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Apologies for cross posting. Thought some of you may be interested in this Best wishes jenny Jennifer Hall Clinical Editor The Practising Midwife email [log in to unmask] Please contact me for Author guidelines, subscription and advertising information -----Original Message----- From: sp!ked-central [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 23 April 2003 16:21 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: sp!ked-conference: Panic Attack - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - sp!ked-conference: Panic Attack - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.spiked-online.com - spiked-conference PANIC ATTACK: INTERROGATING OUR OBSESSION WITH RISK London, 9 May 2003 Why is society so obsessed with risk? From global warming to mobile phones, from crime to child safety, from the business world to the military, we sometimes seem to be organising society around the grandmotherly maxim of 'better safe than sorry'. spiked, in association with the Royal Institution, is holding a one-day conference in London on Friday 9 May 2003, sponsored by TechCentralStation. The conference will bring together an international audience to assess the spread of risk aversion into ever-more spheres of life. SESSIONS INCLUDE: Killing the Pill Chemical reaction Children and obesity Scares of our time War fevers Global warming The future of risk SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Mick Hume, editor of spiked and columnist with The Times (London) Jim Glassman, host of TechCentralSation Professor Carl Djerassi, father of the modern contraceptive Pill Professor Sir Colin Berry, eminent British scientist Geoff Mulgan, head of the UK government's Performance and Innovation Unit Frank Furedi, author of The Culture of Fear Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, spiked columnist and author of The Tyranny of Health CONFERENCE DETAILS: DATE Friday 9 May 2003 VENUE The Royal Institution 21 Albemarle Street London W1S 4BS TICKETS £35/£20 concessions/£100 (plus VAT) corporate TO BOOK YOUR TICKET Phone the Royal Institution booking line on: +44 (0)20 7670 2985 Or book online via the Royal Institution website at: https://www.rigb.org/rimain/bookingform.jsp?&mode=0&id=164 For a full programme, go to: http://www.spiked-online.com/panicattack For directions to the conference venue, go to: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=528996&Y=180637&A=Y&Z=1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tell the world about spiked. Forward this email to your friends (and enemies). Get spiked by email at: http://www.spiked-online.com/forms/spikedbyemail.asp By subscribing to spiked you will receive: - regular comments and news, delivered to your inbox as events happen - a weekly email of spiked-highlights - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unless this email has been forwarded to you, you are receiving it because you registered your details on spiked: http://www.spiked-online.com If you would no longer like to get spiked by email, reply to this email with 'unsubscribe' in the message body. You subscribed using this address: [log in to unmask]