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Using Operational Research to improve Aviation Security

Speaker: Tom Occleston, MSci(Hons) CSci, Business Consultant, Atkins Operational Research is the science of better decision making. Aviation is a complex industry where existing and emerging threats need to be considered carefully when balancing the need for improved safety with the need to maximise passenger throughput, minimise the space taken up by security measures, and […]

Blending hydrogen in the German gas network with unprecedented flow patterns

Speaker: Jaap Pedersen, Zuse Institute Berlin The European gas infrastructure is being disruptively transformed into a future decarbonized energy system, a process that needs to be accelerated, given the current political and economic situation. On the one hand, there is a growing hydrogen market; thus, pipeline-based transport using the existing natural gas infrastructure becomes economically […]

Applying Systems Thinking to Analyse Complex Social-Ecological Issues for UK Government

Speaker Dr. Gary Preece is Head of the Systems Research Programme in the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). He is also an analyst in the Government Operational Research Service with experience working for a range of government departments in the UK and abroad. Prior to working in government, Gary worked […]