The Royal Society: Friday 15th October

Tom Hunter,  Professor of AI Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn and I will  be taking part in a discussion at The Royal Society on Friday 15th October at 6:30pm.

Kerstin is a pioneering researcher in robot social learning and imitation whose research interests include Human-Robot Interaction, Social Robotics, Socially Intelligent Agents and Artificial Life.

The event is free, you can find more details by following this link.

http://www.sci-fi-london.com/festival/2010/oktoberfest/programme/talk/rise-machines

Writers Workshop

Update:  The event is now full.  Follow the link to put yourself on the reserve list

http://www.sci-fi-london.com/festival/2010/programme/talk/life-2050-film-treatment-workshop

As part of SciFiLondon I’ll be participating in a Writers Workshop next Saturday, 30th April, at the Royal College of Surgeons.  The event should be interesting, featuring two Scientists –  Environmental Scientist Jonathan Cowie and Molecular Biologist Simon Park; and two writers – scriptwriter and novellist Phillip Palmer and me.

The event runs between 10 am and 4pm at

The Royal College of Surgeons of England
35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3PE