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= Latest News =
== Now planning meetings for the 2022 Season  ==


**Note** that our May meeting will feature [[Geoff Targett]] and not Giles Yeo as originally publicized.
Please get in touch if you know of a suitable speaker or would like a specific topic addressed.


Our next Meeting will be on the 21st April with [[Graham_Rook| Graham Rook]].
To keep informed, please sign up to our mailchimp list:


Immediately before this meeting we will hold our [[AGM]].
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= About Us =
= 2022 Programme =
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.


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.


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.
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Dates for our meetings in 2020 are as follows (future dates are always provisional):
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= Mailing List =
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= Current Programme =
I am currently working on the 2022 programme. I hope to have talks on the following subjects:


[[2016 Programme|Current Programme]]
- Dark Matter,


= Our Constitution =
- Quantum computing,
[[Constitution]]


= Our History =
- Cyptocurrencies,
[[Past Speakers]]


= Our Committee =
- Applied Artificial Intelligence (speaker from DeepMind),
[[Committee]]


= Next Year's Programme =
- Exploring Space (Nicole Stott),


[[2017_Programme]]
- 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]]

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