Some presentations 2009-2010

(1) The annual 'Evening with Brian', Chicago. (2) San Diego keynote. (3) Singapore Science Centre guest lecture.

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BJF, 2008-9, illustrated presentations aboard the Cunard: M/V Victoria, Caribbean Celebration cruise.

Amazing Menu of Tomorrow, Royal Court Theatre, 1000-1045h, 12 December.
Secret Language of Plants, Animals and Single Cells, Royal Court Theatre, 1100-115h, 14 December
The World's Worst Cruise Vidoes, and How not the Make One, Royal Court Theatre, 1215-1300h, 14 December.
Secrets of the Christmas Snowflake, Royal Court Theatre, 1000-1045h, 18 December.
The Science of Christmas, Royal Court Theatre, 1000h-1045, 26 December.
Don't let them steal your Identity, Royal Court Theatre, 1030-1115h, 1 January 2009.
[See also Cunard Daily Programme: p1, 12 December; p1, 14 December; p2, 18 December. Book signing at 1500h on 16, 18 December]. Sailing: Southampton, Ponta Delgada, Azores; St John's, Antigua; Basseterre, St Kitts; Castries, St Lucia; St George's, Grenada; Bridgetown, Barbados; Funchal, Madeira; Vigo, Spain; Southampton. 11 December 2008-2 January 2009.

BJF, 2009, illustrated presentations aboard the M/V Saga Ruby, African Odyssey, BJF, 2009, illustrated presentations aboard the M/V Saga Ruby, African Oddysey cruise:

Magical Memories, Cinema Theatre, 1000-1045h, 20 February.
Cruising into Futuristic Food, Cinema Theatre, 1115-1200h, 23 February.
How the Internet Robs your Identity, Cinema Theatre, 1000-1045h, 25 February.
The Secret Language of Life, Cinema Theatre, 1415-1500h, 27 February.
Miraculous World of the Microbe, Cinema Theatre, 1530-1615h, 6 March.
Worst Cruise Videos - and how Not to Make One, Cinema Theatre, 1600-1645h, 07 March.
[See also Scientist, Writer and Broadcaster Professor Brian Ford, Saga Ruby Today: 2, 5 March]. Sailing Mombasa, Kenya; Port Victoria, Seychelles; Aqaba, Jordan; Safaga (for Luxor), Egypt; Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt; Port Suez (for Cairo), Egypt; Suez Canal, Egypt; Piraeus (for Athens), Greece. 17 February - 8 March.

BJF, 2009, Interactive presentations on 'materials' as part of Science Week

Classes aged 9-11, 1340-1410h
Classes aged 7-9, 1430-1500h
The Beeches Primary School, Beeches Road, Peterborough, 3 April.

BJF, 2009, presentations for Inter Micro 09:

A Unique Leeuwenhoek Microscope Sale in London, 1630-1700h, Monday, July 6
An Evening with Brian: The Cheat and the Microscope, 1900-2000h, Monday, July 6
Hidden avenues of Infection, 1400-1425h, Tuesday, July 7
What Linnaeus Missed, 1530-1555h, Wednesday, July 8
McCrone Research Instute, Chicago.

BJF, 2009, Early Days of the Microscope, illustrated presentation to West Sussex History of Medicine Society, St Richards Hospital, Chichester, 1100-1200h, 17 October.

BJF, 2009, Plagiarism in Science, Presidential address to Cambridge Society for the Application of Research, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, 1900-2100h, 19 October.

BJF, 2009, chairman's address for CSAR lecture by Quentin Cooper 'Science and the Media', Dept Biochemistry, Cambridge University, 1900h, 2 November.

BJF, 2009, chairman's address for CSAR lecture by Dr Bill O'Neill 'Laser Photonics', Dept Biochemistry, Cambridge University, 1900h, 16 November.

BJF, 2009, chairman's address for CSAR lecture by Prof David Neal 'Robotic Surgery', Churchill College, Cambridge University, 1900h, 30 November.

BJF, 2010, chairman's address for CSAR lecture by Prof Lindsay King 'Gravitatiomal Lensing', Churchill College, Cambridge University, 1900h, 18 January.

BJF, 2010, illustrated presentations aboard the Cunard: RMS Queen Mary 2, World Cruise sector, Exploring the Pacific Rim:

Amazing Menu of Tomorrow, Illuminations theatre, 1530-1615h, 14 February.
Secret Language of Life, Illuminations theatre, 1530-1615h, 20 February.
Danger, Expert at Large, Illuminations theatre, 1100-1145h, 21 February.
Worst Cruise Videos, and How Not to Make One, Illuminations theatre, 1530-1615h, 23 February.
How the Internet can Steal your Identity, Illuminations theatre, 1530-1615h, 26 February.
You Choose the Lecture, Illuminations theatre, 1530-1615h, 1 March.
Also: television interview by Paul O'Loughlin, Morning Programme (tape in archive): 20 February.
Sailing: Hong Kong, China; Shanghai, China; Nagasaki, Japan; Yokohama, Japan; Hagåtaña, Guam, Mariana Islands; Rabaul, Papua New Guinea; Airlie Beach, Whitsunday Islands, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; Paihia, Bay of Islands, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia. 13 February - 8 March.

BJF, 2010, chairman's address for CSAR lecture by Dr Claire Spottiswoode 'Brood Parasitism', Churchill College, Cambridge University, 1900h, 22 April.

BJF, 2010, chairman's address for CSAR lecture by Dr T D Wilkinson 'Holographic Technologies', Churchill College, Cambridge University, 1900h, 18 January.

BJF, 2010, chairman's address for CSAR lecture by Dr Luisa Corrado 'Happy Danes', Churchill College, Cambridge University, 1900h, 25 May

BJF, 2010, chairman's address for CSAR lecture by Dr Ron Zimmern 'Genomics, Society and Policies', Churchill College, Cambridge University, 1900h, 7 June.

BJF, 2010, presentations for Inter Micro 10:

An Evening with Brian: Censoring the Cell and Banishing the Microscope, 1900-2000h, 12 July.
How Microscopic Particles Shut Down the Airways, 1130-1150h 13 July.
The Microscope and the Royal Society, 1415-1435h, 14 July.
McCrone Research Instute, Chicago.

BJF, 2010, Intelligence and the Single Cell, illustrated presentation to Mensa at Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, 22 August.

BJF, 2010, address on cultured meat to Vegetarian Society annual meeting, London: Dragon Hall, Covent Garden, 1630h, 11 September

BJF, 2010, Lectures aboard Cunard: RMS Queen Mary 2 Mediterranean Medley cruise

Sailing: Southampton, UK - Barcelona, Spain - Monte Carlo, France -
Civitavecchia (for Rome), Italy - Naples, Italy - Gibraltar -
Lisbon, Portugal; Southampton, UK.
19 September - 1 October 2010.

BJF, 2010, Presidential address to Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (to be announced), Churchill College Cambridge, 1900-2100h, 19 October.

BJF, 2010, Revolutonary Insights - the Dawn of Microscopical Investigation, illustrated presentation wth videomicrographs to the Royal Society, 1330-1430h, 29 October.

BJF, 2010, Plagiarism, Scourge or Solace? illustrated presentation to the Friends of the University Library, Camvbridge University, 27 November.

BJF, 2010, Lectures aboard Fred Olsen Cruise Line, M/V Balmoral Canary Islands Christmas cruise

Sailing: Southampton, UK - Lisbon, Portugal - Arrecife, Lanzarote - Puerto
del Rosario, Fuerteventura - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands -
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands - Santa Cruz de la Palma, Canary
Islands - Funchal, Madeira - Southampton, UK.
21 December 2010 - 5 January 2011.

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