Program
Program
Panel,
3pm - 3.50pm | Saturday 14 July
Join our panel of distinguished environmental thinkers, protectors and warriors as they discuss the seminal events that changed their thinking and started them on this most perilous of journeys to save our planet and fight for environmental justice.
Solo event,
3pm - 3.50pm | Saturday 14 July
This session describes the cataclysmic events that will occur when a collision between our own galaxy, the Milky Way, and its neighbour brings dramatic changes to our night sky. But don’t worry – it’s not happening for at least four billion years!
Workshop,
3pm - 3.50pm | Saturday 14 July
Take a horizontal stand against succumbing to an ever-increasing pace of life. In this experiential-educational mini-siesta, we will take a collective kip, while learning about the science behind the power nap, so you can integrate it safely and effectively into your day.
Solo event,
3pm - 3.50pm | Saturday 14 July
How is the brain, with its unique capabilities, dealing with modern global challenges? A neuroscientific perspective on our biological and cultural evolution will give a more realistic view of the dangers confronting our species. Scientific humanism may be our best chance to adapt for survival instead of failure and perishing.
Solo event,
3pm - 3.50pm | Saturday 14 July
From tool libraries and repair cafés to platform cooperatives, urban agriculture and makerspaces, communities around the world are co-creating civic infrastructure for the common good. Join Darren, from Shareable, for a tour of Sharing cities: activating the urban commons, the new how-to guide for urban transformation.
Solo event,
3pm - 3.50pm | Saturday 14 July
Duncan will take you into the secret world of mathematics and how it helps to solve some of the most complex crimes. His talk spans millennia – from the time of ancient Sparta to the artificial super-intelligence of the future, examining how our use of data continues to evolve.
