Cybernetics Conversation 2026
We welcome additional suggestions and ideas, particularly things that might get us 'doing' as well as 'talking'!
Lunches are provided and, as usual, we will suggest places to meet 'Later in the Bar' for food, drink and discussions.
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John Beckford has taken on the task of attempting to mastermind the event again this year.
As always the aim of The Cybernetics Conversation is to build each session around a question, proposition or challenge. The session ‘leader’, having stimulated the session with their ideas, guides elicitation of the insights, knowledge and experience of the others in the room. As usual we hope to see the development of cybernetic and systems ideas across multiple sectors - public, private, charity and social enterprises, politics and the sciences and humanities.
Opening Speaker is Dan Davies and The Unaccountability Machine
“Cybernetics and……
1. Stafford Beer and relevance to 2026
2.Information Processing
3. Badlands and Space Governance
4. Quantum Life Sciences
5. Ethics and AI
And, of course there are many sub-themes within each………..
We need you to make your offers and suggestions so that we can create a structure through which the emerging ideas can be explored and, if appropriate, synthesised – and we will use the facilities in the rooms to capture as appropriate.
Offers to lead sessions are will be greatly appreciated - particularly if accompanied by a suggested theme or thread.
Tickets are now on sale via the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cybernetics-conversation-2026-tickets-1986358395432?aff=oddtdtcreator
The event will run from 11.00 on Wednesday 1 July to 12.00 Friday 3rd July at Loughborough University Business School. The ticket prices include lunches and refreshments but don't include accommodation. In previous years most people have booked their accommodation at the Premier Inn on Southfield road but there are many other hotels available in Loughborough, including the Travelodge on Bridge Street and three hotels on the university campus.
Links are below:
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/home.html
https://www.travelodge.co.uk/
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