Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, this Future Tense event features Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic.
Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, two fascinating technology writers reveal the disorientating extent to which we are already governed by AI and complex systems.
Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, join Shetland-born author James Crawford as he talks about his latest work, Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland.
Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, hear stories capturing the memories and experiences of the Edinburgh Futures Institute building in its previous life as a hospital.
From their personal knowledge, our conversationalists will discuss the success of the original Edinburgh Conversations in the 1980s, and how in the context of the current global situation, the approach might be replicated.
Speculative Futures Central Scotland is delighted to invite you to an in-person evening event about Futures Boardgames.
Fintech Scotland Festival will take place between 25 September 2024 and 04 October 2024 across Scotland.
Explore how automation and artificial intelligence could run the back office of your tourism or hospitality business.
This talk discusses work carried out at the NEMUS project on the topic of digital conservation of historic stringed instruments.
A panel event featuring author Jeanette Winterson, robotics expert Ingo Keller, and advanced humanoid robot Ameca.
A project deep dive by James Baker, Director of Digital Humanities at the University of Southampton.
A conversation with award-winning novelist Bernardine Evaristo about arts provision in the education system, the importance of creativity in young people, and how creativity positively impacts society as a whole.
As part of Black History Month, this event will engage with Black presence and Black Studies in relation to education.
The intersecting, planetary-scale crises we face bring new urgency to the debate about the purpose of education. Climate catastrophe, widening inequalities, conflict, pathogen spillovers, new diseases, failures of governance and technology acceleration all challenge us to ask again what education might be, and what we need it to do.
Part of the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Conversations series.
Dr Kevin Guyan shares his work on queer approaches to the collection, analysis and presentation of data.
This event brings Gaza Sky Geeks in conversation with researchers at the University of Edinburgh to discuss how Palestine's digital economy can remain resilient in the current crisis.
This event will discuss topics such as the role of video games in shaping our world and human development, and the gamification of education.
This talk with Arturo Arriagada will analyse the daily routines and economic pressures faced by today's digital workers.
This discussion considers the role education has played in developing our technological landscape and how it can help work towards a fairer future.
A talk by danah boyd.
In this Technomoral Conversations panel, we will hear from leading voices from the Majority World on what they have learned from and about AI, and the issues and visions they would like to see taken up.
A panel event marking the 10-year anniversary of Katie Paterson’s 100-year artwork, Future Library.
Part of the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Conversations series.
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