Professor Andrew Boothroyd, University of Oxford
Professor J.C. Séamus Davis, University of Oxford
Dr Péter Juhász, University of Oxford
Alumni reception at Draper's Hall, London.
Join us for an alumni reception at the beautiful Draper's Hall (London) that will include talks and a drinks and canapes reception.
Professor Andrew Boothroyd, Head of Physics, will host this event, and we will have two guest speakers to celebrate the Year of Quantum: Professor J.C. Séamus Davis and Dr Péter Juhász.
Planned agenda
18:00 to 18:30 - Guests arrive, registration, welcome drinks
18:40 to 20:00 - Welcome by Prof Boothroyd, Guest talks, Q&A
’Visualizing the quantum world' (Prof Davis)
‘The Pursuit of Absolute Zero: Exploring Many-Body Quantum Physics' (Dr Juhász)
20:10 to 21:30 - Drinks and canape reception
21:30 End of the event
- Places are limited, please register soon to avoid disappointment. Physics alumni can bring a guest.
- Registration will close as soon as we fill the venue capacity or at 5pm on 20 October, whichever comes first.
- If you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch with the alumni office.
Did you know that The Draper's Company built the Townsend Building for the department? Have a look at the plaque that sits on the building's wall...
(see the bottom of this page for a transcription*)
* [Arms of Drapers’ Company,
with motto
“UNTO GOD ONL / Y BE
HONO / UR AND GLORY”]
The Worshipful
Company of DRAPERS of
the City of LONDON erected
this building for the promotion of
the Study of Electrical Science and
presented it to the Chancellor Masters
and Scholars of the University of Oxford
on the 21st day of June A.D. 1910
Keddey Ray Fletcher Master
John Barrow,
Bernard Francis Harris
Webster Glynes
Gerald Walton Williams Wardens
Ernest Henry Pooley
Clerk
Source: OxfordHistory