept plays is to help its citizens become more flexible in coming up with solutions to issues faced. It also develops and rather maintains among them a connection with a connection grid that has proven to be quite effective. To be able to maintain a successful, an attention must be given to Transportation planning and creating safety measures as a basic means.

IEREK organizes this conference in hopes of disseminating research and knowledge on the methods through which cities may be transformed into Smart cities.

IEREK organizes this conference in hopes of disseminating research and knowledge on the methods through which cities may be transformed into Smart cities.

It aims to improve cities through means that encompass Urban planning, Strategic Planning, Economic Planning, Architectural Development, Environmental Sustainability, Information Technology and effective use of Natural Resources.

Smart Cities are those which use Innovative methods for solving daily problems, are currently working on developing the future vision of improving the standard of living of its inhabitants.

More info: https://www.ierek.com/events/future-smart-cities#introduction

Nowadays, all countries seem to be seeking one pressing issue and that is heritage maintenance, especially in Architecture and Urban design. Organizations and Universities play a vital role in saving or rather conserving old cities through Conferences. Therefore, a conference on “Cities’ Identity Through Architecture & Arts” will be held in 2018.In this conference, examples, and tendencies dealing with urban identities as well as the transformation of cities that shape the current art scene in different places of the world will be discussed. This type of architectural art continuously renews itself -from new materials to different means of communication, from new approaches to perceptional paradigms and nature in the millennium, from new subjects to manifestations. Contemporary art continues to be produced in various directions, consumed and put forward into ideas.This conference will present how citizens see their cities and how they physically or mentally compare it with the ideal city in their own perceptions

To more information: https://goo.gl/FbdVq2

*Date : 25, September  / 30,September  2018

*Venue : Cairo,Egypt

*website: https://goo.gl/FbdVq2

*Event cost: 500$

*Email:ctiaa@ierek.com

*phone: 203 576 3827  , 2010 272 33310