Step into a fascinating digital world…Try your hand as an ethical hacker, crack puzzles, pick locks, and see what the future might look like as you come face-to-face with artificial intelligence.

NEW FOR 2018!

Cyber Zone

Daily 10am–5pm Free Entry All Ages

Supported by

Town Hall

The Arena

The Crucible

Women in STEM

ExperiTent

Science Trail Start

Helix Theatre

MakerShack

Cyber Zone

EDF Energy Zone

The Cube

Woodland Trust

Imperial Garden Bar

GE Pavilion

The Sphere

Hartpury Science Hub

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Regency Café

Discover Zone

Waterstones Book Shop

Conversation Corner

Festival Café

Workshop Becoming A Chess GrandmasterFriday 8 June, 4–5pm Saturday 9 June, 3.30–4.30pm, 4.45–5.45pm

Find out how Artificial Intelligence is transforming the game of chess.

Cyber Talks Saturday 9 June, 1.30–2.30pm Sunday 10 June, 1.30–2.30pm

Leading experts give an introduction to some of the hottest topics in cyber security.

Cyber Surgery: Ask The Expert Sunday 10 June, 3.15–4.15pm

Have your emails been hacked? How can you keep your kids safe online? Join

cyber security experts Jessica Barker and FC as they answer your questions.

All three events are FREE; no ticket required. Places limited, unreserved seating.

From science busking, stargazing and bioblitzing to five-star Fringe shows, pub quizzes and geeky film nights – look out for free events and hands-on fun over the Festival (5–10 June).

Beside our many family friendly activities, adults will be thrilled by comedy, films and other performances in pubs, bars and cafés across Cheltenham as part of our CheltSciFest Fringe and can discover our free interactive zones on site in an adult-only special opening on Friday night.

The MakerShack and Discover Zone are back due to popular demand and we are excited to add our brand new Cyber Zone to our Festival Village!

Welcome to Cheltenham Science Festival Imperial Square, Cheltenham, GL50 1QA

Site opens 5 June free entry

FESTIVAL VILLAGE KEY Free interactive zones Free activities Ticketed event venues Others

Discover Zone Daily 10am–5pm

Find out more about the world and how it works; with virtual reality, aerospace engineering, chemistry, cyber security and quantum computing.

MakerShack Daily 10am–5pm

Enter a carnival of creativity! Explore marvellous materials, code a robot to read a bedtime story, enter the Slime Factory, discover forever re-moldable thermoplastics, carve a path for a river and so much more.

The Sphere Daily 10am–5pm

Create your own unique art inspired by your heartbeat, get hands-on with Lego genome editing, make a microbe, get a glimpse of what living in a “Quantum City” might be like, create your own vegan smoothie and more…

Stargazing 7 & 8 June, 9.45–11pm Meet at the Holst Statue

Join members of the Cotswold Astronomical Society for a supervised evening of stargazing.

RAF Falcons DisplayLook to the sky and you may be surprised by an exciting sky diving display by the RAF Falcons on Wednesday. Weather dependent.

Large Animal Dissection 10 June, 10am–4pm Hartpury Science Hub

Following the success of last year’s horse investigation, Hartpury Scientists will be performing a detailed dissection of a wallaby.

Conversation CornerShare ideas, be inspired and join other audience members for an informal chat after your event. Places limited, unreserved seating.

Animal Superheroes Science Trail Daily All ages

Created by the team behind BBC Focus Magazine, collect your quiz sheet from the Science Trail starting point and follow the Trail around Imperial Square.

Supported by

Women in STEM Photo Installation Daily All ages

Find out more about amazing women in STEM in our photo installation.

Woodland Trust Daily All ages

Learn more about how woods and trees benefit the environment around us with some hands-on activities and fun from the people behind Nature Detectives!

Cyber Trail Daily Ages 10+

Become a code-breaker and gather clues to unlock a cryptic challenge. Begin your quest in the Cyber Zone.

Beemobile 5–8 June All ages

Try making a seed-bomb, explore pollination, taste some yummy honey and so much more with the Bee Friendly Trust.

Hartpury Science Hub 5–10 June, 10am–5pm

Drop in to take part in exciting experiments, explore pioneering research and find out more about sport and exercise, equine performance, animal welfare and agriculture.

GE Pavilion 5, 7 & 10 June, 10am–6pm 6, 8 & 9 June, 10am–8pm

Connect with a world of STEM, explore various hands-on activities, listen to talks and find out about career opportunities.

EDF Energy Zone 8–10 June, 10am–5pm

Visit the EDF Energy Zone to find out how EDF are encouraging the scientists, engineers and thinkers of tomorrow and find out about their programmes to inspire the next generation in STEM.

Free interactive zones All AgesWomen in Innovation

Photography ExhibitionTown Hall

Representing UK’s most promising female entrepreneurs, recognising their differences and the diverse ideas they bring forward.

Portraits provided by Innovate UK.

Free activities

NEW

Cheltenham Science Festival 5–10 June 2018

Don’t miss out on hundreds of events at #cheltscifest: Featuring Alice Roberts, Demis Hassabis, What Connects Us? What Divides Us?, Maddie Moate, The Universe, Hannah Fry, Sheila Rowan, Our Planet, Jim Al-Khalili, Olly Mann, Hacking:Live and much more...

Book now at cheltenhamfestivals.com/science

Careers Evening

8 June, 5–7pmIn the EDF Energy Zone,

GE Pavilion, Hartpury Science

Hub & Cyber Zone

Late opening just for adultsMakerShack, Discover Zone, Cyber Zone & EDF Energy Zone

Friday 8 June, 8–10pm

5–10 June 2018Box Office 01242 850270cheltenhamfestivals.com#cheltscifest

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CheltSciFest Fringe

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The Bioblitz

1 Friday 9.30pm –

Saturday 10.30pm Boathouse Cafe, Pittville Park

Are you ready for an exciting hunt for birds, bugs, mammals and other wonderful wildlife? Join the University of Gloucestershire and the Bioblitz Team for a 24-hour Bioblitz in Pittville Park to help document the variety of plants and animals around.

For more information see cheltenhamfestivals.com/around-town

Is Monogamy Dead?

8 6.30–7.50pm

Including a Q&A and book signing. Boston Tea Party

Comedian, writer and broadcaster Rosie Wilby presents a mixture of talk, discussion and highlights from her stand-up show Is Monogamy Dead? and award-shortlisted book of the same name. Hear about Rosie’s very personal quest to find out why Western society clings to a concept laden with assumption and ambiguity, how diverse our definitions of infidelity can be and why there should be more language to describe the huge variety of connections between humans in this entertaining mix of memoir and humorous sociological study.

Agony Auncles Of Science

6 9–10.30pm

The Bottle of Sauce

They might look like regular advice columnists, but they have a secret weapon: science! Join your fabulous MC, Scary Boots and their Auncles for the evening, Rachel Wheeley, Matt Young, Florence Schechter and Anna Ploszajski, as they try to solve your problems using science – wildly inappropriately. Can science solve everything, or indeed anything at all?

As seen at the Edinburgh Fringe, where it was Wired’s #1 science-themed show and received a five-star review.

For more information on the Auncles visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/around-town

Science Showoff

6 7.30–9.45pm

The Bottle of Sauce

The UK’s favourite chaotic cabaret for science nerds is coming to Cheltenham! Expect lots of nerdy nonsense and bad behaviour from your MC Steve Cross and his guests for the evening *drumroll please* Sophie Scott, Tay Aziz, Shirley Halse, Maia Elliott, Matt Young and Shalaka Kurup. A Few Very Short

Introductions

5 Drop in between

12–4.30pm Society Room, The Find

Grab yourself a cuppa and get ready to change the way you think about the world around you, with a sparkling selection of Oxford’s Very Short Introduction authors. Pick their brains, discover something new and improve your pub quiz knowledge!

12pm John Finney on Water1pm Brian Rogers on Perception2pm Tristram Wyatt on Animal Behaviour3pm Paul Kelenerman on The Immune System4pm Sarah Harper on Demography

Talks will be 15 minutes followed by a Q&A.

UniverSilly Challenged Nerdtastic Pub Quiz-cum-cabaret

6 10.15–11.45pm

The Bottle of Sauce

Are you ready to get quizzicle? Science troubadour Jonny Berliner (“Seriously funny” The Scotsman) and Ugly Animal wrangler Simon Watt (“All the wit and passion of the best comics” Chortle) will test your geek knowledge, put you through the origami olympics and challenge your punning skills in this nerdtastic night to remember. Niche prizes to be won, with full marks for foolishness. Paxman would hate it.

The Beemobile

2 Saturday 12–4pm

Sunday 12–3pm High Street,

outside Marks & Spencer

Discover the magical world of bees at the colourful Beemobile! Try making a seed-bomb, explore pollination, taste some yummy honey and so much more with the Bee Friendly Trust. See bees in action in the observation hive (weather dependent) and watch some waggle dancing!

Science Busking Saturday 12–4pm Sunday 12–3pm The Promenade, Regent Street

& High Street

Come and find our brilliant buskers along the streets of Cheltenham throughout the weekend. Experience mind-bending illusions, math-magical tricks and exciting demonstrations.

You can also meet our buskers over brunch or a pint:

3 The Cosy Club Saturday & Sunday 11am–12pm

4 The Old Courthouse Saturday 5–6pm & Sunday 4–5pm

Algorave Friday 8.45–11.30pm Town Hall, The Pillar Room

Free no ticket required

The bar will be open during this event.

Experience electronic music generated live from algorithms!

8.45–9.45pm Drop in Live Coding Express yourself and build social connections through a shared experience of music. Drop in and have a go yourself.

10–11.30pm Festival Party Night Alex McLean, Joanne Armitage (from Algobabez) and Joe Wilk write the code to make you dance, with Antonio Roberts on visuals.

Venue Guide

Pittville Park, GL52 2BP

High Street, GL50 1DF

The Cosy Club, GL50 3FF

The Old Courthouse, GL50 1NB

The Find, GL50 1HE

The Bottle of Sauce, GL50 3LH

Shush Bar, The Swan, GL50 1DX

Boston Tea Party, GL50 3JS

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Film Screening & Talk: Psycho

7 7.30–10pm

Shush Bar, The Swan

A secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer’s client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Join neuroscientist Sarah Garfinkel and science historian William Macauley after the film for a short talk and discussion. Find out how cinema became preoccupied with psychological ideas during the 1960s, and how mental health is portrayed in Psycho and other films.

Film Screening & Talk: Flubber

7 8–10.30pm

Shush Bar, The Swan

An absent-minded professor experimenting with new types of energy accidentally discovers ‘flubber’, a physics-defying green slime.

Stay in your seats after the film to find out more about the science of slime with science presenter Phil Bell-Young and discover whether we could we really develop flubber in the future.

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Film Screening & Talk: The Martian

7 7.30–10.30pm

Shush Bar, The Swan

When astronaut Mark Watney is stranded on Mars, he must use his wit and spirit to survive long enough to find his way home.

After the film screening join TV presenter and author of Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide To Leaving The Planet Dallas Campbell for a short talk and discussion about the science in The Martian, and how space exploration is portrayed in film.

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