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4.00pm – 4.30pm Dance on Film Talk: Curator of Dance Odysseys films Nele Hertling shares her thoughts on dance on celluloid. Foyer  

4.00pm – 4.30pm Contemporary Classics Conversation: Christopher Hampson and Jane Pritchard, Curator of Dance at the V&A, in conversation. Foyer

4.00pm – 4.30pm Cesc Gelabert Conversation: choreographer and solo performer on the making of Im (Goldenen)Schnitt I.  Foyer

Unknowable Futures In the face of today’s ongoing technological revolution, author and journalist Ben Hammersley examines how we must consider today what we do not know for tomorrow. Chaired by journalist Robert Dawson Scott. Saturday 10 August 5.00pm The Hub Tickets £6 1 hour approximately eif.co.uk/interfaces Special Offer – Buy a ticket for 4 to 6 events and save 20%– Buy a ticket for 7 to 10 events and save 30%

The Leisure Revolution Jesse Schell, Distinguished Professor of Entertainment Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, and technology entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl discuss the gamification of design and its potential for widespread influence. Chaired by writer Ben Hammersley. Supported by The Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Turing Festival. Sunday 11 August 5.00pm The Hub Tickets £6 1 hour approximately eif.co.uk/interfaces Special Offer – Buy a ticket for 4 to 6 events and save 20%– Buy a ticket for 7 to 10 events and save 30%

Psychiatrist Andrew Powell explores the ways that technology affects relationships. As depression rapidly becomes the greatest burden of illness in developed countries, he examines safeguards for emotional and spiritual well-being. Chaired by Reverend Richard Coles, writer of TV comedy Rev.
Wednesday 14 August 5.00pm
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Author and broadcaster Paul Mason outlines the ways in which technology has enabled global protest movements and asks how the old political models of ruling and resisting are being undermined. Chairedb by Professor William Sweeney.
Supported by University and College Union Scotland, Scottish Federation of Entertainment Unions, Edinburgh Trades Union Council and National Union of Journalists Edinburgh Branches.
Monday 12 August 5.00pm
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Professor of Communication, Arts and Religion Jolyon Mitchell hosts a discussion with historian,broadcaster and author Bettany Hughes and Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and InterreligiousStudies, on the relationships between research and the media and the demands of addressing differentaudiences.
Thursday 29 August 5.00pm
1 hour approximately
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The Internet is the greatest store of human knowledge that has ever existed. But it is also a shopping mall, a video arcade and a Pandora’s Box. Tom Standage, digital editor of The Economist, and Emily Bell, director of the Tow Centre for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, discuss the Internet’s effect on intellect with Tim de Lisle, editor of Intelligent Life.
In association with Intelligent Life magazine.
Tuesday 13 August 5.00pm
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1 hour approximately
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Beckett at the Festival Infinite Possibilities: Drama on the Radio Jeremy Howe, Commissioning Editor BBC Radio 4, dramatist Jonathan Myerson and writer and theatrecritic Octavian Saiu explore the influence radio has had on drama and its development as an artform. Wednesday 28 August 5.00pm1 hour approximately The Hub Tickets £6 eif.co.uk/beckettevents