Immunising ignorance, curing complacency.
From common colds to cancer and newly emergent deadly viruses, illness aflicts millions of humans at a time. How can we repel the tide of micro-organisms, genetic errors and plain bad luck? Could we ever eliminate disease entirely?
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Ideas Whose Time Has Come: from Cosmology to Cancer
When: at 6:30pm
Where: Freemasons Main Hall
Speakers: Paul Davies
From dark energy to the Higgs boson, from cancer folklore to synthetic biology: great ideas often languish in obscurity until, decades later, they burst into relevance. World-renowned physicist, best-selling author, and 2013 Adelaide Festival of Ideas dedicatee, Professor Paul Davies, shares some of the more exciting and significant examples that revolutionising science today, and asks: “what else lies in the dusty storehouse of human ideas that may yet transform our future”? In this enlightening presentation, he traverses the spaces between cosmology, computation and information theory, and cell biology to propose a unique view on the way cancer could be understood and ultimately treated. Following the talk, Prof Davies engages in fascinating conversation with Phillip Adams. Introduction to the session by Robert Phiddian, Chair of the AFOI Advisory Committee.
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The future
When: at 12:45PM
Where: Open State Hub
Speakers: Dr Fiona Kerr
Will we shape or be shaped?
Direct human connection is critical to fostering an empathic framework for building our thoughts, decisions, relationships, culture and society. How do we craft a future that maintains connections while leveraging technological advancement and ensuring the goals and uses of Artificial Intelligence remain human-centric?Listen to this session
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