SciBarCamb schedule

Friday 20th April 2012

• Opening night and creating the schedule

  All participants get together to meet each other and collaboratively make a schedule for the next day. Whether you're interested in giving a demo of your work, debating issues around research and publishing, speaking about side projects you're working on - this is the time to propose your ideas over drinks and snacks. At the end of the night, we'll have the complete schedule for the next day.

  At 7:00pm to 10:00pm, Friday 20th April

  In Baroosh (formerly B-Bar)

Saturday 21st April 2012

• Welcome (Chamber)

  by SciBarCamb

  Welcome words, brief explanation of the day.

  At 9:20am to 9:30am, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Demo: Cambridge Science Centre (Kennedy Room)

  by Cambridge Sci Centre

  Walk in during the morning to view the mobile exhibit and share feedback with the science centre staff. What's great, what would you change?

  At 9:30am to 12:30pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Demo: Lego robots (Kennedy room)

  by Michelle Oyen and Oliver Armitage

  (Oyen lab)
  Walk in during the morning and see how the Oyen lab used lego to build robots to help them with their research.

  At 9:30am to 12:30pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Demo: Turing machine from scrap metal (Kennedy room)

  by Jim MacArthur

  (Jim MacArthur)
  Walk in during the morning to see a Turing machine made out of scrap metal.

  At 9:30am to 12:30pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• The African Science Truck Experience - TASTE (Chamber)

  by TASTE

  (Amy Buchanan-Hughes)
  "We have set up a charity to run a mobile science lab in Uganda to give students a TASTE for science! A short talk about our story.

  At 9:30am to 10:20am, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Cultured (in vitro) meat at the table (Societies room)

  by Avijit Roy

  (Hanna Tuomisto and Avijit Roy)
  "The future of meat is lab-grown or in-vitro meat. Better for the environment and higher quality nutrition"

  At 9:55am to 10:20am, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Coffee break (upstairs hallway)

  Yay, coffee!

  At 10:20am to 10:40am, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Power, Sex & Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life (Chamber)

  by Avijit Roy and Nina Beadle

  (Nina Beadle, Avijit Roy, and possibly Nick Lane)
  "Why do we have these parasites with their own DNA?"

  At 10:40am to 11:30am, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Science Comedy Training (Societies Room)

  by Andrew Holding

  (Andrew Holding)
  "How to do standup and help writing a set"
  (With a chance to perform at the end of the day!)

  At 10:40am to 11:30am, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• eLife feedback - What would you do with 20 million pounds? (Chamber)

  by Ian Mulvany

  (Ian Mulvany)
  "I'm building eLife, a new Wellcome Trust-backed OA journal (as seen in the Guardian), and I want to know what you want! I also want to disrupt peer review, data mining & usability!!!"

  At 11:40am to 12:30pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• LUNCH

  Eating food!

  At 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Saturday 21st April

• How can Academia meet with Industry? (Kennedy Room)

  by lukasz szydlowski

  (Lukasz Szydlowski)
  "An example of inter-campus student-led organization who sees science more applicable"

  At 1:30pm to 2:20pm, Saturday 21st April

• How to end ageing (Chamber)

  by Aubrey de Grey

  (Aubrey de Grey)
  "Regenerative medicine, rejuvenation therapies & anti-ageing longevity research."

  At 1:30pm to 2:20pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• SPARE SLOT (Societies Room)

  Spare slot, small room, no projector.

  At 1:30pm to 2:20pm, Saturday 21st April

• The truth about Yakult/Actimel

  by Khrishna Mahbubahni

  (Khrishnaa Mahbubani)

  At 2:20pm to 2:55pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Could genomics save the world? (Chamber)

  by William Spooner

  (Will Spooner)
  "How will the world be saved by genomics. Hear what's done so far, see very cool images."

  At 2:30pm to 2:55pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• SPARE SLOT (Societies Room)

  Spare slot, no projector

  At 2:30pm to 3:20pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• The hidden perils in communicating science to the general public (Kennedy Room)

  by Michelle Oyen

  (Michelle Oyen)

  At 2:55pm to 3:20pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• What do you do with/as an undergraduate? (Chamber)

  by Laura Howes

  (Roundtable discussion led by Richard Newman and Laura Howes)
  "Do we learn any practical skills as undergraduates? What do you wish you'd been taught and how do we rectify it?"

  At 2:55pm to 3:20pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Coffee break (upstairs hallway)

  More coffee!

  At 3:20pm to 3:40pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Do it yourself biology (DIYBio) - Fairy floss or Frankenstein? (Kennedy Room)

  by Brian Degger

  (Brian Degger)
  "Discussion: bring opinion on whether amateur biology is beneficial or harmful."

  At 3:40pm to 4:05pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Lightning talks (Chamber)

  by Lightning talk speakers

  (Host: Matt Evans)
  Got a project or topic to air? A series of SHORT (3-5 minutes) talks. Any participants interested?
  NB - This may start later, depending on number of participants

  At 3:40pm to 4:30pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Solar-powered vehicles: practical? (Societies Room)

  by Oliver Armitage

  (Oliver Armitage)

  At 3:40pm to 4:05pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• Everything you have been told about "healthy" diet is wrong (Kennedy Room)

  by Avijit Roy and Hanna Tuomisto

  (Avijit Roy and Hanna Tuomisto)
  "Eat all the fat and protein you want!"

  At 4:40pm to 5:05pm, Saturday 21st April

• Science Comedy Show: Bright Club (Chamber)

  by Andrew Holding

  (Andrew Holding)
  Performance by people who did the morning training session.

  At 4:40pm to 5:30pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union

• CLOSING (Chamber)

  by SciBarCamb

  Bye!

  At 5:30pm to 5:40pm, Saturday 21st April

  In The Cambridge Union