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SSCR Annual General Meeting and Lecture: 23 May 2018

Lecture
23 May 2018, 2pm: Free or £15
at Abertay University, Dundee
for SSCR members and other interested parties
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The Scottish Society for Crop Research (SSCR) is holding their Annual General Meeting and Lecture at Abertay University, Bell Street, Dundee on 23 May 2018. The AGM itself is open only to SSCR members and the Lecture is open to all, including the general public. Any non-SSCR members will be charged £15 to attend or given the opportunity to join the Society. General admission tickets are available via EventBrite and payable on attendance.

 

 

SSCR Annual Lecture

This year we are delighted to welcome Mark Lynas, author of four major popular science environmental books: High Tide (2004), Six Degrees (2008) and The God Species (2011), as well as the Kindle Single ebook Nuclear 2.0 (2012), who will be delivering the Lecture.

"Anti-science and post-truth: climate change, GMOs and nuclear power"

Science has become a political football in the age of so-called post-truth. While some deny the scientific reality of climate change, others are equally likely to deny the science on genetically modified foods and nuclear power. How can we try to have a more evidence-based debate about these issues?

Mark Lynas is the author of four major popular science environmental books: High Tide (2004), Six Degrees (2008) and The God Species (2011), as well as the Kindle Single ebook Nuclear 2.0 (2012). Six Degrees won the 2008 Royal Society science books prize and was made into a documentary film voiced by Alec Baldwin on the National Geographic channel. Mark was climate change advisor to the President of the Maldives, former political prisoner and democracy campaigner Mohamed Nasheed, from 2009 until 2012. He has contributed extensively to global media, writing for the Guardian, New York Times, Washington Post and numerous others. He is a visiting fellow at the Alliance for Science, Cornell University, which is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Famous for changing his mind about the controversial issue of GMOs, his latest book (April 2018) is called Seeds of Science.

Book Signing

Waterstones Dundee will be at the event selling copies of Mark's latest book "Seeds of Science" which Mark has kindly agreed to sign copies of afterwards.

Event programme

1.30pm       Registration and coffee

2.00pm       Annual General Meeting (SSCR Members only)

2.30pm       Presentation of Peter Massalski Prize

2.45pm       Annual Lecture

3.30pm       Q&A Session

4.00pm       Drinks Reception and Book Signing

6.00pm       Event ends 

Registration

Registration starts at approximately 1.30pm and there will be tea, coffee and biscuits available on arrival.

Pre-registration for this event is essential so that sufficient catering can be ordered. Attendance is free of charge to SSCR Members but there is a £15 charge for non-members.

For more information and to register for the meeting, please contact:

Pam Cassidy
Events Co-ordinator
The James Hutton Institute
Dundee DD2 5DA
Tel: 01382 568 751
Email: events@hutton.ac.uk


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The James Hutton Research Institute is the result of the merger in April 2011 of MLURI and SCRI. This merger formed a new powerhouse for research into food, land use, and climate change.