BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:What is the most pressing problem facing the developing world toda y and what are the solutions? - Ms Kat Harrison\, Social Impact &\; Res earch Manager of Solar Aid\; Mr Brian Sims\, Independent Consultant\; Mr S tephen Gerrard\, PhD student DTSTART:20130226T190000Z DTEND:20130226T210000Z UID:TALK43711@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:31972 DESCRIPTION:Ms Kat Harrison\, Social Impact & Research Manager of Solar Ai d\n\nKat manages the research and social impact measurement activities at SolarAid from research design and implementation to learning management an d impact communication. SolarAid is a social enterprise\, NGO and charity seeking to enable everyone in Africa to enjoy clean energy access through building a market for micro-solar lights. Kat previously set up the Monito ring and Evaluation system at Riders for Health and worked in M&E for the United Nations World Food Programme in Malawi.\n\nMr Brian Sims\, Independ ent Consultant\n\nBrian is an agricultural engineer with a special interes t in farm mechanization for smallholder farmers in developing countries. U ntil 2003 he was head of the International Development Group at Silsoe Res earch Institute in Bedfordshire (formerly the National Institute of Agricu ltural Engineering). Since leaving Silsoe he has been a farm mechanization consultant\, mainly for the Food and agriculture Organization of the UN ( FAO).\n\nHe is going to talk about Conservation Agriculture for smallholde r farmers in developing countries\, including some of the mechanization is sues.\n\nMr Stephen Gerrard\, PhD student\n\nStephen is a 4th year PhD stu dent in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology\, focusin g on the development of a novel drug delivery technology. He worked for Sh ell Oil Company Research for a year prior to University researching new fo rms of automotive lubricants for future generations of transmission system s. Stephen has a BA and MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University o f Cambridge and also studied for a year at MIT whilst as an Undergraduate at Cambridge. In 2011 he studied at the University California Berkeley and the California Department of Public Health as part of his PhD. He has a k een interest in the appropriate implementation of technologies for low-inc ome countries and has worked with various international development organi sations throughout his university career including EWB as a logistics mana ger on the international placements team.\n\nHe is going to talk about HIV Transmission to infants\, where he explores a novel method of delivering drugs and nutrients to breastfeeding infants and its potential use in redu cing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in breastfeeding. He'll also talk about the routes to getting involved with International Development as a student at Cambridge. LOCATION:Castlereagh Room\, Fisher Building\, St Johns College\, Cambridge \, CB2 1TP END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR