Introduction

After a brief introduction from Patrick McGhee (UCLan's deputy Vice Chancellor) who talked about UCLan having the 'biggest 3D lecture theatre in Europe', Craig Hickson did a more detailed introduction to the event, including answering a phone call when the phone on the lectern rang (some comedian in the audience shouted "deal"... yes, very funny)

Craig talked about students developing skills for taking into the workplace, building on research expertise, developing academic skills in this area of technology etc. He also mentioned how grid computing could speed up the rendering requirement associated with 3D modelling. Readers of my previous retro-blog wil have heard me mention this before