Issue 4 SLiNK magazine

INTELLIGENCE SQUARED: ‘If ’ Conference at The Royal Geographical Society 25th and 26th November Tickets £199 early bird ticket for the whole weekend, or £75 for a half day.

A whole weekend of ‘Food for Thought’, from the pioneers of the brainy revolution, actively fighting a culture of dumbing down in favour of swatting up. With speakers like Stephen Fry at their past events, they’ve already made a name for themselves as intellectual heavyweights, and this conference looks set to confirm their position as the thinking person’s alternative to a trip to Westfield or the local Odeon.

The future can be a dauntingly vague concept and some of the hype can be unmerited, but with a focus on the trends which will be affecting daily life in our homes and cities, speakers will bring insights which will matter to a wide range of people: entrepreneurs, designers, CEOs, investors, advertisers, technologists and scientists. Will the buildings of the future be alive? The gardens vertical? What is the future of sleep and dreaming? And sex? A range of experts from futurologists to sci-fi writers and professors will educate you like you’ve never been educated before.

Get ready for science to get sexy. http://www.iq2ifconference.com/