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Thu, 6th Dec 2018 9:30am - 4:45pm

How To Change the World 2018

with Various Speakers  

Tickets for the 2018 How To Change the World Conference are now available. Due to the exceptional demand for tickets we are moving the venue to the Royal Geographical Society. As they can only cater for a maximum of 450 people, we are offering tickets with or without tea and coffee. Lunch is only included with the Salon Premium Tickets. First confirmed speakers will be announced in Spring 2018. Read more.

Venue

Royal Geographical Society

1 Kensington Gore
London SW7 2AR ‎
United Kingdom

Tube: South Kensington
Bus: 9, 10, 52, 360, 452

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Mon, 23rd Apr 2018 7:00pm – 8:15pm

How To Shape The Future

with Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms  

Something has changed. From #MeToo to Harvey Weinstein; Corbyn to Trump; from YouTube sensations to darker phenomena such as the emergence of ISIS – ideas and movements can spread and flourish with astonishing force and speed. In this talk on New Power, Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms will discuss the biggest story of our age and trace how New Power is the key to understanding where we are and will prosper in the 21st Century. Drawing on examples from business, politics, popular culture and social justice, as well as case studies of organisations like LEGO and TED, they will explain the forces that are changing the course of our age. In a world increasingly shaped by New Power, this talk will show you how to shape your future. Reviews ‘If you want to understand how the world is changing, what’s really happening, and how we can all find out way, this book could not be coming at a better time‘ – Richard Branson ‘Jeremy Heimans has been working to change the world from a very young age, and with remarkable impact. Here with his co-author Henry Timms he distils a lifetime of experience into a fantastic primer on how the rules of the game have changed. It’s packed with vivid examples that show how organisations as diverse as the Pentagon, Uber, Kickstarters and Black Lives Matter are trying to shape our world.‘ – Geoff Mulgan Read more.

Venue

Emmanuel Centre

9-23 Marsham Street
London SW1P 3DW

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Wed, 25th Apr 2018 6:45pm – 8:00pm

How Virtual Reality Technology will Shape our Future

with Jeremy Bailenson  

In this talk Jeremy Bailenson, the founding director of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, will discuss how Virtual Reality technology will shape the future and how it can be used to hone our performance, improve our learning and communication abilities, and enhance our empathic and imaginative capacities. Join us to understand how our world will be changed with the introduction of Virtual Reality technology. Read more.

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Venue

CNCFD- Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design

16-17 Greek Street
Soho
London W1D 4DR

Sun, 29th Apr 2018 3:00pm - 4:30pm

WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE: Shortlisted Authors Live on stage

with Sigrid Rausing, Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Kathryn Mannix, Lindsey Fitzharris and Meredith Wadman. Hosted by Rick Edwards.  

On the eve of the Wellcome Book Prize ceremony, five of the finalists gather to share their stories and, in a spirit of friendly competition, vie for the £30,000 prize. Join us to hear tales of maverick surgeons, renegade pioneers, tragic addiction, heartrending infertility, and the end that awaits us all. The Wellcome Book Prize is awarded annually to celebrate the many ways in which literature can illuminate the breadth and depth of our relationship with health, medicine and illness. This year, we’ll be taking over Cecil Sharp House to bring you a Sunday afternoon of stimulation, information and inspiration. Hosted by author and broadcaster Rick Edwards.   Featuring: Sigrid Rausing on her memoir about the impact of addiction on a family, Mayhem Lyndsey Fitzharris on her story of a visionary British surgeon who changed medicine forever, in The Butchering Art Ayòbámi Adébáyò on what wanting a child can do to a person, a marriage and a family with Stay With Me Kathryn Mannix on the biggest taboo in our society and the only certainty we all share: death, With the End in Mind Meredith Wadman on the major scientific breakthrough that led to the creation of some of the world’s most important vaccines with The Vaccine Race. Also shortlisted is Mark O’Connell for To Be A Machine. Mark is unable to join us for the event. Read more.

Venue

Cecil Sharp House

2 Regent's Park Rd
Camden Town
London NW1 7AY
UK

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Wed, 2nd May 2018 6:45pm – 8:15pm

Designing your Life

with Dave Evans  

Designing Your Life, the bestseller from the founders of the Stanford Life Design Lab and teachers of one of Stanford’s most popular courses of the same name, which has changed so many people’s lives, returns to the how to: Academy. 15 years in development and tried and tested by thousands of people from students to mid-career professionals to retirees, Dave Evans’s step-by-step method teaches people how to think like a designer and build a life to thrive in. In his talk he will show us how the same thinking that created the most amazing technology, products and spaces can be used to design a career and a life that are meaningful, joyful and fulfilling, regardless of who we are or were, what we do or have done for a living, and how young or how old we are. The talk will emphasise simple techniques like reframing, prototyping and brainstorming straight from the Stanford Life Design Lab. The method is research validated, having been subjected to two academic research studies that have shown its ability to reduce anxieties around life and careers, as well as make people successful in reaching their goals. Read more.

Venue

Conway Hall

25 Red Lion Square
London WC1R 4RL
United Kingdom

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Thu, 3rd May 2018 6:45pm – 8:00pm

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs- The Untold Story of a Lost World

with Steve Brusatte  

A new generation of dinosaur hunters is piecing together the complete story of how the dinosaurs created an empire that lasted for around 150 million years. Meet Steve Brusatte, one of the world’s leading palaeontologists who has uncovered human-sized tyrannosaurs and monstrous carnivores larger than T Rex, and whose ground breaking work has led to a new understanding of these fascinating beasts, including how they began and why they became extinct, how they were much more intelligent and successful than we ever thought: spreading around the globe, developing colossal sizes and diversifying into thousands of species. Join us to hear how modern science is allowing us to re-examine the age of the dinosaurs and understand their full importance in the earth’s history. Read more.

Venue

CNCFD- Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design

16-17 Greek Street
Soho
London W1D 4DR

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Thu, 3rd May 2018 6:00pm - 8:45pm

How to Save the World: The War on Plastics

with Various Speakers  

This is a not for profit initiative with the net proceeds of the evening being distributed to Plastics Charities. The statistics are devastating. Plastic has increased twenty-fold over the past 50 years, and will double again in the next 20 years. Already present in the stomachs of nearly all the world’s marine birds, by 2050 plastics in the ocean will outweigh fish, covering large swaths of the Pacific in floating garbage slicks. We can change this. Plastic pollution is not nature’s choice but ours. On 3rd May, at the Royal Institution, the How to: Academy and The New York Times will host a landmark evening conference on saving the planet from plastic. With a keynote address by Michael Gove, Secretary of State for the Environment, followed by 16 inspirational speakers in the forefront of the fight, covering initiatives by consumers and brands, business and government; proposing changes to the plastic footprint of supermarkets and travel; exploring the outlook for recycling and the development of natural bio-plastics; urgently pooling their expertise on the alternatives in view. Join us and turn the tide. Read more.

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Venue

Royal Institution

21 Albemarle Street
London W1S 4BS ‎
UK

Tube: Green Park, Bond Street, Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus
Bus: 9, 14, 19, 22 and 38

Mon, 14th May 2018 7:00pm – 8:15pm

An Evening with Mary Beard and Simon Callow in conversation on CIVILISATIONS

with Mary Beard and Simon Callow  

The idea of ‘civilisation’ has always been debated, even fought over. At the heart of those debates lies the big question of how people – from prehistory to the present day – have depicted themselves and others, both human and divine. Distinguished historian Mary Beard explores how art has shaped, and been shaped by, the people who created it. How have we looked at these images? Why have they sometimes been so contentious? Join us for this important conversation. Tourists using digital devices – iphones, tablets, ipads, cameras – photograph the dawn at Angkor Wat; waiting to see the light come up over the main temple of Angkor. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images) Terracotta Army, guarded the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi’s tomb, Xian, Lintong, Shaanxi, China, Asia Read more.

Venue

Logan Hall, University College London

20 Bedford Way
London WC1H 0AL

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Mon, 14th May 2018 6:45pm – 8:00pm

A Journey into the Future of America: Lawrence Wright in conversation with Gary Younge

with Lawrence Wright and Gary Younge  

An unmissable conversation between the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda’s Road to 9/11 , and Gary Younge, the acclaimed author of Another Day in the Death of America. Journeying through Texas,the most controversial state in America, Lawrence and Gary will discuss how this Republican state in the heart of Trumpland is the canary in the coal mine of America’s future. For a fascinating insight into America’s future join us on May 14th. Read more.

Venue

CNCFD- Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design

16-17 Greek Street
Soho
London W1D 4DR

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Tue, 15th May 2018 6:45pm – 8:00pm

How the Internet is Killing Democracy (And how we save it)

with Jamie Bartlett  

As Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google gain an increasing and unprecedented amount of power and influence over the public, what does this mean for democracy? Jamie Bartlett’s new book The People vs. Tech argues that digital technology and our democracy are incompatible. We must reform democracy and reign in digital disruption within the next twenty years, or risk losing democracy for good. Join Jamie Bartlett, Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media and best-selling author, at The Tabernacle on the 15th May, to unpick what impact social media is having on journalism, politics, society and democracy as a whole and to discuss his 20 radical proposals as to what we can do to ensure the concentration of power, data and control of the public space doesn’t affect our everyday lives. Co-produced by Penguin Live and How To Academy, this promises to be an evening of enlightening discussion and thought-provoking examination around one of the most topical conversations of current times. Don’t miss the opportunity to pick up a copy of Jamie Bartlett’s new book at the discounted price of £5.00. Jamie will be signing books after the event. In association with: Read more.

Venue

The Tabernacle

35 Powis Square, off Portobello Road
London W11 2AY
United Kingdom

Tube: Westbourne Park, Notting Hill Gate Bus: 7, 28, 31, 70, 328

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Thu, 17th May 2018 6:45pm – 8:00pm

Artificial Intelligence: Changing Our World

with Sir Nigel Shadbolt and Cade Metz  

The smart machines revolution is re-shaping our lives and our societies. In this conversation with Cade Metz from The New York Times, Sir Nigel Shadbolt (one of Britain’s leading authorities on artificial intelligence) will argue that we are not about to be elbowed aside by a rebel army of super-intelligent robots of our own creation. But how we control them — in our private lives, careers and politics — will determine our collective well-being. Join us for expert insight into how artificial intelligence will transform our lives. Read related articles from The New York Times: To Invade Homes, Tech Is Trying to Get in Your Kitchen Lights, Camera, Artificial Action: Start-Up Is Taking A.I. to the Movies The Real Threat of Artificial Intelligence Sign up here to get Personal Tech, a weekly email from The New York Times that rounds up the best stories about technology and how we use it in our everyday lives. As part of our collaboration with The New York Times, take advantage of a special digital subscription offer saving 60% off for one year. With investigative reporting and analysis from experts in the field, The Times uncovers the stories that impact the world. Read more.

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Mon, 21st May 2018 6:45pm – 8:00pm

An evening with poet Alice Oswald and painter William Tillyer

with Alice Oswald and William Tillyer  

Alice Oswald, widely regarded as the finest living British poet and William Tillyer, the most versatile British artist of his generation, on NOBODY, a unique multi-media collaboration. Nobody is a book collaboration between two art forms: inspired by each other’s promptings, poet Alice Oswald and painter William Tillyer have produced a unique crossover work. Their theme is water, which they recreate in words and images – a rush of selves and other life forms. The marine nobody at the heart of Alice Oswald’s stunning new poem is an alias of Odysseus, one of his lost selves, adrift and unable to get home. Her words are his rhapsody, a circling shoal of sea voices which ends where Homer’s epic begins. Join us for in evening in which word and image coalesce: in which Alice Oswald will recite her poem in its entirety and William Tillyer will project the watercolours which are its swirling and luminous source. Caught between The Odyssey and The Oresteia and not knowing either story’s conclusion, the poet goes on speaking surrounded by water. Perhaps he is only an alias of Odysseus, one of his lost selves, unable to get home. This poem is his rhapsody, a circling shoal of sea voices which ends at The Odyssey’s beginning. In association with: Read more.

Venue

The Tabernacle

35 Powis Square, off Portobello Road
London W11 2AY
United Kingdom

Tube: Westbourne Park, Notting Hill Gate Bus: 7, 28, 31, 70, 328

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