The world-famous CHRISTMAS LECTURES are coming to Cambridge on 12th, 14th and 16th December, when Cambridge Museum of Technology streams the live filming, direct from the Royal Institution (Ri) theatre in London.
This year, Mike Wooldridge will tackle the most important and rapidly evolving field of science today – Artificial Intelligence (AI). Not since the World-Wide Web emerged 30 years ago has a new technology promised to change our world so fundamentally and so swiftly as AI does. Today’s AI tools such as ChatGPT and AlphaGo are just a hint of what is to come. The future of AI is going to be quite a journey, and the 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURES will give us a guided tour
Tickets for Lecture 1 -12 December, Lecture 2 - 14 December and Lecture 3 -16 December can be booked.
Watched by millions on the BBC, the annual CHRISTMAS LECTURES are a firm family favourite broadcast during the festive season. Confirmation of Cambridge Museum of Technology as one of 16 livestream partners means Cambridge science lovers, and anyone who’s just curious about the world around them, will be able to experience first-hand the magic of the world’s longest-running science lecture series.
Nick Plaister, Trustee at Cambridge Museum of Technology, said: “We are delighted to have been selected to live steam this event. It is fantastic news for all lovers of science in Cambridge and we look forward to welcoming them to our site in December”
Director of the Royal Institution, Katherine Mathieson, said: “We’re extremely grateful to each of our fourteen partner venues, confirmed so far. They will all bring their own unique flavour to the live filming of the world-famous CHRISTMAS LECTURES, enabling local audiences to see what goes on behind the scenes when inspiring scientists are brought together with the public.
“We’re delighted to be working with some of the UK’s best science research and engagement organisations to bring the Lectures within reach for even more people this year. We very much look forward to welcoming more partners in the run-up to filming.” From Aberdeen Science Centre and TechFest in Scotland, to Armagh Observatory and Planetarium in Northern Ireland, to Exeter Science Centre in southern England, the first 16 partner venues named today stretch the length and breadth of the UK.
The CHRISTMAS LECTURES were the brainchild of Michael Faraday in 1825 and have been delivered every year since, with the exception of four years during World War II when it was too dangerous to have a theatre full of children in central London. The first science programme ever to be broadcast on UK national television, in 1936, they have been broadcast every year since 1966.