BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN URL:https://studentevents.bham.ac.uk/ents/event/ics/4922/ VERSION:2.0 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-CALNAME:Tribunal for Future Generations: Do we still need to invent n ew materials? (4922) BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:GMT Standard Time X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=4SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:UoB Xtra CATEGORIES:Engineering & Physical Sciences CREATED:20260615T144823 DESCRIPTION:Should we keep inventing new materials\, or have we already ma de enough? Spend 3 days investigating\, interviewing invited experts and working with other students to create a public mock Tribunal for Future G enerations. No specialist knowledge needed!\n\nhttps://studentevents.bham .ac.uk/ents/event/4922/\n DTEND:20260625T170000 DTSTAMP:20260616T121931Z DTSTART:20260623T090000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T144823 LOCATION:Dome Lecture Theatre (Room 117)\, Aston Webb building SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Tribunal for Future Generations: Do we still need to invent new ma terials? UID:21f5f124-4832-4616-81f0-c6b10c3ed0b1 URL:https://studentevents.bham.ac.uk/ents/event/4922/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Should we keep inventing new materials\, or have we already made enough? Spend 3 days investigating\, interviewing in vited experts and working with other students to create a public mock Tri bunal for Future Generations. No specialist knowledge needed!

https://studentevents.bham.ac.uk/ents/event/4922/

Ne w materials have transformed healthcare\, energy\, transport\, infrastruc ture and digital technology. They have also brought new extraction\, poll ution\, waste\, inequality and risks that were not always obvious when th ey were first introduced. Over three days\, you will investigate a decept ively simple question: should we keep inventing new materials\, or concen trate on using the ones we already have more wisely?

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Working th rough a deliberative process\, you will explore the issue from scientific \, technical\, environmental\, social\, economic\, ethical and philosophi cal perspectives. You will interview invited experts\, test competing arg uments\, debate the difficult trade-offs and work with the group to turn your findings into a public mock Tribunal for Future Generations.

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Book your plac e now.

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What to expect

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Everyone will ta ke part in the interviews\, deliberations and overall shaping of the even t. You can also choose a more specific role: writing or presenting the cl osing pleas\, producing video or digital content\, developing costumes\, music or staging\, documenting the process\, supporting communications\, or helping to run the final event.

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On day one\, you will meet t he group\, get to grips with the question and begin interviewing experts. Day two is where the case starts to take shape\, as you continue the int erviews and build the tribunal. Day three is devoted to final preparation \, rehearsal and putting the whole thing on in front of a public audience .

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Who is this for?

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No specialist knowledge is requi red. This would suit anyone curious about science\, sustainability\, inno vation\, ethics\, public debate\, performance\, communication or how diff icult collective decisions are actually made. Bring a laptop or tablet if you have one\, although this is not essential. Participants should be av ailable for the full three-day programme and final public tribunal.

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Book your pl ace now.

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Photo by Matt Seymour via Unsplash

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