IT and business consulting services firm CGI and the University of Leicester have marked their growing relationship by installing an eye-catching artwork by renowned Bristol-based artist Luke Jerram in the atrium of Space Park Leicester.
The Conference of Parties (COP) Globe, a smaller sister of Gaia commissioned by CGI for display at COP27, is a 3 metre- wide, suspended globe showing the view of earth from outer space.
Its installation coincides with the opening by CGI and the University of Leicester of a new Sustainability Innovation Lab that will enable CGI to help clients accelerate their transition to a sustainable future in partnership with university professionals and students.
The facility will also advance research undertaken under the aegis of CGI’s Sustainability Exploration and Environmental Data Science (SEEDS) initiative, of which the University of Leicester is a founding member, and provide a space for students and researchers to conduct and showcase their own research, attend seminars and workshops and collaborate on sustainability projects.
The Lab’s opening was marked by a launch event at the School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester on October 9, attended by Tara McGeehan, President CGI UK & Australia, and Professor Henrietta O’Connor, the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University.
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