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- January 2012
- Design for an Ageing Population Keynote, Bath, UK, 2 March 2012
- Patrick is to be keynote speaker at an event about designing for an ageing population. The ev...[+]
- Medical Device Conference Talk, London, 26 Jan. 2012
- Patrick has been invited to speak at a medical devices conference to be held in London later this mo...[+]
- Design Futures Seminar, Brunel University, 24 January 2012
- Patrick will be speaking in the Design Futures seminar program at Brunel University in London. Patr...[+]
- Attitudes and Values in Britain, Social History Study
- It has been announced that Patrick will recreate a journey across Britain that was carried out by jo...[+]
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Design for an Ageing Population Keynote, Bath, UK, 2 March 2012
January 2012
Patrick is to be keynote speaker at an event about designing for an ageing population.
The event, called Design Ahead, will be held in Bath, UK on 2 March 2012.
He said, “I am delighted to have been invited to speak at this event, which has some very high profile and good quality speakers.
My talk will focus on the ageing population and the challenges and opportunities that this brings, both for society and industry.” We will put more information on this site as we have it.
Medical Device Conference Talk, London, 26 Jan. 2012
January 2012
Patrick has been invited to speak at a medical devices conference to be held in London later this month.
The event, which is co-hosted by the London Ergonomics Group and the Usability Professionals Association looks at the design of medical devices and how they can meet the needs of medical professionals, patients and other users.
Patrick has extensive experience in health psychology, health policy and requirements specification for medical devices. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in 2009 and was previously Head of Customer Insights at the National Health Service.
When we have more details of Patrick’s talk we will post them here.
Design Futures Seminar, Brunel University, 24 January 2012
January 2012
Patrick will be speaking in the Design Futures seminar program at Brunel University in London.
Patrick will be discussing lifestyle trends and their implications for society and the marketplace both now and in the future. He will look at how understanding these trends enable us to innovate more effectively and to create brands that are appealing and durable and which will bring a sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Patrick has been a guest lecturer at Brunel for over ten years.
Attitudes and Values in Britain, Social History Study
January 2012
It has been announced that Patrick will recreate a journey across Britain that was carried out by journalist Colin Howard in 1938.
The aim of the journey is to gain a snapshot overview of the attitudes and values of contemporary Britain and to contrast them with those of the past.
Howard travelled from Land’s End to John O’Groats, the two extreme points of mainland Britain. On the way he stopped at a number of cities, towns and villages and made a record of his impressions, experiences and conversations.
Patrick said, “Howard’s account of his journey serves as a social history of the state of the nation a year before the outbreak of World War 2. The aim of this journey is to retrace Howard’s journey and compare and contrast the country as it was then with how it is now, seventy five years later.”
Patrick is Honorary Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey.