Cambridge Creative SHORTS: Let’s Change the Way We Think about Our Future

What’s on offer?

The online event features the launch of 3 short film/ animations with accompanying interviews with researchers. Through out the screening there will be an opportunity to ask questions to the researchers and creatives over Twitter: @CamUniEngage

What’s it about?

We take a look at some of the key research taking place at the University of Cambridge on challenging topics that impact our daily lives and the way we perceive our future:

• Have you heard of e-waste or technological waste? These are among the fastest-growing waste streams. Learn more about how the disposal of this waste is fast becoming an ecological problem.

• Have you heard of nanomaterials? Find out how they’re helping to solve some of the most important problems in the world we live in today, such as in producing vaccines for COVID-19.

As part of Cambridge Creative Shorts project, researchers at University of Cambridge joined forces with creative professionals to translate their research into a visual language of short films and animations to reach out to wider audiences. Join us for the screening of three innovative films on the socioecological impacts of technology, and how we can use new technologies in sustainable and economical ways, reducing the illegal disposal of electronic and hazardous waste.

The online event features the launch of the short film and animations with accompanying interviews with researchers. Throughout the screening there will be an opportunity to ask questions to the researchers and creatives over Twitter: @CamUniEngage

To register for the event please go to Eventbrite. We’ll share information with the registered participants on how to join the screening closer to the day.

Who’s leading the event?

Cambridge Creative SHORTS presents:

• Researcher: Amelia Jabry, John Naughton, Ramit Debnath, Jack Lynch, Duanyang Geng, Hunter Vaughan, The Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge
Creative: Stuart Holmes

• Researcher: Sytske Wijnsma, Judge Business School, Economics and Policy, University of Cambridge
Creative: Christine Hooper

• Researcher: Nicholas Jose, Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore, University of Cambridge
Creatives: Jude Cowan Montague & Suzie Hanna

Open to

Participants from all ages and background are welcome

Of particular interest to

Of particular interest to those who would like to know more about technological waste and how some technologies can be produced in more sustainable ways.