{"id":4599,"date":"2025-05-06T15:52:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/birmingham2025\/?page_id=4599"},"modified":"2025-10-13T08:24:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:24:45","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/birmingham2025\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea186848f9c .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea186848f9c\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> Speakers<\/span><\/h1><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][\/vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea18684920a .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea18684920a\">\n\t<\/div>[vc_column_text]Please see below the photographs and biographies of the speakers at the SIGBI 2025 Birmingham Conference.<\/p>\n<h2>Professor Suzie Imber<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4614\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/birmingham2025\/files\/Suzie-Imber-blue-jumpsuit-2020-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/birmingham2025\/files\/Suzie-Imber-blue-jumpsuit-2020-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/birmingham2025\/files\/Suzie-Imber-blue-jumpsuit-2020.jpg 643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Space physicist, TV series winner, high-altitude mountaineer, elite athlete, global environmental leader, broadcaster and inspirational speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Suzie Imber achieved international recognition when she won the BBC2 TV series <em>\u2018Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?\u2019. <\/em>\u00a0Suzie received a letter of recommendation from Chris Hadfield to support her application to the European Space Agency astronaut training programme.<\/p>\n<p>Her \u201cday job\u201d is as Professor of Planetary Science at the University of Leicester, where she specialises in studying space weather at the Earth and Mercury.<\/p>\n<p>Suzie dedicates much of her time to widening opportunities for disadvantaged young people to study science, running residential programmes and activities through the University, personally visiting hundreds of schools and tens of thousands of students, and founding a scholarship programme.<\/p>\n<h2>From Me to You<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sqsrte-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4683\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/birmingham2025\/files\/from-me-to-you-208x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/birmingham2025\/files\/from-me-to-you-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/birmingham2025\/files\/from-me-to-you.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/>From Me to You was founded in 2017, inspired by the interest following the broadcast of Alison and Brian\u2019s story on BBC Radio 4. It struck a chord with many; how can we reach out and connect?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As Brian himself found, those who are living with cancer may discover that much needed emotional support evaporates as they embark on their treatment, as close friends and family are often unsure what to say or how to communicate.<\/p>\n<p>Donate A Letter aims to reduce the social isolation and loneliness so often associated with cancer. Receiving a letter or card, even from someone you don\u2019t know, can bring a connection and sense of comfort\u00a0at a time of difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Shazia Choudhry<\/h2>\n<p data-block-key=\"77wvn\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4603\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/birmingham2025\/files\/Shazia-Choudhry-photo-294x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/birmingham2025\/files\/Shazia-Choudhry-photo-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/birmingham2025\/files\/Shazia-Choudhry-photo.png 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/>Shazia Choudhry is a Professor in the Faculty of Law and Hackney Fellow in Law at Wadham College.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"rn47\">Shazia was appointed Academic Fellow of the Inner Temple from 2014-2017 and is now an Associate Academic Fellow. She was elected as an Academic Bencher in 2020.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"apur1\">Her research is focused on gender, human rights and violence against women and seeks to examine various dimensions of these areas from an interdisciplinary and feminist perspective. 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