Radical Technology Conference Poster

The conference consisted of four distinct events. Here we simply present the programme as laid out. Most of it actually happened.

 

The four events were

Event 1:   Friday 2nd 0930-1800: RADICAL TECHNOLOGY 1.0 REVISITED: Forty Years of Time Travel

Event 2:   Friday 2nd 1930-2130: COMMUNITY ENERGY TO THE RESCUE? : Local Choices, Global Effects

Event 3: Saturday 3rd 0930-1800:  IS SMALL STILL BEAUTIFUL? Can it keep us within the Planetary Boundaries?

Morning sessions:

  • SCHUMACHER’S VISION
  • SHELTERING THE TEN BILLION
  • GREEN GROWTH: CONTRADICTION OR NECESSITY?

Afternoon sessions:

  • FEEDING PEOPLE IS EASY – OR IS IT?
  • LIVING MORE, MOVING LESS
  • THE POWER TO CHANGE

Event 4: Sunday 4th 0930-1700: VISIONS AND REVISIONS: Contrasting scenarios of the next forty years

There were other events during the conference:

  • Art exhibition of classic images of the genre, featuring covers of Undercurrents and the work of Cliff Harper including the Visions from RT 1.0, an arcadian comic-strip novel, and other graphics
  • Demonstrations of hardware and systems, e.g. a lightweight hydrogen car, electric-assist bicycles, negative-carbon composite materials, super-insulation systems
  • An archive library of classic texts including a complete set of Undercurrents, other journals such as Street Farmand In the Making; first editions of RT 1.0, early publications of the Centre for Alternative Technology etc.

On the evening of Saturday 3rd, there was a Birthday Party, with live bands, performances etc. It was a memorable event.