Events
Find out more about our upcoming events, including our programme of seminars and workshops.
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SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar Series 2026
30 April - 26 November 2026
SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinars are your chance to: Discover the latest developments in the world of National security and resilience. Hear short TED-style talks by experts on related topics. Get your questions answered with 10 mins of Q&A. Join us on the last Thursday of the month at 12:00 pm (GMT) for a lightning 20-minute talk from an Industry...
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SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar: Fire Protection for the Energy Sector – Just how exposed are we?
12:00 - 12:30 29 October 2026
Join us for a fascinating talk and Q&A at our monthly SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar on 29th October 2026 with speaker Professor Simon Thurlbeck from the University of Manchester Title: Fire Protection for the Energy Sector - Just how exposed are we? Abstract: The oil gas and petrochemical industries are truly global industries, and events...
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Those Serendipitous Mavericks: The Ratio Club and early British Cybernetics
13:00 - 15:00 29 October 2026
A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All events will run from 13:00 to 15:00 and will be hosted at the University of Manchester. Event...
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TAI Lunch and Learn: When Ai Enters the Real World: Risk, Resilience and Human Judgement in Engineering
12:30 - 13:00 11 November 2026
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming engineering practice, creating new opportunities and challenges. This online Lunch and Learn explores how AI is being used in real-world engineering environments, what happens when AI moves from supporting decisions to taking action, and why human judgement remains critical to safety. Join Prof Clara...
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Ghost in the Machine: The Battle for the Human Mind
13:00 - 15:00 26 November 2026
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All...
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TAI Lunch and Learn: Developing a web application for Process Safety Insights
12:30 - 13:00 09 December 2026
In this online lunch and learn session, Matt Clay from the Health & Safety Executive will describe a long running research and development project with the aim of producing an online software tool, accessible to industry. The tool extracts useful insights from underutilised freetext incident records and produces an analysis of these records for...
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The Spectre of Automation: Robots in the New Jerusalem
13:00 - 15:00 28 January 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All...
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“It’s alive!”: Prometheus, Frankenstein, and the Cyborgs
13:00 - 15:00 25 February 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All...
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Intergalactic Network: The real origins of the Internet
13:00 - 15:00 18 March 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All...
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A Tale of Beer, Chile, and Syn: Cybernetics in the service of socialism
13:00 - 15:00 20 April 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical futures. All...
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