Imperial Festival will be broadcast to the world this weekend (6-7 May) live from the College's South Kensington Campus.

The College’s annual celebration of science, engineering and creativity will comprise a vibrant array of exhibits, hands-on demonstrations and workshops running alongside a packed talks programme and a series of music and dance performances. 

The 2017 Imperial Festival is set to once again draw thousands to its campus – having been visited by more than 15,000 members of the public during the 2016 weekend.

But for those not able to attend in person, there are many opportunities to follow the action through Imperial’s live-streaming platforms. A series of nine fascinating talks delivered by experts in the fields of robotics, space travel, obesity, performance science, economics, mental health and more will be broadcast live across the College’s YouTube channel.

Meanwhile Imperial’s roving reporters will be out and about at the Festival meeting researchers, capturing the atmosphere, and broadcasting live from the College’s Facebook channel on Saturday.

Here’s the full schedule of live broadcasts across the Imperial Festival weekend. (All broadcasts will be automatically archived and available to play in full as soon as the broadcasts end).

Live lectures

(Times stated in BST)

Saturday 6 May

12:55 – Diving into Saturn – Professor Michele Dougherty (Department of Physics)

13:55 – First Loves: Do early parent-infant interactions shape our future? – Professor Paul Ramchandani (Faculty of Medicine)

14:55 – Is music good for you? – Professor Aaron Williamon, Daisy Fancourt and Katey Warran (Centre for Performance Science)

15:55 – The pleasure of eating – Dr Tony Goldstone (Faculty of Medicine)

16:55 – How much will a house cost in 100 years? – Professor David Miles (Imperial College Business School)

Sunday 7 May

12:55 – The Bionic Man – Dr Dario Farina (Department of Bioengineering)

13:55 – The intelligent knife: The future of cancer surgery? – Professor Zoltan Takats and Dr Daniel Leff (Cancer Research UK Imperial Centre)

14:55 – Music of Life: A live performance – Marianna and Stephanie Kapsetaki (Faculty of Medicine)

15:55 – We don’t make anything anymore! – Professor Jonathan Haskel (Imperial College Business School)

Facebook live

In addition to the nine lectures over the course of the weekend, Saturday will see three live streams on the College’s Facebook channel on Saturday afternoon.

12:00 – Grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony

15:00 – Meet Robot DE NIRO the newest member of the Robot Intelligence Lab.

16:00 – Explore the process of creative thought in Continuum, the hugely ambitious student-led collaboration coordinated by the Imperial College Advanced Hackspace

Sharing the wonder

Imperial Festival runs 12-6pm on Saturday 6, 12-5pm on Sunday 7 May. The free public festival will be held on Imperial’s South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ.

View the full programme online

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