Cambridge Philosophical Society

200TH ANNIVERSARY TWO-DAY MEETING - The Futures of Sciences

200TH ANNIVERSARY TWO DAY MEETING FREE ENTRY - OPEN TO ALL - NO BOOKING REQUIRED

Organiser Professor Simon Conway Morris.

Lecture Room 0, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ.

Friday 22 March 2019, 09:00-17:15

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Transformation of life: How behaviour shapes evolution.

Professor Rebecca Kilner, Department of Zoology.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 22 March 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

“The Robot will see you now.” Has the time for surgical robots arrived?

Mr. Mark Slack, CMR Surgical and University of Cambridge.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 29 April 2019, 19:30-21:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

There be monsters: adaptations in Antarctic marine animals

Professor Lloyd Peck, British Antarctic Survey.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 03 May 2019, 17:45-19:10

Darwin College Sciences Group

Trustworthy AI

Dr Adrian Weller (Machine Learning Group, Cambridge).

The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

Thursday 09 May 2019, 13:10-14:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Gene eating

Dr. Giles Yeo, Principal Research Associate, Metabolic Research Laboratories and MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 13 May 2019, 19:30-21:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Transformation in plants

Dr Chiara Airoldi, Department of Plant Sciences.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 17 May 2019, 17:45-19:10

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Personality targeting and message framing of arguments for Brexit. Can a little psychology make a political campaign more persuasive?

Dr Lee De-Wit, UCL.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 31 May 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Volcano watching: weapons of ash eruption.

Prof. Tamsin Mather, University of Oxford.

The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Monday 10 June 2019, 19:30-21:00

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Innovative engineering: From the Antikythera Mechanism to the Square Kilometer Array

Prof. Danielle George, University of Manchester.

Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA.

Monday 24 June 2019, 19:30-21:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Transformation of perception

Dr Hannah Jongsma, UCL.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 11 October 2019, 17:45-19:10

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Aging, Intelligence, and Slowing of Thought

Professor Patrick Rabbitt.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 08 November 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Title to be confirmed

Dr Susannah Gibson, Affiliated Scholar, Department of History and Philosophy of Science .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 November 2019, 18:00-19:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Human Origins

Dr Adam Rutherford, Author, Broadcaster.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 17 January 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Mysteries of Modern Physics

Professor Sean Carroll, Caltech.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 24 January 2020, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - title to be confirmed

Professor Nigel Peake, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 January 2020, 18:00-19:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Decoding the Heavens: The Antikythera Mechanism

Dr Jo Marchant, Journalist, Author.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 31 January 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine

Dr James Grime, Mathematician, Lecturer.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 07 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Enigma of Emotion

Dr Tiffany Watt Smith, Queen Mary, University of London.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 14 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Enigmatic Medieval Book

Dr Erik Kwakkel, University of British Columbia.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 21 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Volcanic Behaviour

Dr Tamsin Mather, University of Oxford.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 28 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Archaeological Mysteries

Dr Albert Yu-Min Lin, Explorer.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 06 March 2020, 17:30-18:30