Department of Physics Harry Elliot Symposium

The Department of Physics will be holding a symposium on 11 November 2009 in honour of Harry Elliot, one of the founders of Europe's participation in the scientific exploration of space.

The Department of Physics will be holding a half-day symposium in memory of Harry Elliot CBE FRS, one of Britain's space pioneers, who passed away in July this year

Date 11 Nov 2009
Time 14.30 to 17.30
Venue Lecture Theatre 1, Blackett Laboratory, South Kensington Campus
Ticket Registration in advance  by emaling space.sec@imperial.ac.uk .

Harry Elliot: His cosmic odyssey and legacy

Harry Elliot began working in Manchester with Patrick Blackett on cosmic rays. He studied their nature and origin, and moved with Blackett to Imperial in 1953. There he established one of the UK's leading centres for cosmic ray research. Harry became one of the founders of Britain's and Europe's participation in the scientific exploration of space. His legacy includes the many space missions in which he played a critical role, commencing with ESRO in 1968. Under his leadership, the group at Imperial diversified into the broad range of scientific topics now covered by them and by his former students presently working in science across the world.

The symposium will include talks by UK and international colleagues, incorporating reminiscences while tracking Harry's path from his earliest work to the legacy that he left to not only the department at Imperial, but to the widest possible European space community.

Confirmed contributors include:

  • Professor David Southwood, ESA Headquarters
  • Professor Roger Bonnet, International Space Science Institute, Bern
  • Professor Alan Watson, University of Leeds
  • Professor John Quenby, Imperial College London
  • Professor Andre Balogh, Imperial College London
  • Dr. Richard Marsden, ESA ESTEC
  • Dr.Harry Atkinson, formerly SRC/SERC, UK and former chair of ESA

All are welcome to attend this symposium but it would be appreciated if you could register your attendance by 30 October. Please email space.sec@imperial.ac.uk .

A drinks reception will follow the symposium

 

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