MERINO GOLD FASHION SHOW
The talents of Victoria University chemists and Massey fashion designers combine to bring you the Merino Gold Fashion Show. Using wool fabric bonded with clusters of gold atoms, students are competing for the opportunity to visit the fashion houses of Italy. The winner of the show will be announced during the evening.
TALK BY SIR RICHARD FRIEND, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Following the fashion show, Sir Richard Friend, Lord Rutherford’s successor as Director of the famous Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, presents;
Exploring the creative tensions between science and technology
Many of the big discoveries in science have come about after a breakthrough in technology. Galileo needed lens-making technology before he could construct his telescope which changed our view of the universe forever.
However, current popular perceptions of the scientific method are different. Too often science is presented as a series of ‘grand challenges’, with the assumption that we all know where the next important problem lies. So, how does it really work?
Sir Richard Friend will present his views, drawing on his experience of commercialising basic research at Cambridge University. Over the past 40 years a high-technology cluster has built up around the University, comprising some 1000 companies and 40,000 jobs. This provides a creative environment both for scientific discovery and its translation to the marketplace.
In association with the McDiarmid Institute’s fifth international conference, AMN5
This event is also sponsored by:
MacDiarmid Institute - Royal Society of NZ – Victoria University of Wellington - Massey University – NZ Institute of Chemistry
Listen to Sir Richard Friend’s talk ‘Exploring the Creative Tensions Between Science and Technology’