New materials have changed the world\, but s hould we keep inventing more? Take your seat at a student-created Tribuna l for Future Generations\, hear the case for and against\, and witness th e final judgement.
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\ nNew materials can help tackle climate change\, improve healthcare\, p ower cleaner technologies and create possibilities we have not yet imagin ed. They can also lead to more extraction\, pollution\, waste\, inequalit y and consequences that only emerge years later.
\n\nSo\, do we sti ll need to invent new materials?
\n\nIn this two-hour public mock t rial\, students will put that question on trial. After two days of resear ch\, expert interviews and deliberation\, they will present a semi-script ed Tribunal for Future Generations featuring competing arguments\, eviden ce\, testimony\, speeches\, deliberation and debate.
\n\nYou will h ear the case for continued invention\, encounter the arguments against it \, and consider perspectives spanning science\, engineering\, sustainabil ity\, economics\, ethics and society. By the end of the evening\, the evi dence will have been heard\, the arguments tested and a final public judg ement delivered.
\n\nThis event is for anyone curious about materia ls\, sustainability\, innovation\, ethics\, public policy or the future o f science and technology. No specialist knowledge is required\, and you d o not need to have taken part in the preceding preparation programme. Jus t bring yourself\, take your seat and prepare to hear the future of mater ials put on trial.
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