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, […]
Paying it Forward
Our main speaker, Gulwali Passarlay, is the esteemed author of the best-selling autobiography, “The Lightless Sky: A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee’s Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan and His Extraordinary Journey Across Half The World”. Since arriving in the UK in 2007 after being forced to leave Afghanistan as a boy, Gulwali has achieved beyond all odds to become […]
*ONLINE* Thinking on Sunday: Display It Like You Stole It – Museums and Ethics
** This event will be held ONLINE. Please register 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. ** — In a country that’s repeatedly failed to come to terms with its colonial past, led by politicians who […]
*ONLINE* Thinking on Sunday: Feminism, Interrupted – Disrupting Power
** 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 ** — More than just a slogan on a t-shirt, feminism is […]
A Concert of Great Schubert Fantasies
A co-production between the Schubert Institute UK and Conway Hall Schubert | Fantasy in F minor for piano duet D940 Schubert | Fantasy in C for violin & piano D934 Schubert | Fantasy in C for piano D760 ‘Wanderer’ Michał Cwiżewicz (violin) Simon Callaghan (piano) Clíodna Shanahan (piano) The 2.30 performance will be preceded by an introduction from […]