New Scientist Live, the festival of ideas and discovery, returns this September with headline speakers including Tim Peake, Heston Blumenthal, Chris Packham and Margaret Atwood bringing the latest ideas and innovations from science down to Earth.
The festival, held by the world’s most loved science weekly and set at London’s ExCeL, will feature more than 120 inspirational, innovative, and informative talks that touch on all areas of human life. Answering some of life’s greatest questions, curious festival-goers of all ages will hear from a range of world-renowned guests, including authors, comedians, and business brains.
The Festival of Ideas will feature five immersive zones: Cosmos, Earth, Humans, Technology, and Engineering. Showcasing how science, technology and engineering drive our economy, shape our culture and improve our lives, key features include:
- Feel the force of Star Wars and discover droids with the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Sequence and take home your own DNA with Bento Lab
- Pet a scorpion in the Bug Petting Zoo
- Challenge a friend to a round of Drone Combat
- Explore the galaxy in the pop-up planetarium
- Experience gut-wrenching theme park rides through VR
- Take home a unique 3D selfie
- Bloodhound Project’s 1000mph car
Don’t miss inspiring talks on stage from world renowned speakers including Heston Blumenthal, Margaret Atwood, Google Deepmind’s Demis Hassabis, ESA Astronaut Tim Peake and beatbox champion Hobbit to take you on a journey of discovery. Topics include:
- What happened at the Big Bang?
- How can we use machine learning to understand human intelligence?
- How can maggots and genetics be used to solve crimes?
- Extreme language: how did humans evolve complex spoken language?
- How can we use maths to create original music?
- Can geoengineering solve climate change?
- Could the Red Planet become a travel destination?
See, hear and touch the future at New Scientist Live; it’s science as you’ve never seen it before.
Show of the year 2016, New Scientist Live is the world’s most exciting festival of ideas and takes place at ExCeL London. Rooted in the biggest, best and most provocative science, New Scientist Live will touch on all areas of human life. The show will feature five immersive zones covering Humans, Engineering, Technology, Earth and Cosmos, plus a main stage and VIP area.
New Scientist is the world’s biggest science weekly, enjoyed by over 5m people each week. We publish across digital and print channels, including editions in the USA, and Australia. Since 2014, a series of live events have allowed enthusiasts to experience the people shaping scientific discovery face-to-face, and September 2017 sees the second edition of our flagship event, New Scientist Live.
