New Scientist Live: an explosion of ideas and inspiration
From space exploration to AI, experience the future this September
22nd – 25th September 2016
ExCeL London
www.newscientistlive.com
For four days this September, New Scientist Live will be a place like nowhere else on Earth. Courtesy of the team behind the world’s most popular science weekly, the inaugural New Scientist Live is a four-day festival of discovery taking place at ExCeL London. This app will help visitors to the show plan their visit. With Schedules, listings and loads of information about what’s happening, make sure you download this app today free of charge.
New Scientist Live will play host to 5 theatres all with top scientists, explorers and experts talking on a wide range of subjects including:
How to hijack a satellite • We found the Higgs Boson: what comes next? • Are there things we can never know? • How Arabic science changed the world • Journey to the centre of the Sun • Test your own DNA • How the oceans have shaped humanity • Is there anywhere left to explore? • The 2000 year-old computer • Fold me a spacecraft • Could you handle life on Mars? • Antarctica’s hidden world • Could we harness the power of the sun? • Who’s afraid of the future? • Can you think yourself healthy? • Is there anything machines can’t do? • 3D printed prosthetics • How we became human • Plus many more…
Top speakers include:
Martin Rees • Jim Al-Khalili • Alice Roberts • Marcus Du Sautoy • Anil Seth • Mark Miodownik • Marcus Chown • Jo Marchant • Richard Wiseman • Lewis Dartnell • Helen Piltcher • Robin Lovell-Badge • David Tong • Bernard Carr • Beth Healey • Freya Harrison • Miles Allen • Darren Naish • Festival Of The Spoken Nerd • Gaia Vince • Keith Cowing • Nigel Ackland • Tara Shears • Srivas Chennu • Warren Ellis • Plus many more…
For a full schedule of all the talks taking place at the show visit:
https://live.newscientist.com/whats-on/
New Scientist Live will have plenty for visitors to see and do when they are at the show with the following demos:
The European Space Agency and Airbus will be showcasing the ExoMars Rover set for launch in 2020 • The Bloodhound Project will be bringing their 1000mph car • Imperial College London will have the theme of ‘“Biology meets technology” and will be bringing their robotics • Microsoft Tech Lab will offer visitors free masterclasses on how to code • Lab Rats by Guerilla Science – an immersive theatre experience where visitors will be invited to be the subject of experiments usually performed by rodents • Rentokil Pestaurant serving up bugs and other tasty treats • Control Room Doomsday scenarios • Plus many more
Ticket information
For further information and to buy tickets visit www.newscientistlive.com.
Standard admission tickets: £25 in advance, £29 on the door
VIP tickets available
Children 12 and under go free when accompanied by an adult. Maximum of 2 children per adult.