| Speaker:
|
Cosmonaut
/ Astronaut Panel
( Viktor
Petrovich Savinykh; Sergei
Vasilyevich Avdeev; Dr
Jay Apt ) |
| Lecture
title: |
Changing
Landscapes: Changing Planet
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Date
and time:
|
6.30pm
Wednesday 19 September 2007 |
| Venue:
|
The
Sheraton Grand Hotel, 1 Festival Square, Edinburgh |
| Chair: |
Sir
Michael Atiyah OM FRS HonFREng HOnFMedSci HonFRSE PRSE |
| Vote
of thanks: |
Alex
Blackwood, Careers Scotland and Chair of the host Country Organising
Committee, Assocation of Space Explorers Congress, Edinburgh 2007 |
| Presented
by: |
The
Royal Society of Edinburgh |
|
| Speaker:
|
Malcolm
Cooper |
| Lecture
title: |
If
nobody speaks of remarkable things: the role of heritage in Scotland’s
future
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|
Date
and time:
|
6.00pm
Tuesday 2 October 2007 |
| Venue:
|
Hawthornden
Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland, Weston Link (Princes
Street Gardens entrance) |
|
Chair: |
Councillor
Deidre Brock, Convener of Culture and Leisure Committee, The City
of Edinburgh Council |
| Presented
by: |
The
City of Edinburgh Council |
|
|
| Speaker:
|
Professor
Tom Devine |
| Lecture
title: |
Landscape
and People: the Lowland Clearances
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|
Date
and time:
|
6.00pm
Thursday 18 October 2007 |
| Venue:
|
Playfair
Library, Old College, South Bridge |
| Chair: |
Professor
Vicki Bruce, Vice-Principal and Head of College of Humanities and
Social Science |
| Presented
by: |
The
University of Edinburgh |
|
|
| Speaker: |
Professor
David Spergel |
| Lecture
title: |
Our
Changing View of the Universe
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|
| Date
and time: |
7.30pm
Wednesday 24 October 2007 |
| Venue:
|
Hawthornden
Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland, Weston Link (Princes
Street Gardens entrance) |
|
Chair: |
Professor
Alan Heavens, Institute for Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh |
| Presented
jointly by: |
The
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh and The City of Edinburgh Council |
|
| Speaker: |
Jill
Fullerton-Smith |
| Lecture
title: |
The
Truth About Food … How to be slim
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|
| Date
and time: |
7.00pm
Thursday 15 November 2007 |
| Venue: |
Edinburgh
Business School Auditorium, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Campus |
| Chair: |
Professor
Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice Chancellor |
| Vote
of thanks: |
Professor Andy Walker, Vice-Principal at Heriot-Watt University |
| Presented
by: |
Heriot-Watt
University |
|
| Speaker:
|
Alan
Grant
|
| Lecture
title: |
Writing
Tomorrow Yesterday: How Fiction Became Reality
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|
| Date
and time: |
7.00pm
Tuesday 29 January 2008 |
| Venue: |
|
|
Chair: |
Denise
Mina, crime novelist |
| Presented
by: |
Scottish
Arts Council |
|
| Speaker:
|
Professor
Aubrey Manning |
| Lecture
title: |
2008:
International Year of Planet Earth
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|
| Date
and time: |
6.30pm
Wednesday 20 February 2008 |
| Venue:
|
Hawthornden
Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland, Weston Link (Princes
Street Gardens entrance) |
|
Chair: |
Peter
Syme, Scottish Director, The Open University |
| Presented
by: |
The
Open University in Scotland |
|
|
| Speakers:
|
Tim
Waterstone |
| Lecture
title: |
Brave
New World: the changing face of entrepreneurship
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|
| Date
and time:
|
6.30pm
Friday 22 February 2008 |
| Venue: |
Napier
University, Lindsay
Stewart Lecture Theatre, Craiglockhart Campus, Glenlockhart Road,
EH14 1DJ |
| Chair: |
Professor
Joan K Stringer CBE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor |
| Presented
by: |
Napier
University |
|
| Speakers: |
Professor
Tom Nairn |
| Lecture
title: |
Globalisation
and Nationalism: The New Deal?
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| Date
and time: |
6.30 pm Tuesday
4 March 2008 |
| Venue: |
The
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The Symposium Hall, Hill
Square, Edinburgh EH8 9DR |
| Chair: |
The
Rt Hon Alex Salmond, The First Minister of Scotland |
| Presented
by: |
The
Scottish Government
|
|
| Speakers:
|
Gareth
Hoskins
|
| Lecture
title: |
Inside
Out: Buildings and their landscapes
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|
| Date
and time: |
6.30pm
Thursday 28 February 2008 |
| Venue: |
Lecture
Theatre, National Museum of Scotland, National Museum of Scotland,
Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF
(Lothian Street entrance) |
|
Chair: |
Stephen
Allen, Head of Learning & Programmes, National Museums Scotland |
| Presented
by: |
National
Museums Scotland |
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