Saturday , 25 May 2013

New Zealand – Events at Canterbury University

Events

Don Eigler, IBM, USA, “Playing with atoms”
  • The pioneer of nanotechnology talks about how to see and play with atoms. More information is available on the Eventbrite site.
  • Don is the winner of the 2010 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience. The prizes were founded in 2008 by the Norwegian Government as an equivalent to the Nobel Prizes.
  • The Great Hall, the Arts Centre, Wednesday 1 September, 6pm.
  • Entrance by ticket only.
  • Book your FREE ticket online at Eventbrite. Free Entry
Kim Hill hosts “A big discussion about small things”
  • Views on nanotechnology from across the spectrum of scientists, Maori, government regulators, business, NGOs, toxicity researchers, and more.
  • Participants include: Kim Hill, Rod Oram, Georgia Miller, Shaun Hendy, Jamie Ataria, Sally Gaw, Lynne Waterson.
  • The Great Hall, the Arts Centre, Wednesday 8 September, 6pm.
  • Entrance by ticket only.
  • Book your FREE ticket online at Eventbrite. Free Entry
The Art of Nanotechnology
  • Wednesday 11 August – Friday 10 September, Our City O-Tautahi. FREE entry. Free Entry
  • Art Inspired by Nanotechnology
    • Nicola Gibbons, Sue Novell, Robyn Webster, Claire Beynon and Sam Bowser explore nanotechnology from an Artist’s perspective
  • Images from Nanotechnology
    • Competition for find the most exciting nanotechnology images, open to all practicing science students and scientists
    • $2000 in prizes
“Nanotechnology” at Science Alive!
  • The science behind nanotechnology, with a Christchurch flavour
  • In the Science Alive Building, Moorehouse Avenue
  • From 28 August.
Play: “Eros” by Caroline Lark
  • A comedy of contemporary manners, with a taste of nanotechnology
  • At the Court Theatre from 27 August.
Public Lecture: Georgia Miller, Friends of the Earth, Australia
Public Lecture: “Seeing Small”: Richard Blaikie
  • How we view the micro- and nano-world and how we engineer structures at these scales.
  • 25 August, Christchurch Art Gallery Lecture Theatre, 6pm Free Entry
  • Related events at the same venue:
    • July 28 ‘Language: creativity of generations’, Catherine Moran Free Entry
    • August 18  ‘Power of movement’, Richard Hartshorn Free Entry
    • Andrew Drummond Retrospective: Observation / Action / Reflection
      14 May – 5 September 2010 Free Entry
Schools Lecture by Don Eigler, IBM, USA
  • Open to invited high school students only
  • Tuesday August 31, University of Canterbury
  • Enquiries from schools to Joan Gladwyn

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