We would like to make conference material permanently available. We will do this by using the original programme format. We asked contributors to submit any slides and written commentary and you will be able to access these items. In some cases we were also able to record presentations on video, although the sound quality was erratic. The process will take some time to complete, so this section will develop over the coming months.
There are two ways you can watch these films:
- To watch a specific speaker you can watch the film under their name (the image you see is the same for all films, but once you press play it jumps to the speaker).
- Watch the full version of the session available at the end of this section.
The original book Radical Technology is referred to as RT 1.0; the conference itself is RT 2.0.
Event 1: Forty Years of Time Travel: Revisiting Radical Technology 1.0
The day was structured around some principal sections of RT 1.0, each including an original author.
The sessions lasted 50 minutes, with a chair/timekeeper, a principal Reviewer and a panel of invited commentators. The commentators were asked to deliver 5 minutes of largely extempore commentary on RT 1.0 and the remarks of the principal reviewer, but many chose to make more formal presentations, with slides. The founder of the Transition Towns movement, Rob Hopkins, was invited to comment from time to time, as a representative of the ‘next generation’ following that of the original authors.
Energy
Chair: Jackie Carpenter Reviewer: Godfrey Boyle
Godfrey Boyle: Remarks on the original Energy section of RT 1.0
Sue Roaf: Rational building fabric and the first integrated solar house:
John Cantor: Applications and misapplications of heat pumps:
Slide presentation: See also www.heatpumps.co.uk
Derek Taylor: Survey of wind power large and small:
Slide presentation. See also www.altechnica.co.uk
Preben Maegaard: The Danish contribution since the 70s:
Jaap ‘t Hooft: Renewable energy since the 70s:
Slide presentation. See also http://www.8winds.n