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== Now planning meetings for the 2022 Season  ==


Please get in touch if you know of a suitable speaker or would like a specific topic addressed.


= Next Meeting - Science Education Policy =
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After a very successful June meeting with [[David Nutt]] it is time to look forward to our September meeting.  We welcome Tim Leunig who is coming to talk about UK Science Education Policy. Tim is, unusually for our group, not a scientist. He is an economic historian who has done a lot of work in understanding how developments in technology affected economic development in the nineteenth century. We are in the teeth of a technological revolution which is having profound effects on our society now. With his historical perspective he may be able to give a more incisive analysis of how we should best educate the next generation to thrive in what will, surely, be a very different Britain.
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Note that we welcome members to attend just for the talk. There is no charge for this.
= 2022 Programme =


Unfortunately, this talk clashes with the Media Group event with Tom Braby. Apologies to all who wanted to attend both events.


For more details, please visit the [[Tim Leunig]]  page.
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= About Us =
Dates for our meetings in 2020 are as follows (future dates are always provisional):
The Reform Club Science and Technology Group was formed in July 2006 by a group of Club members who felt that prompted by a sense that almost all contemporary issues have a scientific or technological dimension. Our first speaker was Baroness Susan Greenfield giving a talk to us entitled &quot;Ageing and the Brain&quot; on 6th February 2007.
We will put this back when it has some shape.
{{2022 Programme}}


The group’s focus is on the social and ethical implications of science and technology, rather than the complexities of the science itself. we aim to generate a high level of debate and dialogue, helping us all to get to grips with the real scientific issues behind the headlines we all see every day.
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Speakers have come from all over the world, bringing a wide variety expertise. Unlike so many forums for debate, the Group benefits from a position of total independence from the scientific and political establishments, so that discussion about social and economic implications can be carried out in a spirit of open enquiry.
I am currently working on the 2022 programme. I hope to have talks on the following subjects:


[[Meeting Format|Format of Meetings]]
- Dark Matter,


= Mailing List =
- Quantum computing,
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= Current Programme =
- Cyptocurrencies,


- Applied Artificial Intelligence (speaker from DeepMind),


* Dr [[Roger Highfield]], 3 February
- Exploring Space (Nicole Stott),  
* Prof Dame [[Celia Hoyles]], 9 April
* Prof [[Graham Rook]], 21 April
* Prof [[Geoff Targett]], 25 May
* Prof [[David Nutt]], 8 June
* Prof [[Tim Leunig]], 13 September
* Prof [[Anil Seth]], 19th October
* Sir [[Richard Sykes]], 23 November


= Our Constitution =
- Autonomous vehicle liability,
[[Constitution]]


= Our History =
- Use of psychedelic drugs in treatment of mental illness,
[[Past Speakers]]


= Our Committee =
- The Chinese social credit system (or related).


TBC
If you have a comment, please get in touch, especially if you can refer me to a suitable speaker on any of the topics above.
[[Committee]]


= Next Year's Programme =


[[2017_Programme]]
[[FAQ]]

Revision as of 04:59, 17 December 2021

Now planning meetings for the 2022 Season

Please get in touch if you know of a suitable speaker or would like a specific topic addressed.

To keep informed, please sign up to our mailchimp list:

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2022 Programme

I am currently working on the 2022 programme. I hope to have talks on the following subjects:

- Dark Matter,

- Quantum computing,

- Cyptocurrencies,

- Applied Artificial Intelligence (speaker from DeepMind),

- Exploring Space (Nicole Stott),

- Autonomous vehicle liability,

- Use of psychedelic drugs in treatment of mental illness,

- The Chinese social credit system (or related).

If you have a comment, please get in touch, especially if you can refer me to a suitable speaker on any of the topics above.


FAQ