Conferences

Theme: Achieving Resilience through Sustainable Digitalization and Ecological Engineering in the 21st Century.

We are asking: How do we leverage the advancements in digital technology and industry 4.0 to promote sustainable and ecological engineering for society?

The SEEDS community is a confluence of experienced and early-career researchers from across the world and from diverse disciplines. 

This melting pot encourages exciting conversations and opportunities to collaborate. Members of the SEEDS community, who have met during previous years of the conference, are now working on projects and submitting research papers together.

If you're passionate about your research and eager to connect with a diverse community of like-minded individuals, the International SEEDS conference is for you.

The conference will follow a hybrid delivery model. The first day of the conference (27 Aug) will be online only, and the following two days (28 & 29 Aug) held in-person at Leeds Beckett University’s City Campus.

There will be a gala dinner and awards ceremony hosted nearby on the 28 Aug, which you are welcome to attend as part of the full conference pricing option.

Full Conference 
Early bird £350 / standard £450
Students - early bird £200 / standard £300
(Includes attendance at the gala dinner and awards ceremony on 28th)

Single Day (28/29th)
£250 / students - £175

Online only (27th)
early bird £150 / standard £200
students - early bird £100 / standard £150

Gala Dinner & Awards ceremony only (28th)
Individual £90
Individual +1 £175
Half table (5) £425
Full table (10)  £800

The Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University are pleased to host their second long-term athletic development in schools conference. Developing young people that are fit and healthy, achieve academically, can combine sport and education, and develop a range of life skills is important for their long-term health and success. This year’s conference will explore the topics of holistic development, physical literacy, dual career development, movement competency, child / adolescent development and working with others (e.g., parents) to overcome the challenges associated with optimising the development of young people.

To achieve this, the conference will bring together leading researchers, directors of sport, teachers, coaches, and practitioners from a range of schools to present, share and discuss current hot topics and innovative practices for enhancing long-term athletic development within schools. This will be delivered through a range of keynote presentations, discussion forums and practical sessions. We hope you can join us to learn, share and discuss

Event times: 09:30-17:00, 14 June 2024
Carnegie School of Sport Building, Lecture Theatres 2, 4 and 5

The Heads of University Centres of Biomedical Science (HUCBMS) annual meeting is attended by Heads of Department and Course Management teams from over 60 UK universities. 

The meeting runs over two days and includes a programme of top-level policy-related talks from external speakers, alongside research and teaching focused sessions relating directly to Biomedical Science. 

This year the HUCBMS Conference is being held in Leeds, and hosted by Leeds Beckett University at the Rose Bowl. 

Registration from 12:00 on 03/09/2024, with talking in the afternoon. There will be a full schedule of talks on 04/09/2024 from 09:30-17:00.

A Conference Dinner is being held at Royal Armouries on 04/09/2024.

The mission of HUCBMS

The mission of HUCBMS is to promote the development and enhancement of biomedical sciences teaching and research, including:

• promoting national and international quality standards in biomedical sciences teaching and research;
• seeking to ensure that adequate resources are available to departments of biomedical sciences;
• providing benchmarks for model curricula;
• providing advice and guidance to biomedical sciences departments;
• promoting the exchange of views, dissemination of information and collaboration between member institutions.

HUCBMS represents the interests of its member institutions (universities and colleges) at a national and international level. Inter alia, it acts as a representative voice for the biomedical sciences and a source of advice, comment and analysis to relevant external bodies.

Accommodation is available at a reduced rate for delegates of £200 for two nights (03/09/2024 - 04/09/2024) at Radisson Blu Leeds City Centre. 
60 rooms are available. Once these places/rooms are booked, attendees will be required to book their own accommodation.

In 2019, Leeds Beckett University hosted the Women and Planning Conference. This sought to build on the earlier women and planning work undertaken in the UK in the 80s-early 2000s with key actions such as The Women’s Design Service and Matrix architects (Berglund with Wallace, 2016), the insights of academics (Greed, 1994; Little, 1994) and attempts to include gender mainstreaming in planning practice (Greed, 2005; Reeves, 2002; RTPI, 2003; Reeves et al., 2023). The conference recognised a burgeoning interest in the issues again with the founding of Women in Planning and Urbanistas in 2012, online materials from the RTPI and broader discussions of gender mainstreaming (Roberts and Sanchez de Madriaga, 2013; Sanchez de Madriaga and Neuman, 2016) and gender and the rights to the city (Beebeejaun, 2017). The conference sought to (re)invigorate this conversation, including both academics and practitioners and led to a special edition of Town Planning Review featuring papers from the conference (Horwood, 2022). Horwood et al. (2022) made the case for the need to bring practitioners and academics together, to cultivate a conversation across boundaries where expertise and experience is shared to move planning practice forward.

Interest in women and the built environment more broadly has, and is continuing to grow, with moves to the mainstream in the UK (Criado-Perez, 2019; Kern, 2020, Make Spaces for Girls, 2024). There is work ongoing to apply this to planning practice, for example with the declaration of Glasgow as a feminist city (GCC, 2022), and work in London and West Yorkshire (GLA, 2022; LLDC, 2021; WYCA, 2023). Planning consultancies and public bodies have also produced reports (Arup, 2022; UN 2021) and lobbied Government (Turley, 2023). Outside of the UK, there are more examples to learn from (Dutton et al, 2022). With this, we have started to see welcome moves towards moving from theory to practice.

Saturday 1st June 2024, 09:00 - 17:00
Carnegie School of Sport Building, Lecture Theatres 1-3

This event aims to provide aspiring, early career, and current sport nutritionist practitioners with contemporary knowledge, practical skills, and networking opportunities to excel in their careers.

Why attend:

- All-star line-up of applied presenters
- Network with likeminded world-class practitioners
- Contemporary interactive learning styles that enhance learning
- Lunch & snack included provided by a professional chef team
- Incredible location at the Carnegie School of Sport Headingley Campus

Welcome to the Applied Sport Nutrition Symposium, where theory meets practice in a unique way. Our event caters to 100 current and aspiring sports nutrition practitioners, aiming to redefine industry standards.

We blend contemporary learning methods with interactive engagement to foster a thriving knowledge environment. By bridging the gap between research and practice, we offer insights from diverse sports.

Our focus on genuine connections ensures meaningful collaborations among participants. Join us to champion these principles and shape the future of sport nutrition.

Event programme:

Leeds Beckett University and the Carnegie School of Sport welcome you to the 9th European Endurance Conference. As with our previous successful running of this event in 2021, the conference is part of the European Athletics Coaching Summit Series for 2024 and we look forward to meeting and uniting coaches from across Europe and beyond. For the first time, the conference will focus specifically on female athletes competing in endurance events on the track, road and country

- Covers the range of women’s distance events from 800m to marathon.
- A focus on sharing information specific to female athletes.
- Topics and talks will deal with a multitude of important aspects of science and practice relevant to high performance coaches.
- Sessions will include a mixture of lectures, interactive workshops, and practical demonstrations.

Coaches, scientists, and athletes (current and former) have been invited to present. A list of the Speakers can be found on the website https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/events/conferences/european-endurance-conference-2024/

Conference fees:

£200 for 2 days (Saturday and Sunday)
£275 for all 3 days

All refreshments will be included:

Coffee and tea breaks
Lunches on Saturday and Sunday
An informal dinner on the Friday evening
A gala dinner (casual dress) on the Saturday evening

Timetable and accommodation details to be confirmed

Venue:
Lecture Theatres 4 and 5
Carnegie School of Sport Building
Headingley Campus

For the inaugural SMPR conference, the overarching theme is ‘Change and Continuity’ with a focus on tradition, history and practice and the ways in which these can all be balanced alongside innovation in imagining and reimagining new pathways, avenues and perspectives for music production research. 

About SMPR

The Society for Music Production Research is dedicated to building knowledge and dialogue among practitioners and scholars related to all aspects of music production. SMPR promotes research, publication, and networking among scholars and practitioners in the domains of creation, technologies, historical and industry contexts, aesthetics, and reception. The field is broad and includes all aspects of music production.

To become a member of The Society for Music Production Research enabling access to a range of benefits including discounted conference rates please sign up using the provided link below

https://musicproductionresearch.org/join-1

About Leeds School of Arts 

For 170 years, Leeds School of Arts has been home to makers, builders and creators. We’re a school that encourages individuality, inspires creativity, and challenges uniformity. A place to find your voice, in a city full of life.