Events
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Improving Legislation, Monthly Meeting
ZoomMonthly meetings are currently scheduled for the second Thursday in the month at 3pm, the next one being on the 13th February. The topics for discussion at the February meeting[...]
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Is it time to move to the Fediverse ?
Regular social media has been a source of concern for many years, with specific concerns around data gathering, profiling and hidden algorithms used to sell more ads. In 2016 the[...]
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Preparing for the AI Revolution
Hardly a day goes by without news of yet another amazing breakthrough in AI and/or robotics, which, we are told, will transform our lives in ever more dramatic and profound[...]
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Improving Parliamentary Scrutiny of Legislation
London London, United KingdomIt's been brought to my attention that there is a discussion on this topic being organised by the Constitution Unit at UCL. If you are interested, you can book to[...]
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Forecasting Weather and Climate in the midst of Chaos and Unpredictability
Speaker: Tim Palmer Professorial Fellow, Royal Society Research Professor in Climate Physics, Jesus College, Oxford Probabilistic ensemble forecasting enhances the accuracy, reliability, and usability of weather and climate predictions, offering[...]
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A Tale of Obsession
On Tuesday 25th February, be prepared for a tale involving murder, love and the supernatural in this nod to the Pre -Raphaelite Brotherhood with one intriguing painting. What could it[...]
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Science Fiction or Fantasy?
Are the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy series, Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels and J K Rowling's Harry Potter stories science fiction or fantasy? A mixture of both? Or, maybe, various[...]
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CLIMATE TIPPING POINTS
Dr Chris Boulton, University Of Exeter, will present on Climate Tipping Points Date 10am Wed 26 Feb Climate tipping points, where large sudden and often irreversible changes are expected under[...]
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What has the Earth’s magnetic field ever done for us?
Speaker: Claire Nichols Associate Professor of the Geology of Planetary Processes, Department of Earth Sciences, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford Claire will be talking us about her work on[...]
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Mini-trams: The Transport Solution You’ve Never Heard of!
If you were living in Sheffield fifty years ago, you'll be familiar with this image. It's an artists' impression of how the city's revolutionary new driverless mini-tram monorail system would[...]
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How Generative AI works
18th March 2025 at 3pm UK This month we look at Generative AI, including a bit of history, opening the pandoras box, how they work and how they compare. Will[...]
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Trump’s New World Order: Strongmen Make the Rules
Following last month's jaw-dropping Oval Office ambush of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the subsequent freezing of military aid to his country, the full horror of Donald Trump's determination to completely rewrite[...]