News update September 21, 2011: Oxford Martin subscribers are entitled to a 20% discount on iq2if conference price. Quote the discount code OXFORD at registration.
This conference is hosted by Intelligence Squared
At this year's iq² If Conference (25-26 November, Royal Geographical Society in London), the most far-sighted entrepreneurs, inventors and thinkers will lay out their visions for the future; more specifically, the future of cities and city living. With a wide spectrum of fascinating key note presentations, 15 minute talks and debates, it will become a hub for sharing and connecting business leaders, opinion formers and leading lights from the creative, financial and tech industries.
Speakers: The following Oxford Martin Fellows will be speaking at the conference:
- Professor Baroness Sarah Greenfield, Director, Institute for the Future of the Mind and Professor of Pharmacology, University of Oxford. "Living without boundaries in time and space".
- Professor Sarah Harper, Director, Institute of Population Ageing and Professor of Gerontology, University of Oxford. "Extreme longevity".
- Dr Malcolm McCulloch, Director, Institute for Carbon and Energy Reduction in Transport and Lecturer in Engineering, University of Oxford. "Smart meters, Smart Grid".
- Professor Steve Rayner, Director, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society and James Martin Professor of Science and Civilisation, University of Oxford. "The urban paradox: Cities as sites of innovation and inertia"