The Cybernetics Society: Meetings Programme

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This page last updated 16^th. September 2007

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Unless otherwise stated London meetings are held on the last Monday of each month except August and December, starting at 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm in the Council Room King's College, 152 to 170 Strand, London, WC2R 1ES. Directions to King's College (Strand campus). A clearer street map by Multimap. Car, tube and bus additional directions

2007 Monthly Meetings Programme

The following dates have been confirmed. Please put them in your diary now.

Visitors travelling a significant distance to attend a talk are advised to confirm the date and time with a Council Member beforehand.

Date	Organiser	Speaker
Monday 26th November 6.30 pm to 9.00 pm	Martin Smith	Dr Alex Andrew, Director General WOSC "In Defence of Strong AI"
Monday 29th October 6.30 pm to 9.00 pm	Tony Booth	Dr. Jannis Kallinikos (LSE) "The Consequences of Information: Institutional Implications of Technological Change". Abstract
Monday 30th July 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm	Alex Andrew	AGM followed at 7.00pm by "Mythical Minds" Dr. Mark Bishop, Reader in Computing, Goldsmiths College, University of London. Abstract
Monday 28th May 6.30 pm to 9.00 pm	Bank Holiday	No meeting on May 28th
Monday 30th April 6.30 pm to 9.00 pm	Dr Ranulph Glanville	"Cybernetics and Design" Stephen Gage, Professor of Innovative Technology, University College London. Professor Gage's postgraduate students from the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) will give presentations from three or four of:- "Interactive Cybernetic Art", "Machine Gesture Recognition", "Real Time City Air Pollution Warning Mannequins", "Alternative Technology Water Conservation" and "Interpreting Behaviour Through Sound".
Monday 26th March	Bernard Scott	Dr Barry Gibson "An Introduction to Niklas Luhmann's Autopoietic Theory of Social Systems" Video and Abstract.
Monday 29th January	Bill Pratt	Dr. Derek Hill "An Introduction to Medical Imaging"

2005/2006 Monthly Meetings Programme

Date	Organiser	Speaker
Monday 26th September	Mr. Tony Booth	Tony Booth "Big Rabbit from a Small Hat: Quantum Prestidigitation in a Wave Model". More
Monday 31st October Room 2BA	Mr. Nick Green	Nick Green "Pask's Last Theorem: Like concepts repel unlike concepts attract". More
Monday 28th November	Dr David Dewhurst	Professor Jack Cohen "The Appearance of Design". More
2006 Monday 30th January	Dr. William Pratt	"Cybernetics and Education" More
Monday 27th February	Dr. Ranulph Glanville	Dr Shann Turnbull "Using cybernetics to evaluate and design social organizations". More
Monday 27th March	Dr. Bernard Scott	Dr Bernard Scott and Dr Simon Shurville "What is a symbol?" More
Monday 24th April	Prof. Martin Smith	Dr Syed Raza "Sending Money Over the Internet" More
Wednesday 31st May	Prof. Martin Smith	Sally Ingram "Chaos, Fractals and the Quantum Mechanical Organisation of the Human Genome" More
Monday 26th June		Council Meeting and AGM
Saturday 16th September		Cybcon 2006

If you would like to talk to the Society please get in contact with one of the meeting organisers.

Additional Directions

By Car

Car travellers can park nearby in Surrey Street, Temple Place or Arundel Street at parking meters which are free after 6.30 pm. The congestion charge does not apply after 6.30 pm. Before 6.30 the charge is Ł8 (if paid before 10 pm). It can be paid by telephone on 0845 900 1234 or on the Congestion Charge website.

By Tube

For Underground train travellers the nearest stations are Temple (500 metres, District and Circle lines), Covent Garden (800 metres, Piccadilly line), Embankment and Charing Cross (800 metres, Northern and Bakerloo lines).

By Bus

Bus travellers may catch the 6, 7, 13, 23, 76, 521 and RV1.

From the King's College Strand main entrance walk through the reception area into the courtyard. Continue into the courtyard for about 20 metres, turn left into the main building entrance. Climb the left hand staircase and turn left along the first floor corridor.