ERCOFTAC Autumn Festival 2024
and
19th Da Vinci Competition 2024

 

1​0th - 11th October 2024

London, United Kingdom

 

Organised by PC United Kingdom with location in London, UK

 

T​hursday, 10th October 2024

V​enue: The Council Room, 170 Queen's Gate, South Kensington,
London, SW7 5HF

Symposium and Da Vinci Competition

PC UK Presentations

09:00 09:10Introduction & Welcome
09:10 – 10:30 Session on Sustainable Aviation (4 x 20-minute talks) TBC
10:30 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 12:20 Session 1 (4 x 20-minute talks) TBC
12:20 13:20 Lunch
13:20 – 14:40 Session 2 (4 x 20-minute talks) TBC
14:40 – 15:00 Coffee

 

Finals of the 19th ERCOFTAC Da Vinci Competition

15:00 – 15:20 TBC
15:20 – 15:40 TBC
15:40 – 16:00 TBC
16:00 16:20 TBC
16:20 – 16:40 TBC
16:40 – 17:10 Coffee Break (and committee deliberating)
17:10 – 17:20 Decision & presentation of da Vinci award
17:20 – 17:30 Closing remarks
19:30 Gala Dinner: Restaurant: TBC

 

Technical talks will be given by:

  • Prof. Rafael Palacios (Imperial) - Sustainable Aviation
  • Dr Sebastian Eastham (Imperial) - Sustainable Aviation
  • Prof. Jennifer Wen (Surrey) - Sustainable Aviation
  • Dr Irene Deddoussi (Cambridge) - Sustainable Aviation
  • Dr Lidia Caros Roca (Imperial) - Martian Aerodynamics
  • Dr Paul Bruce (Imperial) - Hypersonics
  • Dr Kostas Steiros (Imperial) - Turbulence
  • Dr Shane Windsor (Bristol) - Bio-inspired Aerodynamics
  • Prof. Omar Matar (Imperial) - Multi-phase Flows
  • Dr Emily Manchester (Manchester) - Biological Flows
  • Prof. Maarten van Reeuwijk (Imperial) - Urban Fluid Mechanics

 

F​riday, 11th October 2024
V​enue: The Council Room, 170 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London, SW7 5HF

Technical and Committee Meetings

Scientific Programme Committee (SPC) and Knowledge Network Committee (KNC)
ERCOFTAC Council (EC) and General Assembly (GA) Meetings

09:00 - 12:00 SPC and KNC Meetings
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 15:30 EC and GA Meetings

 

Accommodation:
    • Park International Hotel - Cromwell Road
    • The Bailey's hotel - Gloucester Road
    • The Gore - Queen's Gate
    • 100 Queen's Gate - Queen's Gate
    • The Strathmore (Gem Hotel) - Queen's Gate Gardens
    • The Queen's Gate Hotel - Queen's Gate
    • Radisson Blu Edwardian Vanderbilt - Cromwell Road

More information on the Imperial website. Please bear in mind that Imperial is in a very expensive part of a very expensive city!

 

S​ponsors:

The festival is hosted by the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial in association

with the Brahmal Institute for Sustainable Aviation

 

 

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