x-change on tour
In the history of the BA Festival of Science, the x-change is a relatively new event, but its lively style and inclusive approach have made it a festival favourite. Below is where we've been since 2004.
Guildford- 2009
The 2009 x-change went with the British Science Festival to Guildford and the Chancellor's bar. Have a look at the fantasic x-change yearbook.
Read Sue Nelson's BBC blog
Monday 7 September (pdf 37kb)
Tuesday 8 September (pdf 42kb)
Wednesday 9 September (pdf 46kb)
Thursday 10 September (pdf 37kb)
Liverpool- 2008
In 2008 The BA Festival of Science took place in Liverpool. Host Sue Nelson and a brilliant team of volunteers brought the x-change to the Guild of Students' Saro-Wiwa bar.
Read BBC journalist and x-change host Sue Nelson's blog
Monday 8 September (pdf 70KB)
Featuring speakers Steve Fuller, Jim Al-Khalili, Lorelly Wilson, Giles Yeo and Tim Grant.
Tuesday 9 September (pdf 69KB)
Featuring speakers Maggie Aderin, Pete Vukusic, Clifford Stott, Peter Naish, Matt Field, Ray Costello.
Wednesday 10 September (pdf 71KB)
Featuring speakers Martyn Poliakoff, Peter Styring, James Soper, Francis McGlone and Hugo Spiers.
Thursday 11 September (pdf 69KB)
Featuring speakers Richard Wiseman, Peter Buckle, Gael O'Neil, Charles Kingsland and Mark Stevenson.
Barcelona ESOF 2008
From 19 to 21 July 2008, the x-change took place at the Euroscience Open Forum in Barcelona. Over 4000 particants from 63 countries and 450 speakers attended ESOF. The x-change offered a friendly, interactive and multi-disciplinary round-up of the best of ESOF, featuring an array of fascinating speakers talking about subjects from astronomy to zoology.
You can download a short report (pdf 12KB) about what happened at ESOF 2008.
York- 2007
The BA Festival of Science 2007 took place in York, on the University's Heslington Campus. The 2007 Festival x-change, hosted by Sue Nelson, featured each day's most exciting speakers and events.
Monday 10 September (pdf 29KB)
Featuring speakers Phil Jess, David Efird, Andrew Read, Jon Copley, Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Love Dalen.
Tuesday 11 September (pdf 32KB)
Featuring speakers Harry Collins, Mark Thomas, Rob Jenkins, Jim Al-Khalili, Peter Jones and Kate Lancaster.
Wednesday 12 September (pdf 28KB)
Featuring speakers Jen Hiller, Brenda Boardman, Tiziana Rossetto, Trevor Gregory.
Thursday 13 September (pdf 27KB)
Featuring speakers Philip Ball, Amanda Chmura, Karen Spencer, Robin Wilson and Chris Budd, Roberto Trotta and Peter Styring.
Norwich- 2006
At the 2006 BA Festival of Science x-change in Norwich, hosted by Quentin Cooper, we explored Britain's place on the Moon, tackled climate change at grass roots, and challenged the audience to build the best brain.
Download reports from the festival, written by our team of volunteers:
Monday 4 September (pdf 26KB)
Featuring panellists Claire Davis, Penny Fidler, Bruce Hood, Mark Stevenson and Harry Witchel
Tuesday 5 September (pdf 29KB)
Featuring panellists Diana Bell, David Dickson, Chris French, Ludmilla Jordanova, Tony Juniper, Tim Lenton and Rupert Sheldrake.
Wednesday 6 September (pdf 34KB)
Featuring panellists Enrico Coen, Peter Coles, Kevin Fong, Madeleine Humphreys, Martyn Poliakoff and David Russell.
Thursday 7 September (pdf 30KB)
Featuring panellists Jim Al-Khalili, Sian Astley, Brian Cox, Trevor Cox, Stefan Fafinski, Cyril Isenberg, Kathy Sykes and Robert Winston
London Dana Centre- 2006
2005, including a brief summary of the topics discussed, a list of speakers and their biographies. Events that took place before then can be found in the reports section.
The July x-change, entitled Climate Change, was webcast live. Panellists Sir David King, Charlie Kronick and Sarah Mukherjee discussed the G8 communique, carbon sequestration and the role each of us can play in mitigating the effects of global warming.
The x-change in April, Cyber Solutions?, featured panellists Dr Blay Whitby, Dr Mark Lythgoe and Daniel Jackson. The discussion covered the impacts of technology on society, focusing on the Internet in particular.
At the March x-change, Health, wealth & wellbeing, panellists Dr Evan Harris MP, Anjana Ahuja, Dr Rafiq Hasan and Dr Kathy Bamford discussed MRSA, bird flu and HIV/TB tests for immigrants.
The theme for the February x-change was Nanotechnology: is small beautiful? The audience and panellists Professor Roger Whatmore, Alexis Vlandas, Richard Hollingham and Molly Webb discussed benefits, risks and regulation.
January x-change panellists Ian Sample and Dr Amelia Lake discussed diet, smoking and alcohol.
Reports from x-change events that took place before this can be found in the reports section.
Munich ESOF 2006
In 2006, the x-change at ESOF took place in the science biergarten of the Forum am Deutschen Museum from 16-18 July. There was the usual blend of the sublime and the ridiculous, including the top 10 freebies available in the exhibition hall as well a demonstration of a spoon that honey won't stick to, an eco-car and an unusual way to peel a banana! Panellists over the three evenings included Jean-Patrick Connerade (France), the president of Euroscience, Stephen Minger (UK), a stem cell researcher, Yael Shahar (Israel) from the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Seema Kumar (USA), Vice President of Global Pharmaceutical R&D Communications at Johnson & Johnson, Ioannis Tarnanas (Greece), a developer of Virtual Reality systems and Frank Burnet (UK), a science communicator.
Dublin - 2005
In 2005, the x-change took place at the BA Festival of Science in Dublin.
Monday 5 September
Featured panellists Dr Brian Durrans, Mary Mulvihill, Dr Jason Hall-Spencer, Professor Idris Pritchard, Professor Wolfgang Kautek and Dr Kylie Barnett.
Tuesday 6 September
Featured panellists including Michelle Cain and Dr Andy Alexander.
Wednesday 7 September (pdf 25KB)
Featured panellists Professor Dermot Diamond, Donal O'Kelly, Jim Al-Khalili, Dr Simon Singh, Professor Richard Wiseman, Wendy Sadler, Professor Chris McManus, Dr Malcolm Chapman and Sue McGrath.
Thursday 8 September
Featured panellists David Strassman, Lord Robert Winston, Frances Cairncross, Dr Rebecca Jones, Tim Radford, Vivienne Parry, Professor Kathy Sykes and Dr Chris Moulin.
Exeter- 2004
In 2004, the BA Festival of Science in Exeter played host to the x-change.
Monday 6 September (pdf 18KB)
Featured panellists Sir David King, Simon Singh, Adam Crewe, Henry Gee and Richard Jones.
Tuesday 7 September (pdf 18KB)
Featured panellists Harry Witchel, Colin Blakemore, Vivienne Parry, Robert Whittaker and Jim Al-Khalili.
Wednesday 8 September featured panellists Mark Lythgoe, Kathy Sykes, Graeme Jones and Harry Kroto.
Thursday 9 September, panellists Robert Winston, Mark Griffiths and Peter Naish.
Stockholm - 2004
In 2004, the x-change travelled to the Euroscience Open Forum. The Forum strives to provide a place for discussion of all aspects of science, for anyone with an interest.
Guildford- 2009
The 2009 x-change went with the British Science Festival to Guildford and the Chancellor's bar. Have a look at the fantasic x-change yearbook.
Read Sue Nelson's BBC blog
Monday 7 September (pdf 37kb)
Tuesday 8 September (pdf 42kb)
Wednesday 9 September (pdf 46kb)
Thursday 10 September (pdf 37kb)
Liverpool- 2008
In 2008 The BA Festival of Science took place in Liverpool. Host Sue Nelson and a brilliant team of volunteers brought the x-change to the Guild of Students' Saro-Wiwa bar.
Read BBC journalist and x-change host Sue Nelson's blog
Monday 8 September (pdf 70KB)
Featuring speakers Steve Fuller, Jim Al-Khalili, Lorelly Wilson, Giles Yeo and Tim Grant.
Tuesday 9 September (pdf 69KB)
Featuring speakers Maggie Aderin, Pete Vukusic, Clifford Stott, Peter Naish, Matt Field, Ray Costello.
Wednesday 10 September (pdf 71KB)
Featuring speakers Martyn Poliakoff, Peter Styring, James Soper, Francis McGlone and Hugo Spiers.
Thursday 11 September (pdf 69KB)
Featuring speakers Richard Wiseman, Peter Buckle, Gael O'Neil, Charles Kingsland and Mark Stevenson.
Barcelona ESOF 2008
From 19 to 21 July 2008, the x-change took place at the Euroscience Open Forum in Barcelona. Over 4000 particants from 63 countries and 450 speakers attended ESOF. The x-change offered a friendly, interactive and multi-disciplinary round-up of the best of ESOF, featuring an array of fascinating speakers talking about subjects from astronomy to zoology.
You can download a short report (pdf 12KB) about what happened at ESOF 2008.
York- 2007
The BA Festival of Science 2007 took place in York, on the University's Heslington Campus. The 2007 Festival x-change, hosted by Sue Nelson, featured each day's most exciting speakers and events.
Monday 10 September (pdf 29KB)
Featuring speakers Phil Jess, David Efird, Andrew Read, Jon Copley, Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Love Dalen.
Tuesday 11 September (pdf 32KB)
Featuring speakers Harry Collins, Mark Thomas, Rob Jenkins, Jim Al-Khalili, Peter Jones and Kate Lancaster.
Wednesday 12 September (pdf 28KB)
Featuring speakers Jen Hiller, Brenda Boardman, Tiziana Rossetto, Trevor Gregory.
Thursday 13 September (pdf 27KB)
Featuring speakers Philip Ball, Amanda Chmura, Karen Spencer, Robin Wilson and Chris Budd, Roberto Trotta and Peter Styring.
Norwich- 2006
At the 2006 BA Festival of Science x-change in Norwich, hosted by Quentin Cooper, we explored Britain's place on the Moon, tackled climate change at grass roots, and challenged the audience to build the best brain.
Download reports from the festival, written by our team of volunteers:
Monday 4 September (pdf 26KB)
Featuring panellists Claire Davis, Penny Fidler, Bruce Hood, Mark Stevenson and Harry Witchel
Tuesday 5 September (pdf 29KB)
Featuring panellists Diana Bell, David Dickson, Chris French, Ludmilla Jordanova, Tony Juniper, Tim Lenton and Rupert Sheldrake.
Wednesday 6 September (pdf 34KB)
Featuring panellists Enrico Coen, Peter Coles, Kevin Fong, Madeleine Humphreys, Martyn Poliakoff and David Russell.
Thursday 7 September (pdf 30KB)
Featuring panellists Jim Al-Khalili, Sian Astley, Brian Cox, Trevor Cox, Stefan Fafinski, Cyril Isenberg, Kathy Sykes and Robert Winston
London Dana Centre- 2006
2005, including a brief summary of the topics discussed, a list of speakers and their biographies. Events that took place before then can be found in the reports section.
The July x-change, entitled Climate Change, was webcast live. Panellists Sir David King, Charlie Kronick and Sarah Mukherjee discussed the G8 communique, carbon sequestration and the role each of us can play in mitigating the effects of global warming.
The x-change in April, Cyber Solutions?, featured panellists Dr Blay Whitby, Dr Mark Lythgoe and Daniel Jackson. The discussion covered the impacts of technology on society, focusing on the Internet in particular.
At the March x-change, Health, wealth & wellbeing, panellists Dr Evan Harris MP, Anjana Ahuja, Dr Rafiq Hasan and Dr Kathy Bamford discussed MRSA, bird flu and HIV/TB tests for immigrants.
The theme for the February x-change was Nanotechnology: is small beautiful? The audience and panellists Professor Roger Whatmore, Alexis Vlandas, Richard Hollingham and Molly Webb discussed benefits, risks and regulation.
January x-change panellists Ian Sample and Dr Amelia Lake discussed diet, smoking and alcohol.
Reports from x-change events that took place before this can be found in the reports section.
Munich ESOF 2006
In 2006, the x-change at ESOF took place in the science biergarten of the Forum am Deutschen Museum from 16-18 July. There was the usual blend of the sublime and the ridiculous, including the top 10 freebies available in the exhibition hall as well a demonstration of a spoon that honey won't stick to, an eco-car and an unusual way to peel a banana! Panellists over the three evenings included Jean-Patrick Connerade (France), the president of Euroscience, Stephen Minger (UK), a stem cell researcher, Yael Shahar (Israel) from the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Seema Kumar (USA), Vice President of Global Pharmaceutical R&D Communications at Johnson & Johnson, Ioannis Tarnanas (Greece), a developer of Virtual Reality systems and Frank Burnet (UK), a science communicator.
Dublin - 2005
In 2005, the x-change took place at the BA Festival of Science in Dublin.
Monday 5 September
Featured panellists Dr Brian Durrans, Mary Mulvihill, Dr Jason Hall-Spencer, Professor Idris Pritchard, Professor Wolfgang Kautek and Dr Kylie Barnett.
Tuesday 6 September
Featured panellists including Michelle Cain and Dr Andy Alexander.
Wednesday 7 September (pdf 25KB)
Featured panellists Professor Dermot Diamond, Donal O'Kelly, Jim Al-Khalili, Dr Simon Singh, Professor Richard Wiseman, Wendy Sadler, Professor Chris McManus, Dr Malcolm Chapman and Sue McGrath.
Thursday 8 September
Featured panellists David Strassman, Lord Robert Winston, Frances Cairncross, Dr Rebecca Jones, Tim Radford, Vivienne Parry, Professor Kathy Sykes and Dr Chris Moulin.
Exeter- 2004
In 2004, the BA Festival of Science in Exeter played host to the x-change.
Monday 6 September (pdf 18KB)
Featured panellists Sir David King, Simon Singh, Adam Crewe, Henry Gee and Richard Jones.
Tuesday 7 September (pdf 18KB)
Featured panellists Harry Witchel, Colin Blakemore, Vivienne Parry, Robert Whittaker and Jim Al-Khalili.
Wednesday 8 September featured panellists Mark Lythgoe, Kathy Sykes, Graeme Jones and Harry Kroto.
Thursday 9 September, panellists Robert Winston, Mark Griffiths and Peter Naish.
Stockholm - 2004
In 2004, the x-change travelled to the Euroscience Open Forum. The Forum strives to provide a place for discussion of all aspects of science, for anyone with an interest.
