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SUMMARY:Need and Nature of a New Scientific Revolution - Stephen Emmott\, 
 Microsoft Research
DTSTART:20120926T160000Z
DTEND:20120926T173000Z
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CONTACT:Peter William Davenport
DESCRIPTION:Following his acclaimed performance in '10 billion' at the Roy
 al Court\, Microsoft Research's Stephen Emmott will be speaking on the con
 sequences of over-population and the difficult technological and societal 
 choices we face in addressing the global challenges of the 21st century. T
 his will be followed by a panel discussion\, with bioengineering experts i
 ncluding Tom Knight\, Claire Marris and Jim Haseloff giving their views an
 d taking questions from the public on issues surrounding the application o
 f Synthetic Biology to these challenges in the coming years.\n\nStephen Em
 mott is Head of Computational Science at Microsoft\, and leads Microsoft
 ’s inter-disciplinary Computational Science Laboratory. The lab is focus
 ed on tackling fundamental problems in science in areas of societal import
 ance\, by bringing together and developing new kinds of scientists\, new k
 inds of ideas\, and new kinds of computational approaches and software too
 ls to drive a new kind of science.\n\n\nStephen Emmott's recent media cove
 rage includes:
\n\nThe Guardian\, Aug 2012\nhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/co
 mmentisfree/2012/aug/12/robin-mckie-climate-change-dangers\n
\nForbes\, 
 Aug 2012\n
http://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2012/08/13/microsoft
 s-stephen-emmott-sounds-alarm-on-population-surge-in-theatrical-lecture/\n
 \nFinancial Times\, Sept 2012\n
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/12bc1ee0-f6f8-
 11e1-9dff-00144feabdc0.html#axzz26Li1c9C0\n\nNew Scientist\, July 2012\nht
 tp://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2012/07/tiffany-ocallaghan-cult
 ure
LOCATION:Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre Department of Chemistry\, Le
 nsfield Rd\, Cambridge\, CB2 1EW
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