Talks
Gates Cambridge Annual Lecture 2024
A global turning point: how to escape the permacrisis: Reid Lidow, Michael Spence and Mohamed A. El-Erian
200TH ANNIVERSARY TWO-DAY MEETING - The Futures of Sciences
Fri 22 March 2019
Department of Engineering
200th Anniversary - Two-Day interdisciplinary scientific meeting organised by Professor Simon Conway Morris FRS, covering the Futures of Sciences, their different aspects and varied applications. Open to all and free to all who are interested.
Programme for 200th Anniversary Two-Day Meeting – The Futures of Sciences
Friday 22 March 2019
09.00-09.15 Registration and Coffee
09.15-09.30 Introduction to meeting
09.30-10.15 Dr Richard Henderson FRS FMedSci HonFRSC, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge - A Brief history of Structural Biology
10.15-11.00 Professor Chris Bishop FRS FRSE FREng, Laboratory Director, Microsoft Research, Cambridge - Artificial Intelligence
11.00-11.30 Morning Coffee
11.30-12.15 Professor Sheena Cruickshank FRSA, University of Manchester -Harnessing the power of Immunology to heal ourselves
12.15-13.00 Dr Venki Ramakrishnan PRS, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge - The ribosome: The quest for its structure and where we go now
13.00-13.45 Lunch
13.45-14.30 Professor Sir Richard Peto FRS, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford -Halving premature death
14.30-15.15 Professor Vilayanur S Ramachandran, Centre for Brain and Cognition, UCSD La Jolla - How the brain does not work; insights from clinical neurology and evolution
15.15-15.45 Afternoon Tea
15.45-16.30 Dr Seth Shostak, Seti Institute, California - Why the 21st Century will redirect the Human Trajectory
16.30-17.15 Professor George M Whitesides, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University - Asking a question is easy; understanding the answer is another matter
Open to all who are interested, entry is free and no booking is required.
A buffet lunch will be available at a cost of £5 in advance or £7.00 on the day. Numbers for the luncheon are limited and an advance purchase is recommended to guarantee a place. Please contact the Executive Secretary for a voucher.
The first 70 Fellows of the Society to apply will be offered a complimentary luncheon voucher.
Please note that there is no public parking at the Department of Engineering.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
A buffet lunch will be available at a cost of £5 in advance or £7.00 on the day. Numbers for the luncheon are limited and an advance purchase is recommended to guarantee a place. Please contact the Executive Secretary for a voucher.
The first 70 Fellows of the Society to apply will be offered a complimentary luncheon voucher.
Enquiries: Beverley Larner Website Email: philosoc@hermes.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 334743