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Reduce Your Child’s Tech Obsession

A self-development workshop with Noël Janis-Norton in partnership with Psychologies Magazine (www.psychologies.co.uk)

Real Life Stories: Falling in love with Cancer

In his talk Mark Adams will share his personal life story and dig deep to go into the insights that have emerged for him.

how to: Enhance your Performance at Work with Mindfulness

Consultant to Accenture, Nike, Microsoft and Sony, Rasmus Hougaard joins the how to: Academy to teach us how to maintain focus and enhance our performance through mindfulness.

Google, Government and the Death of Liberal Democracy

Technology and politics writer James O'Malley presents a provocative and sometimes shocking prognosis for democracy.

Taking A Leap

At this Sunday Assembly address, Chairman Kato will be talking about creativity, and what the joy of self expression teaches us about personal freedom and authentic living.

National Shop Stewards Network 2016 – 10th Annual Conference

The National Shop Stewards Network 2016 - Their 10th Annual Conference

The Shaw Society – Meetup

The Shaw Society monthly meeting. For talks, lectures and play readings January to June and September to November.

Mind the Product

Our next ProductTank on Wednesday 29 June will be dedicated to "pricing strategies and experiments." We will have great speakers taking us through product pricing and what's involved in creating a robust pricing strategy.

The London Omnibus Traction Society

The London Omnibus Traction Society hold monthly meetings at Conway Hall, featuring guest speakers from the bus industry, slide and film shows, etc. Entrance is free to members and our sales stand attends each meeting.

Sian Williams on Resilience

In this Sunday Sermon, BBC broadcaster Sian Williams will draw on her own experience of a recent life-changing event to offer a guide for all those going through tough times.

Is Utopia within Reach?

Reggie Adams will share with us a unique new view of the world and an approach to maximizing human well-being. He advocates rallying around this position, ultimately to replace the current left/right wing paradigm of political thought.

Reclaim Our Spaces

Join Ubele Initiative, The Spark and Just Space for a day of activities, storytelling, workshops, film screenings and discussions about campaigning to reclaim public spaces.

Show Up and Be Seen – Learn How to Connect Deeply with Others and Yourself

We're Esther and Leah and we can't wait to welcome you to this workshop to explore questions on how to Show Up and Be Seen & Learn How to Connect Deeply with Others and Yourself.

Sex and Prostitution: Chalk and Cheese

What is the Nordic Model for dealing with prostitution? Why have Sweden, Norway, South Korea, Northern Ireland and France gone down this route? Should it be implemented in the UK? Campaigner and activist Janice Williams will take us through this highly controversial topic.

Purpose

The keynote speaker for Sunday Assembly London on the 19th June is the fantastic Ernesto Moreno. Ernesto was 9 years old when his mother tragically died in a car accident in which he was also travelling along with his younger brother and sister. However, that was only the beginning of what was to be a very difficult childhood and adolescence, a story that was going to include physical abuse, drugs and alcoholism.

One Life – 2016

An evening of music, comedy, music, a bit of science, did we mention music? The choir will be joined on stage by our Compere Steve Cross (Science Show-Off), Kat Arney, and Jay Foreman.

Li Fraumeni Syndrome UK Conference

The first UK event bringing together people with Li Fraumeni Syndrome and related conditions, researchers and clinicians.

**CANCELLED** London Thinks: Thinking the Unthinkable – Privatising the NHS

Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has had to be cancelled, but we are looking to hold it at a future date. Tim Knox, Nick Cohen and the London Thinks audience debate the state of the NHS, and what its future could or should hold.

Ruby Wax on Mindful Living

Join us for an entertaining evening as comedian and mental health campaigner Ruby Wax shares her ideas on how we can become less frazzled and more mindful.

God – The Greatest Placebo Ever Sold

Dr Colin brewer talks about the similarities between religion, addiction and placebos as an explanation of the longevity of belief in God(s).

The Implications of Cortisol in Counselling

Emma Sweetland talks about the effects of cortisol arising in stressful conditions and the need to address this for a more effective therapeutic process.

Blood Donation – June 2016

Give blood save lives. The blood you give is a lifeline in an emergency and for people who need long-term treatments.

London Stone: Mystery and Myth

In this talk, John Clark investigates the ‘real’ story of London Stone, in Cannon Street, and the way in which myths have developed around it in the last 150 years.

Step Away from the Screen with Tom Chatfield

A workshop in which Dr. Tom Chatfield presents a variety of exercises to help you direct your time and attention toward the ideas, people and relationships that really matter.

how to: Brexit Debate

How to academy debates Brexit: Moderated by Matthew Taylor. Arguing to leave the EU: Tom Kremer, Roger Scruton, Daniel Hannan. Arguing to stay in the EU: Simon Glendinning, Justin Champion and Stanley Johnson. Don't Know: Adam Zamoyski.

The EU debate – le crunch

Professor Takis Tridimas of King’s College London and Patricia Mary McKenna, well known activist and former MEP for Dublin will give you the hard facts you need to consider - on costs, immigration, trade, security and democratic and social issues and the range of possible ways these are affected by our ultimate decision.

Ground Control – the Privatisation of Cities and Destruction of Public Space

Towards a Decolonial Cultural Front

Prof Nicholas Mirzoeff on taking accountability of cultural institutions to account via the "Decolonial Cultural Front".

The Shamanic Lands

The Shamanic Lands. Uniting & Sharing The Wisdom of British & World Shamanism

A Radical Feminist Examination of Evolutionary Psychology

In this talk Marina Strinkovsky will look at what Evolutionary Psychology is, how it influences our interpretation of the social reality around us, and why this influence might be misleading and even harmful.

Personality vs Individuality: Which one rules your life?

In this meet up by Expanded Circles, you are invited to look inside yourself and see how you show up to the world. Are you showing up as your truth or are you putting on social masks in order to please others, to look good and not to upset anyone?

How To Persist With Your Goals

Windy Dryden on "How To Persist With Your Goals” Plus Live CBT Sessions.

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 – Renunciation of Action in Wisdom

Bhagavad Gita taught by the Vedanta Institute London's Sunandaji.

Born In Captivity – How to obtain true liberation in life.

Swami Parthasarathy on how to obtain true liberation in life.

How David Hume Became the First Modern Humanist

Dr Amyas Merivale, winner of the Blackham Fellowship award, will tell the story of David Hume's hugely significant moment in the history of ideas.

Embrace Yourself

Sofie Hagan is our keynote speaker for Sunday Assembly on the 5th June. She will talk about her fat stomach, her wobbly thighs, her floppy arms and all of her chins and fat and how and why she learned to embrace and love every single kilogram of it.

Street Epistemology Training – How to talk to Religious People

London Black Atheists will be training in Street Epistemology, conducted by Bill Flavell, who has recently been to several West African countries teaching Street Epistemology.

The European Union: In or Out? 

Are you finding it difficult to decide whether or not to stay within the EU? A public philosophical enquiry about the EU Referendum debate, professionally facilitated by Miriam Cohen and Peter Worley from The Philosophy Foundation.

Love Factually

Come and experience a loved-up evening of geeky romance with bible historian Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou, magician and philosopher James David Parker, and comedian Robin Ince as CFI UK presents 'Love Factually'.

What Ails Muslims Today?

Pervez Amir Ali Hoodbhoy is a nuclear physicist who teaches mathematics and physics in Lahore and Islamabad. He is active in defending human rights, opposing religious extremism, and advocating peace between Pakistan and India.

Blood Donation – May 2016

Our regular blood donation sessions at Conway Hall. Register as a blood donor and book an appointment to give blood and help someone in need today.

Amanda Palmer on Motherhood

In this Sunday Sermon, iconic singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer will explore what it means to be a new mother in 2016.

PrEP School

A panel of speakers on the facts about PrEP - the anti-HIV medicine that keeps HIV negative people from becoming infected.

Should students have to borrow?

Dr Christopher Martin argues that forcing students to borrow is a serious mistake. He contends that higher education is a welfare good on a par with basic schooling and health care. Join IMPACT for the seminar and discussion at 6pm, followed by a reception.

Comrades in Conscience

An evening commemorating the courage of Britain’s first world war conscientious objectors, through drama, song and talks. Speakers include Cyril Pearce and Lois S. Bibbings.

UCU London – Activists’ forum

Strike rally and activists’ forum Speakers include: John McDonnell MP (Shadow Chancellor), Shelly Asquith (NUS vice president), Michael MacNeil (UCU), Donna Merriman-Rowe (UNISON), Rachel Cohen (City University UCU, UCU NEC elect), Mark Campbell (London Region UCU HE), Alex Kenny (NUT NEC), Christina Paine (UCU Anti Casualisation Committee)

Free Speech Under Attack

Free Speech. What limits should there be to what we say, write and show? What should be regulated by law, and what’s left to standards of behaviour that we set and try to keep ourselves? Who should decide? With Timothy Garton Ash, Shami Chakrabarti, Rowan Williams, and Kenan Malik. Chaired by The Guardian’s Jonathan Freedland.