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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.
= 2022 Programme =


Note that we welcome members to attend just for the talk. There is no charge for this.


Unfortunately, this talk clashes with the Media Group event with Tom Braby. Apologies to all who wanted to attend both events.
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For more details, please visit the [[Tim Leunig]]  page.
Dates for our meetings in 2020 are as follows (future dates are always provisional):
We will put this back when it has some shape.
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= About Us =
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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.
I am currently working on the 2022 programme. I hope to have talks on the following subjects:


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.
- Dark Matter,


[[Meeting Format|Format of Meetings]]
- Quantum computing,


= Mailing List =
- Cyptocurrencies,
Our [[Mailing_List]] is run on [https://mailchimp.com Mailchimp]. Please click through to add your details. We do not share addresses with anyone.


= Current Programme =
- Applied Artificial Intelligence (speaker from DeepMind),


- Exploring Space (Nicole Stott),


* Dr [[Roger Highfield]], 3 February
- Autonomous vehicle liability,  
* 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 =
- Use of psychedelic drugs in treatment of mental illness,
[[Constitution]]


= Our History =
- The Chinese social credit system (or related).
[[Past Speakers]]


= Our Committee =
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.


TBC
[[Committee]]


= Next Year's Programme =
[[FAQ]]
Provisional dates for 2017 are as follows (all meeting are on Wednesdays, usually the 3rd one of each month):
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Month !! Day of Month !! Speaker !! Title
|-
| January || No Meeting || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
|-
| February || 15th || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
|-
| March || 15th || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
|-
| April || 19th || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
|-
| May || 23rd || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
|-
| June || 21st || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
|-
| July || No Meeting || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
|-
| August || No Meeting || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
|-
| September || 20th || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
|-
| October || 18th || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
|-
| November || 15th || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
|-
| December || No Meeting || To Be Confirmed || To Be Confirmed
|}
 
We hope to invite the following speakers:
 
* [[Giles Yeo]].
 
 
Topics under active consideration are:
 
* [[Digital Art]]
* [[Computer Gaming/Virtual Worlds]]
* [[Energy Storage]]
* [[Crypto Currencies]]
* [[Robots and the future of human work]]
* [[The end of antibiotics]]
* [[Patient-centred medicine]]
* [[New materials and 3-D Printing]]
* [[Nuclear Fusion]]
* [[The Dark Net]]
* [[End of Life Experiences]]
* [[Nano Technology]]
* [[Peak Oil and Fracking]]
* [[Semantic Web]]

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