Cloud Appreciation Society Conference
The Science, Art and Culture of The Sky
Our 2015 conference is going to be a truly amazing event. It runs throughout the day, with lunch included. There will be six fascinating speakers, interspersed with a diverse programme of performances and interactive sessions.
See here for the full programme of the Cloud Appreciation Society Conference
Tickets
Additional Information
9.15am – 4.30pm, Saturday 26 September 2015
The Royal Geographical Society
1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR, United Kingdom
Ticket includes buffet lunch
Some programmne highlights:
Cloudspotting for Beginners
An illustrated tour of the sky with Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of The Cloud Appreciation Society
The Namer of Clouds Lived Here
Richard Hamblyn, award-winning author, on Luke Howard, the amateur meteorologist who shot to fame in the 1800s when he devised the naming system for clouds that we still use today
Weatherland
Award-winning author and Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool Alexandra Harris shows how the greatest writers of the English language have found inspiration by looking up.
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
Award-winning US environmental journalist Cynthia Barnett will ensure you'll never think of rain in the same way again
The Art of the Sky
Prof. John Thornes leads us through the rich history of clouds in art, from the ancient to the contemporary.
Clouds: the Wild Cards for Climate Change
Dr. Sandrine Bony, senior research scientist at the Laboratory of Dynamic Meteorology in Paris, on the fascinating and profound effect clouds have on our climate