On Saturday 15th June 2019, Canterbury’s Westgate Gardens will host its second Soapbox Science event! Between 1.00 and 4.00 pm, the gardens will become an exciting and fun place to listen to and discuss science, as some leading researchers from Kent take to their soapboxes to showcase their work to the general public. Come along and hear twelve very talented women speak about a broad range of topics from forensics and maths, through to climate change and the conservation of threatened animal species! Join us to discover things you never knew about bacteria, superconductors, magnets, molecules, monkeys, asteroids, comets, your brain and your teeth, and many other interesting topics, amongst the beautiful Westgate Garden flowers. The event is free and open to everyone.
Meet the Soapbox Science 2019 Canterbury local organising team
Sponsors
We would like to thank the European Research Council and Foundation Fyssen for supporting the organisers, Prof Zoe Davies, Prof Tracy Kivell, Dr Gail Austen and Dr Ameline Bardo.
Details of the location and timing of the event
Date: Saturday 15th June 2019
Location: Westgate Gardens, Canterbury
Time: 1.00 to 4.00 pm
Speakers
Selected from a competitive pool of researchers, our 12 speakers will be sharing their work in technology, science, medicine and engineering. The speakers and their discussion topics are:
Dr Emmy Bocaege, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent. “Toothy tales from an archaeologist”
Dr Gillian Forrester, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck University of London (@Me__Human). “Your 500 million year old brain”
Dr Julieta Garcia-Donas, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent. “Dem bones, dem bones!: What forensic anthropology tells us about the dead”
Dr Ana Loureiro, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Kent. “From 1 to infinity”
Dr Emma McCabe, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent. “Superconductors and levitating magnets!”
Ms Louisse Paola Mirabueno, NIAB EMR and University of Reading (@mirloupa). “Xylella fastidiosa: a fussy bacterium”
Dr Marie-Jeanne Royer, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent (@MarieJeanneS). “Climate change and cities, how green can help”
Dr Agata Rożek, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent (@ag_astro). “Space potatoes and rubber ducks: shapes of asteroids and comets”
Dr Helena J. Shepherd, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent (@H_J_Shepherd). “Shapeshifting molecules in the spotlight”
Emma Bird (@emmabirdpalaeo), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent “It’s all in the wrist: Why humans had the edge over Neanderthals”
Dr Barbara Tiddi, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent. “Female (monkey) power: how black capuchin females choose their mates”
Ms Laura Thomas-Walters, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent (@LauraThoWal). “Saving rhinos and elephants from the illegal wildlife trade”
Discover our 2019 speakers:
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