May 2022 Newsletter
Dear RECLAIM Network members,
Hope you are well! Below are updates over the past month.
RECLAIM Network Welcome Event
We held our successful RECLAIM Network Welcome Event on 06 May 2022. The details of the event can be found here: https://reclaim-network.org/events/reclaim-network-webinar-series-one-pshty
Thank you to everyone who managed to attend. In total, the event was attended by around 100 people. If you did not manage to make it, you can see the recording of the event on RECLAIM Network YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4xPfJG-Mbo4LvhL3rtVptHETgLU6w0GX
Launch of RECLAIM Network Webinar Series
We are delighted to invite you to take part in the RECLAIM Network Webinar Series. It will consist of 18 one-hour online sessions, once per month, until March 2024. Each session will have 2 speakers, each speaking for 20 minutes, with time for discussion afterwards. The webinar will be recorded and made available to the RECLAIM Network YouTube channel (link in item #2 above). Its announcement poster is attached. The details on the dates of webinars can be found here: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/global-centre-clean-air-research/events/reclaim-network-plus-webinar-series
Our first webinar will be held on 08 June between 12.30-13.30h (UK time), with two speakers The poster attached provides further details on speakers and their talk title. The titles of two talks, as also noted in the attached poster, are:
- Right plant, right place, right purpose: Environmental horticulture research at the RHS
- Traditional versus Sustainable drainage in the UK
We aim to have a mix of speakers - academic and non-academic (businesses, environmental groups, charities, regulatory bodies etc) - in each webinar. Everyone is invited to register either via the weblink provided under item #3 or directly through this link: https://surrey-ac.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QKIu1G_tTiy9q7ZfKKEGLQ
We are opening invitations for future speakers for the webinar series. If your work fits the scope of the webinars and you are interested to present for 20 minutes, please send an email to any of the network members or directly to info@reclaim-network.org or p.kumar@surrey.ac.uk
RECLAIM Network was presented at the Northern Air Quality News Conference
Our network investigator Professor Laurence Jones presented the RECLAIM Network at the northern Air Quality News conference held on 25 May 2022. Talks at the conference covered a range of topics, and themes with strong relevance to RECLAIM were the links between solving air quality issues and carbon emissions, and involving the public as part of your solutions. This conference was well attended and represented by a wide variety of academic, non-academic and governmental organisations. The programme of the event can be seen here: https://airqualitynews.com/events/event/the-2022-northern-air-quality-conference/
New Members Update
We have at present 260 members. While the majority remains, as expected from research/academic/student groups, it is great to see representation from some of the missing areas, such as finance/insurance, as seen in figure below. Below is the sign up link for the new membership form. Please share among your network, and especially encourage your contacts in city decision-making and local government to join: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccf7oDVIY6JvHProUgLgNh0RQdTaPtj2WeetJqwUF8mPy_1A/viewform
New LinkedIn Group Page
We have our new LinkedIn Group page now. Currently, there are 90 followers. If you are on LinkedIn, you can follow RECLAIM Network group here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12660058/
New YouTube Channel
We have set up a YouTube channel for RECLAIM so that you can watch recordings of virtual events later. Here is the link to bookmark and follow to get notifications of new videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4xPfJG-Mbo4LvhL3rtVptHETgLU6w0GX
Website
Our webpage is regularly being updated, please visit for further details: https://reclaim-network.org
We have about 182 followers on Twitter. Please follow us for the latest updates: https://twitter.com/reclaim_network
What’s next?
We are working on the:
First ‘Secondments’ call which will offer funding to foster exchanges between cities, business and academia, with emphasis on benefitting links between different types of organisations, and early-career researchers (e.g. PhDs, PDRAs, new academics). The call is expected to be released sometime in June 2022.
We are also working on planning for upcoming workshops, horizon scanning studies, and the first call for feasibility studies and data collection on knowledge gaps.
Many thanks for your time to read the above updates!
Kind regards,
Prashant, Laurence and the RECLAIM Network Team