Derby is in the middle – not just in the middle of England, but also in the middle of a major transformation:  perceptions of the city are being transformed (as we learn that the percentage of Derby’s workforce involved in high technology engineering is more than double that of Cambridge); and the city is undergoing a major physical transformation (including the recent opening of England’s largest shopping complex last year).

This puts Derby very much in the place where the past meets the future.

This is both exciting and confusing. To help us think differently about the future, Lunar21 has been created – where issues can be the subject of debate, and where we can enjoy questions without feeling that there must be immediate answers.

Date: Monday 21st April 
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: Joseph Wright Gallery, Derby Museum & Art Gallery

On 21 April Lunar21 be launching with an inaugural debate:

• 5.30pm - Reception and drinks
  
  
• 6.05pm - Presentation by Jonathan Wallis, (Assistant Head of Museums for Derby Museums and Art Gallery), on The Lunar Society and its place in Derby Society.
  
  Lunar21 Inaugural Debate - Technology and relationships – are they in harmony or in conflict?
  
  
• 6.20pm - A view from a Computer Technologist - By Toby Barnes, Modernist - Technology, media and creative industries expert, entrepreneur, business strategist.
  
  
• 6.40pm - A view from the Arts - By Ian McMillan, poet, broadcaster and comedian.
  
  
• 7.00pm - Questions for the presenters, comments and discussion
  
  
• 7.30pm - End

Places are strictly limited.

Please RSVP to Tina Hartley at Marketing Derby by Monday 7th April.

Tel: 01332 201860 Email: tina.hartley@marketingderby.co.uk