New materials have changed the world\, but sho uld we keep inventing more? Take your seat at a student-created Tribunal for Future Generations\, hear the case for and against\, and witness the final judgement.
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\nhttps://dubaievents.bham.ac.uk/ents/event/4923/
\nNe w materials can help tackle climate change\, improve healthcare\, power c leaner technologies and create possibilities we have not yet imagined. Th ey can also lead to more extraction\, pollution\, waste\, inequality and consequences that only emerge years later.
\n\nSo\, do we still nee d to invent new materials?
\n\nIn this two-hour public mock trial\, students will put that question on trial. After two days of research\, e xpert interviews and deliberation\, they will present a semi-scripted Tri bunal for Future Generations featuring competing arguments\, evidence\, t estimony\, speeches\, deliberation and debate.
\n\nYou will hear th e case for continued invention\, encounter the arguments against it\, and consider perspectives spanning science\, engineering\, sustainability\, economics\, ethics and society. By the end of the evening\, the evidence will have been heard\, the arguments tested and a final public judgement delivered.
\n\nThis event is for anyone curious about materials\, s ustainability\, innovation\, ethics\, public policy or the future of scie nce and technology. No specialist knowledge is required\, and you do not need to have taken part in the preceding preparation programme. Just brin g yourself\, take your seat and prepare to hear the future of materials p ut on trial.
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