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From February 1st, Kristin will be the inaugural Director of the Science, Creativity and Education (Sci.C.Ed) Studio at the University of South Australia. The Studio will open in 2018 as part of the new Health Innovation Building under construction on North Terrace, Adelaide.

UniSA wants to completely change how you see science SCIENCE is too often viewed in isolation, Dr Kristin Alford says, and it’s her new job to help the rest of us connect it to peace, joy, ambition — and just about everything else.

What future do we want – and deserve? Questions for the places, politics and pleasures of the... Where are we headed – and what will the journey be like? How do we deal with rapid change, how can we make more deliberate decisions – and how do we ensure we’re even included in that process? In this forward-looking session, Cory Doctorow, Adam Liaw, Kristin Alford and Maggie Ryan Sandford explore…

Kristin was one of the Visions 2100 contributors featured at the Adelaide launch last night. To read these stories and more about how the way we think about the future affects our future, buy the book here: http://www.vividpublishing.com.au/visions2100/

Achievement unlocked: We've made 40 animated shorts for engaged audiences and happy clients!

You can see them here: https://bridge8.wordpress.com/visual-portfolio/

We're currently filling our 2016 production slate so if you want in on the next 40, please get in touch.

New animation launched! A talking toilet crafted by James Hutson for Dr Mel Thomson of Deakin University for research into cDiff. Funded by you through Pozible!

No More Number 2 Taboo (C.diff PSA with Auranofin add-on) Final as at 3 nov 2015

Come watch Kristin make a fool of herself at Science Nation, this Thursday 5th November at 7pm. Tickets juts $10 in advance and selling fast. http://thesciencenation.com/

The Science Nation Educational entertainment where you laugh while you learn

The Interrobang?!
Kristin Alford and I'm a Scientist alumni Upulie Divisekera are both on the Brains Trust for this new festival, tasked with responding to crowd-sourced questions such as "Why are people nicer when it's your birthday?", "What future do we want - and deserve?", "How does the world end?" and "Does science fiction give us an unrealistic expectation that we can effectively inhabit Mars".

In Melbourne, late November. Tickets on sale now!

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Kristin has just been speaking to 891 ABC Adelaide about plans for TEDx Adelaide. Our upcoming TEDxAdelaideSalon will take place at the South Australian Museum next Thursday 1st October on the theme of "See" - rethinking light and sight. It will sell out - a few tickets are remaining here.

TEDxAdelaideSalon See. Learn. Do. The TEDxAdelaide team is presenting the first special TEDxAdelaide Salon event at the South Australian Museum. Hear live speakers and selected TED talks exploring sight and light from a range of perspectives. This evening of ideas and conversation will invite audiences to think about…

Futurist Ross Dawson has put together a list of female futurists from around the world. Pretty thrilled that Kristin is included. It's a great resource - diversity is a prerequisite to possibility.

http://rossdawson.com/articles/list-of-the-worlds-top-female-futurists/

A treat from Chronference ahead of the solstice this Sunday. Here's Gareth Priday and Janie Busby Grant in conversation on the concept of Mental Time Travel. http://chronference.com/futurefuture.html

New Paper Published! Reflections on our science twitter chat thanks to lead author Heather Bray and co-authors Sarah Keenihan, James Hutson and Kristin Alford. An OnlineCommunity of Practice Around Science Communication: , part of the proceedings of last year's ASC Conference.

[ASC-list] Proceedings of the ASC National Conference, ASC2014, now published and available online!

Recently Kristin spoke to the Platform Shift Creative Forum is Lisbon (via Skype). This is a gathering of theatre makers creating new works engaging young people in the digital age, and she spoke about the five senses needed to create futures. Videos from the whole session and now online, featuring an array of technology and theatre speakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FEGFK0Zjhk&list=PLZF0cYpgm3h9tfZRnYHQD8HLOR4BCGhK5