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Speaker: Dr Myles Capstick, Associate Director and Head of Hardware Development at IT’IS Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society

Exposure from and safety of mobile communications devices has long been a topic for scientific and not so scientific research and discussion. Many studies of varying quality have been performed over the decades since the introduction of 2G phones to consider whether chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) may have biological interactions or adverse health effects, as well as subjective effects such as sleep problems.  

We will look at the evidence from 2G, 3G and 4G experiments and studies, what effects have been observed and what has been repeated in independent studies.

We will take a brief look at the IARC review and NTP studies and their findings.

Next we will look to the future and to what extent can past health risk assessments be extended to 5G.

ICCS Chair

This session will be chaired by Professor Izzat Darwazeh, Director of the Institute of Communications and Connected Systems

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About the ICCS online seminar series

The ICCS seminar series is designed to bring together members of our community who are currently away from our home in Bloomsbury and distributed across the world. The Seminars are being curated to provide academic exploration and inspiration, offering insights into a range of topics surrounding communications and connected systems. Topics will either explore subjects close to the work of our academics or introduce wider concepts from experts in the global academic and industrial community.

Format 

The seminar will begin with a presentation aimed at a technical audience, but at a level that will be accessible to those from a range of engineering disciplines. Speakers have been asked to end their presentations with a technical challenge or delving deeper into the content to engage those more invested in the topic. 

The seminar series is designed to offer a compact exploration of ranging topics and is therefore short in format. The presentation will run for 15 - 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of questions.

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