THE OPENING of the New Building
40th Anniversary of Mathematics
30th Anniversary of Statistics
Saturday 12th June 2004
PROGRAMME
11.00 to 12.00 Arrival with Tea/Coffee in The Street
A chance to mingle with old friends
11.30 to 13.00 Schools Mathematics Workshop
This is one of a series of masterclasses for children from local schools. The door will be open and you are welcome to go and look at what is happening but please we ask that you don’t disturb the class. Richard Lissaman will be happy to answer any questions when the class has finished.
12.00 to 13.30 Buffet Lunch in the marquee on the lawn
14.00 The Opening Ceremony
Introduction by the Vice-Chancellor
The Emeritus Staff will cut the ribbon
Please gather outside the front of the Building shortly before 14.00
14.30 to 15.10* Professor Sir Christopher Zeeman FRS
Catastrophe theory
Lecture Room MS.02
15.10 to 15.20 Short Presentation of our funding aims
15.20 to 16.15 Tea in the marquee
Maths Quiz entries to be handed in by 15.30
15.20 to 16.10 Supervisions in Areas 09, 10, 16, and 17 (see building plan)
Tours of the building beginning in the Street
Book Shop in the Mathematics Common Room with some popular mathematics books
Caroline Series and Ian Stewart will sign books in the Mathematics Common Room
16.15 to 16.55* Professor Ian Stewart FRS
What really happened at the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Lecture Room MS.02
17.00 to 17.30 Professor Caroline Series
Indra's Pearls
Lecture Room MS.01
17.00 to 17.30 Professor Jim Smith
Fighting the Bayesian Case: Probability, Evidence and Justification
Lecture Room MS.02
17.30 End of the day drinks in The Street and presentation of the Maths Quiz prize
* These talks will be relayed to Lecture Room MS.01
For children (mainly):
11.00 to 17.00
Face painting (11.00-13.30) and
Balloon modelling (14.30-17.00) approximate times.
We must draw to your attention that the Building and grounds have not been designed with children in mind. Please ensure that children are supervised at all times.
19.00 for 19.30
Formal Dinner – Scarman House - (lounge suit) - the dinner must have been pre-booked
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Contact (10am-2pm)
Programme Secretary
Mathematics Institute
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
Tel: 024 7652 3053
Fax: 024 7652 8969
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