The 2006 Ig Nobel Tour
First it'll make you laugh, then it'll make you think.
Featuring Marc Abrahams, organizer of the Ig Nobel Prizes,
together with a gaggle of Ig Nobel Prize winners and other
great scientists, musicians and other thinkers.
Includes the Great Intelligence Debate - each debater explains
why he or she is the smartest person in Britain - and a performance of
the mini-opera The Count of Infinity.
Date: Friday 10th March
Start time: 7.45pm
Venue: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, part of the Physics Department
By Clarendon Lab on Parks Road at the corner with Keble Road.
http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/conference/travel.htm
Tickets: Free. You can turn up on the night, but capacity is limited
so please reserve a place in advance to be sure of getting in.
Such reservations will be honoured until 7.35pm.
https://www.ox.compsoc.net/ignobel/http://improbable.com/improbable-research-shows/2006-ig-uk-tour/
Hi all,
I'm sorry for the short notice, but we will have the Annual General
Meeting this week (before a talk).
Anyone interested in standing for a committee position should e-mail
me asap.
Annual General Meeting
Date/Time: Thursday 23 Feb 19:30
Place: Common Room, Denys Wilkinson Building (on Banbury Rd & Keble Rd)
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Come and shout at the old committee, then elect a new one.
Beyond 3G technologies
Date/Time: Thursday 23 Feb 20:30 (straight after the AGM)
Place: Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building (on
Banbury Rd & Keble Rd)
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John Beer, an ICT Expert to the European Commission for grand funding
and evaluator for Venture Capital organisations as well as the editor
of "The View", will talk on Future ICT technologies, specifically the
future impacts on mobile operators and handset manufacturers design.
Regards,
Ken.
Hi all,
We have the first speaker event of the term on Wednesday:
IT General Computer Controls and Sarbanes Oxley (Deloitte)
Date/Time: Wednesday 5 Feb 20:30
Place: Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building (on
Banbury Rd & Keble Rd)
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is legislation enacted in response to
the Enron and WorldCom financial scandals to protect shareholders and
the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent practices in
the enterprise. Ryan Loughins from Deloitte will explain the effects
of SOX on the way we conduct business, as well as how embracing the
“spirit of the law”―strong ethics, good governance, reliable
reporting―will reap the benefits of a re-energized company and
reassured investors.
The thursday workshop is tbc.
Have a great week!
Ken.