Forum: The W Awards Shortlist in Conversation
On Thursday 5 March, join The Architectural Review and the Architects’ Journal in discussion with architects shortlisted in the W Awards 2020 (formerly the Women in Architecture awards) Join the discussion with four emerging architects under the age of 45 shortlisted for the Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture and four architects working in practice […]
Ethical Consumption: Should we change how we eat?
Join our panel of speakers, including Councillor Asher Craig, deputy mayor, Bristol City Council; Guardian columnist and author of Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet, Tom Hunt; Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City University; and Carolyn Steel, author of Sitopia: How Food Can Save the World, as they discuss the issues we face on the environmental impact of our food consumption […]
The Primadonna Prize Award
Join Sandi Toksvig for a very special night of brilliant writing featuring the best in literary talent, as Sandi reveals the name of first ever winner of the Primadonna Prize for unsigned and unrepresented new authors. As well as Sandi, you’ll hear from all of the prize judges on the night: celebrated authors Joanne Harris, […]
*ONLINE* Thinking On Sunday: Murdoch – The Man Who Owns the Media
** This event will now be held ONLINE. Please register for a ticket using the “Book Now” link ** ** Conway Hall is a charity and we politely ask you to add a donation of at least £5 when registering. ** — Rupert Murdoch’s extraordinary career has no parallel. His control of Fox news, which so […]
How to Lead in an Age of Uncertainty with Margaret Heffernan
How can leaders think about the future? What do we need to do – and who do we need to be? We are desperate for certainty about the future. But the complexity of modern life won’t provide that. History does not repeat itself, and experts in forecasting are reluctant to look more than 400 days […]
My Life in Outer Space – An Astronaut’s Story of Invention Kathryn Sullivan In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes
She is the first American woman to walk in space – a pioneering NASA scientist and astronaut living and working at the final frontier. Now she joins us to tell her astonishing story. What does lift-off in a space shuttle feel like? How did NASA astronauts respond to the Challenger disaster? How do you repair […]
*ONLINE* Ethical Matters: Split – Class Divides Uncovered
** This event will now be held ONLINE. Please register for a ticket using the “Book Now” link ** ** Conway Hall is a charity and we politely ask you to add a donation of at least £3 when registering for a ticket ** — How can we make sense of a world where we […]
What Are Machines Learning?
Our main speaker, Daniel Zoran, is a research scientist at DeepMind, the UK based world-leading artificial intelligence company. His talk will summarise the uses of AI and provide a glimpse into the future of this exciting field. And we welcome Bellatrix, a singer and songwriter who also happens to be a Guildhall-trained double bassist and […]
Lates: Synaptic Symphonies
Sunday Assembly Lates is back! We’ve talked about sex (baby), we’ve talked about drugs (and got a lust for life), and now we’re going to round out the unholy trinity of pop culture by talking about rock n’ roll. Zoe Cormier (who happens to be an expert on all three, having written the book Sex, […]