Opening of the Morgan Advanced Studies Institute

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Speaker

First Minister of Wales, the Rt. Hon Mark Drakeford MS
The Chief Scientific Advisor for Wales, Professor Peter Halligan

From: 26 Feb 2021, 4 p.m.
To: 26 Feb 2021, 5 p.m.
Location: Online Event - Please see description

I am pleased to invite you to the official opening of the Morgan Advanced Studies Institute (MASI) at Swansea University by the First Minister of Wales, the Rt. Hon Mark Drakeford MS, at 4:00-5:00 pm, Friday February 26th. The Chief Scientific Advisor for Wales, Professor Peter Halligan will also speak.

MASI is named for the late Rhodri Morgan, former First Minister of Wales and Swansea University Chancellor, and will build upon the legacy of the Morgan Academy. Focusing on transformative interdisciplinary research, the Institute is the first of its kind in Wales. It will be a vibrant, large-scale community, a movement with an urgent purpose to respond to the world’s most critical opportunities and challenges. It will bring people together from across all disciplines to discover and innovate processes, materials, technologies, policies and practices that will make the world more sustainable, just, well, joyful and hopeful.

This is a virtual event.

Contact: Professor Matt Jones, Director of the Morgan Advanced Studies Institute

Event created by: s.l.davies