STEM Fair 2024

Special Interest talks – Dining Hall

Our programme of talks will run as follows: 5pm – 5.30pm

“Engineering Futures” – Professor Peter Childs (OMT)

6pm – 6.20pm

Insight into career opportunities in data science – Rachel Keane

6.30pm – 6.50pm AI developments in Medicine – Matthew Williams

Keynote talk at 5pm: “Engineering Futures” – Professor Peter Childs (OMT)

Peter Childs is the Professorial Lead in Engineering Design and was the founding Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London. He will be talking about the future of engineering. Look out for his robot, Kelvin, at his marketplace stand after his talk!

Spotlight talk at 6pm: Insight into career opportunities in data science – Rachel Keane, Digdata Rachel Keane is the Chief Data Inspirer at The Data Inspiration Group Ltd, Digdata. The Data Inspiration Group are passionate about building a unique community that inspires young people to consider a career in data. Rachel will shine a light on the wide range of (often hidden, but well paid) career opportunities and pathways in data science.

Spotlight talk at 6.30pm: AI developments in Medicine – Matthew Williams

MTS parent, Matthew Williams, is an oncologist specialising in delivering chemotherapy and radiotherapy to adults with brain tumours in North-West London. He also leads the Computational Oncology group at Imperial College, working at the intersection of medicine and computing & mathematics on clinical applications of AI and computing more generally.