Cirencester Science & Technology Society: Programme of Lectures and Meetings

Programme of Lectures and Meetings

Directions to meeting venues are given on the Members page.

Date	Lecture Title	Speaker(s)	Venue	Note
08/09/10	Stealing Ideas from Nature	Professor Julian Vincent Director, BioTRIZ Limited	Ashcroft Centre 7:30 pm	-
13/10/10	8th ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE Fruits of Curiosity: Science, Innovation & Future Sources of Wealth	Dr James Wilsdon Director, Science Policy Centre, The Royal Society	Boutflour Hall, Royal Agricultural College 7:30 pm	-
10/11/10	Stem Cells and the Promise of Regeneration	Professor Paul Fairchild Co-Director of the Oxford Stem Cell Institute, University of Oxford	RAC 7:30 pm	-
08/12/10	The Science and Side-effects of Sword Swallowing	Dr Brian Witcome Formerly Consultant in Radiology, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital	Cirencester Parish Centre 7:30 pm	Go
12/01/11	Bioengineering Solutions to Climate Change: What are they, do they work & are they ethical?	Professor Paul Valdes Head of School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol	RAC 7:30 pm	Go
09/02/11	The History of Flooding on the River Severn	Professor Lindsey McEwen Professor of Physical Geography, University of Gloucestershire	RAC 7:30 pm	-
16/03/11	Geo-archaeology of the Severn Valley	Professor Martin Bell Professor of Archaeology, University of Reading	Ashcroft Centre 7:30 pm	Go
13/04/11	Bumps, Blips and Bulges: A Theory of Why Localised Phenomena Appear	Professor Alan Champneys Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol	RAC 7:30 pm	-
11/05/11	From Engineering Dreams to Clinical Practice	Professor Gianni Angelini BHF Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bristol	RAC 7:30 pm	-
08/06/11	The Quantification of Risk	Dr Frank Duckworth Editor, Royal Statistical Society’s monthly news magazine	RAC 7:30 pm	-

NOTES

Geo-archaeology of the Severn Valley
Joint lecture with the Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society
Refreshments available

The Science and Side-effects of Sword Swallowing
Members evening, followed by the Annual Consultative Meeting
Seasonal refreshments will be served

Bioengineering Solutions to Climate Change: What are they, do they work & are they ethical?
Joint lecture with the Bristol Branch of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Chemical Industry

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