Convention programme and speaker information

The speaker programme

We have a fantastic line-up of speakers to inform and inspire you.

Click on the links below to see what will be happening over the weekend.  

 Saturday’s programme

Sunday’s programme

Saturday presentation summaries and speaker bios

Sunday presentation summaries and speaker bios

Keynote presentation

Seeing total solar eclipses from space
Professor Lucie Green

We’re delighted to announce that our Keynote Speaker will be Professor Lucie Green. She is a Professor of Physics and a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) of the University College London (UCL). She has also presented many TV and radio programmes including The Sky at Night and Stargazing Live.

Prof. Green’s presentation “Seeing total solar eclipses from space” explains that seeing a total solar eclipse is an experience that you never forget. For a brief moment in time, the extended atmosphere of the Sun becomes visible as the bright disc of the Sun is entirely covered by the Moon. Day becomes night, the stars come out and you are able to view the Sun directly and safely. Total eclipses are also of huge scientific value and astronomers will take their telescopes to far-flung places to catch a glimpse of the Sun during these times. Now, a new mission has been proposed that will fly a spacecraft into the shadow of the Moon in order to create total solar eclipse conditions in space. And it will do this once per month. This talk will discuss why total eclipses are so important for scientists and why an international team has been put together to create a new generation of eclipse viewing.

After-dinner speaker

Hans Summers, G0UPL from QRP Labs has been confirmed as this year’s after-dinner speaker. Following the Gala Dinner, Hans will be sharing the emotions he experienced during the nine months he spent getting SSB on the QMX.

Hans is an engaging speaker who has had a 22-year corporate career in IT in banking. He now runs QRP Labs kits full time from his home in Turkey.

The Gala Dinner takes place on the Saturday event and is always popular.