Oxford Martin School founder, Dr James Martin, is visiting Oxford this month. He will participate in an active programme of exciting public events and meetings with academics from the School.
At the invitation of Dr Paul Fairchild, Director of our Stem Cell Institute, Dr Martin will be giving the opening address at the Oxford Stem Cell Institute Annual Symposium on 15 March where Dr Paul Colville-Nash from the Medical Research Council will provide an update on the government's strategy for stem cell research.
In response to a request from the Trinity College Student Scientific Society, Dr Martin will be speaking to University of Oxford students on The war and peace of the nuclear age, on 6 March.
Dr Martin will be an honoured guest at the Oxford Martin School Distinguished Public Lecture to be given by Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy. The lecture, Global Governance, Local Governments will take place on 8 March. It will be introduced by the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Patten of Barnes.
Dr Martin’s visit also coincides with the Oxford London Lecture by Professor Sarah Harper on 13 March. Professor Harper directs the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, a member of the Oxford Martin School. She will be speaking on the theme of The 21st Century – the last century of youth.
Dr and Mrs Martin travel regularly to Oxford to meet with members of the School, keeping in close touch with the School’s research community.
More Information:
- Find out more about the lecture The war and peace of the nuclear age, on 6 March.
- James Martin personal website
- James Martin interviewed by Ian Goldin on his vision for the 21st Century
- Download a photograph of James Martin
- Read the story about his last visit to Oxford
