31 July to 4 August, Magdalene College, Cambridge

 

The Seven Deadly Sins 

 

SLOTH     GREED     WRATH     GLUTTONY    

           PRIDE      ENVY      LUST

 

Join us along with our line up of top International speakers, each allocated a deadly sin to talk on and for you to debate! 

Pick their brains/disagree/worship at meals, in the bar, throw boomerangs or cling to a punt pole.

 

Bookings for this event are now closed.

 

 

Meet the speakers for Mensa at Cambridge 2008:

 

Dr Martin Knight trained at St Bartholomew's and St Thomas', his research training was established at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School. 

Working as a consultant orthopaedic and spinal surgeon, Martin is a pioneer of minimally invasive spinal surgery and is the founder of a charity called The Spinal Foundation. www.spinal-foundation.org

 

Carol Boyle one of the few researchers seeking to establish the foundations of the science of sustainability, focusing on complex, dynamic systems which fluctuate over time and space due to various internal and external cycles and changes. This new science is leading to changes in the way we think about our society, our lifestyles and our future and how we engineer products, houses and infrastructure. Just possibly, it may shift human society towards becoming sustainable.

 

Dr Jack Cohen is the internationally known reproductive biologist. He has a laboratory in his kitchen, helps couples get pregnant, invents biologically realistic aliens for science fiction writers and in his spare time, throws boomerangs. Jack, who has more letters to his name than can be repeated here, writes, lectures, talks and campaigns to promote public awareness of science, particularly biology. His latest campaign is to see lakes in his local Gloucestershire area cleaned up! travel.

 

Duncan Orr-Ewing works for the RSPB in Scotland, Duncan is a qualified Chartered Surveyor. 

His role covers the management of RSPB Scotland's 65,000 hectares of Nature Reserves, coordinating our species recovery and policy work, as well as our practical advice to land managers to benefit key bird species (for example corncrake, capercaillie and white-tailed eagle).

 

Claire Enders started Enders Analysis in 1997 and leads the company. She previously worked in senior corporate development and strategy roles in all sectors of the UK entertainment industry (including cable, television and music). Claire holds a BA from Yale and an MBA from London Business School. Today, Enders Analysis offers its subscribers research generated by a programme covering the major commercial, regulatory and strategic issues in mobile and fixed line telecoms, TV and the Internet, as well as the major content businesses such as music, publishing and advertising.

 

Ivan Lindsay was educated at Eton College and Sandhurst Royal Military Academy. He spent 4 years serving in the British army and has over 20 years' experience in the Art World. Ivan set up Lindsay Fine Art Ltd in 1990 to deal in European Old Master paintings. The Russian paintings division was formed in 2004 with an emphasis on 20th century painting and a particular interest in the post-war Moscow School 1940-1980.