Relaxed sessions for staff, students, industry and the wider community to share interesting work, spark discussion and explore new thinking.

What is Street Talk?

Street Talk is a new series of informal talks focused on research, ideas and innovation.

Taking place on the Matrix ‘street’, the central shared space within the building, these relaxed sessions are for staff, students, industry and the wider community to share interesting work, spark discussion and explore new thinking.

Each session features a series of short, punchy talks followed by open conversation.

Who is it for?

Researchers

Students and graduates

Lecturers

Creative and innovation communities

Businesses and industry partners

Anyone interested in new ideas

Speakers

Jacqui Jones, Senior Lecturer at UWTSD, will share All Change, a GWR-funded heritage and tourism project using 360 filming, AI, VR and storytelling to bring the heritage of Welsh railways to life. Students are working with industry to create immersive visitor experiences, documentaries and rail safety campaigns.

Dr Ceri Phelps, Health Psychologist at UWTSD, will talk about Walking in our shoes, a co-produced digital resource developed with people living with limb loss. The project explores how lived experience, interactive content and digital technology can help people adjust to life after amputation, while improving wider understanding and attitudes.

Mark Bolt International Sales and Marketing Specialist in Export and bringing products to market at Haydale. More details on his talk coming soon.

Join the conversation

Street Talk is designed to be open, informal and collaborative, a space to share ideas, meet new people and explore innovation across disciplines.

IMPORTANT PARKING NOTE

If you are arriving by car, please register your vehicle at reception in the IQ Building (right next to the Innovation Matrix) when you arrive.

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