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= of the Reform Club =
== Now planning meetings for the 2022 Season  ==


= Current Programme =
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[[2016 Programme]]
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= History of the Society =
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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.
= 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.


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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The Group holds its regular meetings each month usually on a Wednesday towards the middle of the month, from February to June and from September to November inclusive. We meet for drinks and nibbles at 6:30pm, usually in the Strangers' Room. The dress code is lounge suits. The talk takes place before dinner to allow members to discuss the issues raised over the meal. At the end of the session, over coffee, we move to questions, which usually involves a lively discussion from the room.
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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The following list of past speakers, selected from our 'back catalogue', has been chosen to convey the range of topics we have covered over the years:
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# Lord Martin Rees ''Earth's Final Century? What Chance Change?'' (2007)
I am currently working on the 2022 programme. I hope to have talks on the following subjects:
# Bjørn Lomborg ''Thoughts from a Sceptical Environmentalist'' (2007)
# Steve Jones ''Why Creationism is Wrong and Evolution is Right'' (2007)
# Lord Krebs ''Organic Food: Is it a Con?'' (2008)
# Ziauddin Sardar ''The Relationship between Islam and Science'' (2008)
# Robin Dunbar ''The Psychology of Group Size'' (2008)
# Michael Marmot ''Health Inequality and What To Do About It'' (2008)
# Chris Rapley ''Great While It Lasted. What Next?'' (2009)
# Karol Sikora ''Can We Afford Decent Cancer Care For All?'' (2010)
# Rohan Freeman ''Virtual Reality: The Death of Geography and the End of Privacy'' (2009)
# Lord May ''Systemic Risk: from Ecosystems to Banking Systems'' (2010)
# Lord Oxburgh ''A Secure and Affordable Energy Supply: Pipe Dream or Reality?'' (2011)
# Hermann Hauser - ''Microprocessors and All That'' (2011)
# Simon Singh ''Libel Laws and Science'' (2011)
# Jocelyn Burnell ''The World of Radio Astronomy'' (2012)
# David King ''The Sustainability Struggle'' (2012)
# Sir Paul Nurse ''Funding Science Research'' (2012)
# Colin Blakemore ''What's Special about the Human Brain?'' (2012)
# Marcus du Sautoy ''The Importance of Mathematics Education'' (2012)
# Anthony Ryan ''Nanotechnology'' (2013)
# David Spiegelhalter ''Understanding Risk'' (2014)
# Uta Frith ''A Little Bit Autistic?'' (2015)


Of course this selection inevitably omits many excellent talks by eminent speakers.
- 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]]

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