BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN URL:https://dubaievents.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:Arabian Standard Time X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Dubai BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19200101T011848 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1TH;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+04 TZOFFSETFROM:+0500 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:UoB Xtra CATEGORIES:Engineering & Physical Sciences CREATED:20260615T174823 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://dubaievents.bham.a c.uk/ents/event/4922/\n DTEND:20260625T200000 DTSTAMP:20260617T125451Z DTSTART:20260623T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T174823 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://dubaievents.bham.ac.uk/ents/event/4922/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Should we keep inventing new materials\, or ha ve we already made enough? Spend 3 days investigating\, interviewing invi ted experts and working with other students to create a public mock Tribu nal for Future Generations. No specialist knowledge needed!

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New mate rials have transformed healthcare\, energy\, transport\, infrastructure a nd digital technology. They have also brought new extraction\, pollution\ , waste\, inequality and risks that were not always obvious when they wer e first introduced. Over three days\, you will investigate a deceptively simple question: should we keep inventing new materials\, or concentrate on using the ones we already have more wisely?

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Working through a deliberative process\, you will explore the issue from scientific\, tec hnical\, environmental\, social\, economic\, ethical and philosophical pe rspectives. You will interview invited experts\, test competing arguments \, debate the difficult trade-offs and work with the group to turn your f indings into a public mock Tribunal for Future Generations.

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Book your place now< /strong>.

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What to expect

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Everyone will take par t in the interviews\, deliberations and overall shaping of the event. You can also choose a more specific role: writing or presenting the closing pleas\, producing video or digital content\, developing costumes\, music or staging\, documenting the process\, supporting communications\, or hel ping to run the final event.

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On day one\, you will meet the gro up\, get to grips with the question and begin interviewing experts. Day t wo is where the case starts to take shape\, as you continue the interview s and build the tribunal. Day three is devoted to final preparation\, reh earsal 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 required. T his would suit anyone curious about science\, sustainability\, innovation \, ethics\, public debate\, performance\, communication or how difficult collective decisions are actually made. Bring a laptop or tablet if you h ave one\, although this is not essential. Participants should be availabl e for the full three-day programme and final public tribunal.

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< a href="https://forms.office.com/e/jTBUC4RapN">Book your place no w.

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