Imperial Lates: Lights, Colour, Action

Thursday 23 October | 18.0021.00

A man and a woman engaging with a quiz at Imperial Lates
A map of the Imperial Lates event

Talks and performances

1 Lights, camera, debate!

18.40–19.25

2 A global history of light

20.05–20.50

18 Diwali dance pop-up

20.45–21.00

20 Colourful secrets of materials

18.30–18.55, 19.30–19.55 and 20.25–20.50

23 Shining a spotlight on our experts

19.00–19.20: Sunlight-powered space exploration (Madhav Rajeswar)
19.40–20.00: Using sunlight to power our lives (Kamran Dastafkan)
20.20–20.40: Splitting photons to explore the unseen (Nathan Gemmell)

DJ DAYTIMES presents: Michael Diamond

A man and a woman with microphones speaking to an audience
Two women smiling as one writes something down

Workshops and quiz

10 Quiz: Enlighten me!

18.40–19.10 and 19.50–20.20

19 DIY light detectives

21 Photon beats

18.40–19.10, 19.25–19.55 and 20.15–20.45

22 Dancing with the stars

18.20–19.00, 19.20–20.00 and 20.20–21.00

Exhibits and installations

3 Book signing: Roma Agrawal and Subhadra Das

Check stand for timings

4 Shining a light on proteins

5 Powering life

6 X-ray vision: inside your knees

7 The beauty of science

8 Solar power unleashed

9 Lasers for life

11 Diving in duality

12 NanoGlow

13 Quantum pong

14 Light it up

15 Seeing the unseen

16 Rangoli

17 Women of light

A woman wearing a VR headset and smiling softly
A group of people dancing and wearing headphones

Timed events

1 Lights, camera, debate!

18.40–19.25

2 A global history of light

20.05–20.50

10 Quiz: Enlighten me!

18.40–19.10 and 19.50–20.20

18 Diwali dance pop-up

20.45–21.00

20 Colourful secrets of materials

18.30–18.55, 19.30–19.55 and 20.25–20.50

21 Photon beats

18.40–19.10, 19.25–19.55 and 20.15–20.45

22 Dancing with the stars

18.20–19.00, 19.20–20.00 and 20.20–21.00

23 Shining a spotlight on our experts

19.00–19.20: Sunlight-powered space exploration (Madhav Rajeswar)
19.40–20.00: Using sunlight to power our lives (Kamran Dastafkan)
20.20–20.40: Splitting photons to explore the unseen (Nathan Gemmell)

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