PhD Researcher in Human Geography, Loughborough University Sophie Milnes is a PhD researcher exploring how the rising trend of ‘Character Education’ in the UK has impacted the classroom and its broader nexus of political, cultural and social relations. Her doctoral research examines the reshaping of educational spaces, specifically military ethos initiatives in schools. Her previous work has explored young people’s transitions to higher education in England, UK. Her wider research interests include youth geographies and social difference.
Associate Professor in Music, MMus Programme Director and Deputy Director of the International Guitar Research Centre, University of Surrey Milton Mermikides is a composer, guitarist and educator in a wide range of musical styles and collaborates with artists and scientists as diverse as Tim Minchin, Evelyn Glennie, Pat Martino, John Williams, Tod Machover, Professor Sophie Scott, Professor Morten Kringelbach, The Swingle Singers, Steve Winwood, Peter Zinovieff and Brian Eno. Son of a CERN nuclear physicist, he was raised with an enthusiasm for both the arts and sciences, an eclecticism which has been maintained throughout his teaching, research and creative career. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics (BSc), Berklee College of Music (BMus) and the University of Surrey (PhD). He has lectured, exhibited and given keynote presentations at the Royal Academy of Music, TEDX, Royal Musical Association, European Sleep Research Society, British Sleep Society, St. Bart’s Hospital, The British Library, Royal Physiological Society, Royal Society of Medicine, British Psychological Society, Hong Kong Academy of the Performing Arts, The Design Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Glastonbury Festival, Charterhouse School, The Science Museum, Manchester Science Festival, Aldeburgh Music, Ableton’s Loop Conference (2017 Berlin and upcoming 2020) and his work has been featured in the Times Higher Education, Oxford Handbook of Computer Music, BBC Radio 4 Midweek, New Scientist, BBC Radio 3 Music Matters and BBC Radio 4 Inside Science. His music and writing are published by Viribus, Deutsche Grammaphon, Mute, Extreme, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press, and he has won awards and commendations for writing, teaching, research and his charity work. Milton is Associate Professor in Music at the University of Surrey, Professor of Jazz Guitar at the Royal College of Music, Deputy Director of the International Guitar Research Centre, a Governor of Addison Primary School, and lives in London with his wife, the guitarist Bridget Mermikides and his daughter Chloe. Research interests •Data sonification and Data-based composition •Guitar research •Technology at the intersection of composition, pedagogy, improvisation, analysis and performance. •Time-feel (micro- and macro- rhythmic expression) •Composition analysis, modelling and broad practice (from acoustic, electronic to generative) •Music notations and illustrations
Reader in Leisure and Tourism Management, University of Central Lancashire Dr Sean Gammon has been writing and researching in sport tourism for twenty-five years; writing and managing the first undergraduate degree programme on the subject. Sean’s research interests mostly focus on sport tourist experiences, though more recently he has been exploring the breadth and significance of sports heritage in generating tourism. In addition to his work in sport tourism, he continues to contribute to the field of leisure studies, primarily focussing on the health-giving properties of leisure states of mind, as well as the use of leisure in education. Sean also supervises PhD and DBA programmes on numerous topics connected to leisure, heritage, leadership, sport and tourism.
PhD in Probabilistic Supply and Demand Forecasting of UK Hyper Local Energy Systems using Machine Learning, University of Birmingham Recently graduated MEng Chemical Engineering student from the University of Birmingham. Starting to look at the use of machine learning to help understand and quantify hyper local energy system net-loads under net-zero energy systems.
Assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship, UCL Vaughn Tan is a strategy consultant and assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at University College London (on leave). His first book, The Uncertainty Mindset (Columbia Univ. Press, 2020), is a multi-year ethnography of globally renowned high-end cutting-edge culinary innovation teams including those at the Fat Duck, The Cooking Lab, and ThinkFoodGroup. It explains the history, dynamics, and organization of innovation in high-end cuisine, and why that industry is in a state of continual change. He is currently working on a project about not-knowing.
Professor of Neurology, University of Miami James E. Galvin, M.D., M.P.H. is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is Division Chief for Cognitive Neurology, Founding Director of the Comprehensive Center for Brain Health, and Director and Principal Investigator of the Lewy Body Dementia Research Center of Excellence. Dr. Galvin has authored over 325 scientific publications (h-index=66) and 3 textbooks on healthy brain aging, cognitive health, Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy Body dementia, and related disorders. Dr. Galvin is principal investigator on 9 active NIH grants and has received over $100 Million in research funding from the National Institutes of Health, Disease Associations, Private and Family Foundations.
