Cheltenham Science Festival is an annual celebration of the challenging, intriguing and exciting. Each year the festival explores the pleasures, mysteries, questions and discoveries of science through debates, talks, workshops, a free interactive science space - the Discover Zone - and a mix of live art installations, experiments and cinema.
2008 Festival Events
2009 Festival Events
This year a multitude of anniversaries have inspired the festival theme to defy conventional wisdom: Heresy. So pick your anniversary party, sharpen your imagination and prepare to challenge your preconceptions!
Events involving our researchers, NOISEmakers, public engagement award holders and senior media fellows include:
Wednesday
3 June |
Bloodhound Supersonic car (Schools event) |
EPSRC supported event |
| Can we solve the climate change conundrum? |
EPSRC sponsored event |
| The Impact! Debate: How can science help build a better future? |
EPSRC sponsored event |
| Robot surgeons |
Ara Darzi (EPSRC-funded researcher) |
| The science of curry |
Andrea Sella (SMF) and Mark Miodownik (SMF) |
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Thursday
4 June |
The Big Band and beyond |
Jim Al-Khalili (SMF) |
| Phenomenal pheremones (schools event) |
Graeme Jones (PPE Holder) |
| Rutherford |
Jim Al-Khalili (SMF) and Paddy Regan (EPSRC-funded researcher) |
| Copernicus: revolutionary or plagiarist? |
Jim Al-Khalili (SMF) |
| Alien evolution |
Lewis Dartnell (NOISEmaker) |
| Shaping nature |
Andrea Sella (SMF) |
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Friday
5 June |
Flood defence |
Richard Ashley (EPSRC-funded researcher) and Gareth Pender (PPE holder) |
| Synthetic biology |
Ben Davis (EPSRC-funded researcher) |
| Quicksilver |
Andrea Sella |
| Beer |
Andrea Sella (SMF) |
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Saturday
6 June |
A pollutant's tale (Family event) |
Dudley Shallcross (EPSRC-funded researcher) |
| Gastronuts (family event) |
Andrea Sella (SMF) |
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Sunday
7 June |
Experiments that changed the world (family event) |
Marieke Navin (NOISEmaker) |
| Bloodhound |
EPSRC sponsored event |
| Digital footprints: The science |
RCUK sponsored event; Nigel Shadbolt (EPSRC-funded researcher) |
| Digital footprints: The ethics |
RCUK sponsored event; Nigel Shadbolt (EPSRC-funded researcher) |
| Hairy |
Mark Miodownik (SMF) |
| Andrea and Steve's overambitious demo challenge |
Andrea Sella (SMF) |
Discover Zone
Follow the EPSRC Impact! trail round the Discover Zone and explore how engineering and physical sciences can help change the way we live; this will include the following exhibits:
- The NOISEmakers
- Seeing Life through a New Light
- Making Things Better
- Bloodhound SSC
- B-Keeper Drum Machine
- A Booming Industry
FameLab Grand final
Join the UK’s top ten new science presenters as they compete for the NESTA FameLab title. Each has just three minutes to make a science topic understandable and appealing. This year NOISEmakers Lewis Dartnell and Tom Whyntie have both made the grand final.