Follow the link…
http://hagelrat.blogspot.com/2010/11/altfiction-other-worlds-tony-ballantyne.html
SF and Fantasy Writer
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
I’ll be taking part in the Tor UK and alt.fiction “Other Worlds” event.
Saturday 6th November, 1pm-4pm.
I’ll also be running an SF writing workshop from 11am to 12. More details on my blog.
http://tonyballantyne.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/other-worlds/
I’ll be attending alt.fiction in Derby on Saturday 12th June 2010.
The previous alt.fiction events have been very enjoyable: an intimate convention atmosphere featuring lots of interesting panels and workshops, plus a chance to chat in the bar. I’m looking forward to this, I hope to see you there!
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
SciFiLondon are arranging a series of meetings with writers, so if you’d like to meet for a chat with me about writing (or indeed anything else) over coffee, on Saturday April 30th, follow the link to sign up.
http://www.sci-fi-london.com/festival/2010/programme/talk/coffee