Occasion |
Venue |
Subject |
Speakers |
| Autumn 1993 |
Torquay: |
Modern Communications
and their Influence on Society |
Bill Powell and Richard
Catchpole |
| Spring 1995 |
Scarborough |
The Case for Nuclear
Energy |
John Dean |
| Autumn 1995 |
Glasgow |
Intermediate
technology in the Modern World |
Alex Bush |
| Spring 1996 |
Nottingham |
The Biological
Disposal of Domestic Waste |
Dr Royce Longton |
| Autumn 1996 |
Brighton |
Global
Warming |
Seminar |
| Spring 1997 |
Cardiff |
The Pros and Cons of
a Severn Barrage |
Rowland Morgan and
Duncan Huggett RSPB |
| Autumn 1997 |
Eastbourne |
Dolly the Sheep,
Genetics and Food |
Dr Jim Beynon |
| Spring 1998 |
Southport |
Why the Internet will
change our Lives |
Prof Chris Winter |
| Autumn 1998 |
Brighton |
From Rickshaws to
Railways. How to integrate Transport |
Prof Tony Ridley |
| Spring 1999 |
Edinburgh |
Designer
Babies |
Prof Veronica van
Heyningen,
Dr Sarah Elliston, Dr Evan Harris |
| Autumn 1999 |
Brighton |
Asteroid
Watch |
Lembit Opik, Dr Laurence
Cox,
Dr Gary Hartwell |
| Spring 2000 |
Plymouth |
Hydrogen, the Clean
Fuel for the Future? |
Ken Cosslett |
| Autumn 2000 |
Bournemouth |
The Very Latest in
Solar Energy |
Dr
Patrick James |
| Autumn 2001 |
Bournemouth |
Medical
Magic |
Dr Mark Tooley |
| Autumn 2001 |
Bournemouth |
No Risks, No
Medicine |
Dr Evan Harris and
Prof Bob Pritchard |
| Spring 2002 |
Manchester |
Disposal of Nuclear
Waste. No problem? |
Ann McCall, NIREX |
| Autumn 2002 |
Brighton |
The Future for the
Railways |
Chris Green, CEO Virgin
Trains |
| Spring 2003 |
Torquay |
"Windmills
under the Waves. A new renewable energy" (pdf) |
Dr John Loveless,
Bristol Univ |
| Autumn 2003 |
Brighton |
"What science
can do for the Developing World" |
Sir John
Sulston, Nobel prize winner |
| Spring 2004 |
Southport |
"Aid for the
Developing World" |
Jenny
Tonge MP |
| Autumn 2004 |
Bournemouth |
"Cutting
Traffic in Your City"(pdf) |
Derek
Turner, Douglas Oakervee and
John
Thurso MP |
| Spring 2005 |
Harrogate |
"An Evening with
Lembit Opik" on "Innovation" |
Lembit
Opik MP |
| Spring 2005 |
Harrogate |
"Grow Your Own
Petrol"(pdf) |
Dr Nigel Mortimer |
| Autumn 2005 |
Blackpool |
"Where can
your recycling go?"(pdf)
(WRAP
web site) |
Ray Georgeson MBE |
| Spring 2006 |
Harrogate |
"Microgeneration:
Power Your Own House"(pdf) |
Chris Trott (Arup) |
| Autumn 2006 |
Brighton |
"Life without
science" |
Dick Taverne, Chris
Tyler,
Evan
Harris M.P. |
| Spring 2007 |
Harrogate |
"Where Small is
Very Beautiful" |
Professor Mike
Gibbs |
| Autumn 2007 |
Brighton |
"Wealth
Creation" |
Lorely
Burt MP |
| Spring 2008 |
Liverpool |
"Your Zero-Carbon
Car. How soon?"
Material from the lecture is available in electronic
form from Richard
Balmer
(richard_balmer@blueyonder.co.uk) |
Professor Richard
Folkson FIMechE |
| Autumn 2008 |
Bournemouth |
"5 mini
presentations (4 enviromental; 1 psephological)" |
Keith Smith, Iarla
Kilbane-Dawe, Dave Raval, Terry Holden-Brown, Crispin Allard. |
| Spring 2009 |
Harrogate |
"Hydrogen in
the Home"(pdf) |
Charles Purkiss(ITM Power) and Bill Powell |
| Autumn 2010 |
Liverpool |
"Inventing the
Future Economy"
Can invention and industry provide jobs and growth?
What should we do to support inventors, developers and startups? Does the
patent system work in our best interests? |
Trevor
Baylis OBE, and others. |
| Spring 2011 |
Sheffield |
"ALDES New
Technology debate" |
Members and guests |
