Oh dear god. Massive conundrum.
I haven’t had coffee yet – and I looked at the program and was looking at what I wanted to attend and two things I really wanted to see are on are – wait for it – at the same time.
Saul Griffith, Skyping in from the USA to reduce his Carbon Footprint, will be talking about the Future of Energy and the same time as the film and Discussion of “Us Now” will be taking place.
I know you’re all thinking ‘Skyping in! It’s live! You’d be nuts to see a film instead!” but the discussion which happens with the film isn’t something I can see later – and it’s something I’m massively interested in – how can technology like social networking change the was we exist as a democracy?
That gripping decision won’t be till 2pm. Stay tuned to see which one I go and see. Comment below if you’ve got a particularly persuasive argument.
At the moment, I’m checking out the Opening, with the Professor Ian Howard, the Dean of COFA sharing his thoughts of the future. In the past, we had no control of the future: but now, we not only can control it, but need to take charge of it. “We do have capacity of change” he says, “and the role of leadership is really important.” And we’re seizing that today.
“We need to converge and share with other disciplines to move forward with innovation” he says.
Next, I’ll be exploring a perfect example of this collaboration of disciplines, Creative Nexus Collaboration, where artists and scientists combine their powers to create some really exciting projects – like whether we affect each other heartbeats and becoming a gene for a day.
I’ve booked in for the Decipher Code 2020 exhibition to become a gene and discover Sequencing Analysis at 11am, which should be really exciting!
When I booked it, Lucy Wang, who created the exhibition, asks if I have three other friends, for the Sequencing Analysis, or fourteen friends, for Micro-Analysis.
Alas, at the moment I can only think of three people nearby who I can wrangle in to coming into Sequencing with me.
Come on guys – I need fourteen friends so I can see Micro-Analysis! Tweet me if you’re up for it!
Catch you soon!
-Rach.
p.s. Bill Hollins has just started – he’s very awesome! Rumour has it podcasts will be available later – I’m super excited!
(And forgive me for my pics on my phone inside the lecture! I promise the ones outside will be better!)
- originally posted on 10daysofscience.com
