Daniel Susskind and Sarah Hart to speak at New Scientist Live 2026

Professors Daniel Susskind and Sarah Hart have been announced as two of the speakers at this year’s New Scientist Live event.

The three-day event aims to showcase some of the latest innovations from the world of science. It fuses a large exhibition area with a range of talks from some of the biggest names in the world of science.

There will be 80 different scientific organisations attending, with more than 40 different talks, and four stages devoted to the Universe, the Future, Mind and Body, and Family.

Sarah Hart, Professor Emerita of Geometry, will take part in The Biggest Unsolved Problem In Mathematics, a panel discussion that poses questions that currently no-one can answer. She will appear with New Scientist executive editor Tim Revell, author and physicist Tony Padilla, and mathematician Nira Chamerblain. This session takes place from 11.35am on Saturday, 10 October.

How Our Children Can Flourish In The Age Of AI is the title for a talk by Daniel Susskind, the Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of Business. In it, he will look at how people can master new technologies without eroding essential human capabilities and draws on an evidence-based and practical perspective. This is planned for 1.35pm on Sunday, 11 October.

Also appearing will be Professor Jim Al-Khalili, host of the BBC Radio programme The Life Scientific. His New Scientist Live speech On Time: The Physics That Makes The Universe Tick takes place at 3.45pn on Sunday, 11 October, but those who can’t wait to see him can book tickets for the annual Sir Thomas Gresham lecture, which takes place on Tuesday, 23 June, in Conway Hall.

On The Nature of Time According to Modern Physics will explore what we understand about the universe today, and how time works within it.

The New Scientist Live event is expected to attract more than 20,000 visitors and takes place at the Excel centre in London from Saturday, 10 October to Monday, 12 October.  The third day is aimed at school students in Key Stages 2, 3 and 4.

For more details, visit: https://live.newscientist.com/