Welcome to Café Scientifique Launceston

Café Scientifique Launceston, founded in 2010 by Professor Colin Webb MBE FRS, is a branch of the national Café Scientifique network.

Meetings are held most months from March to November in the Liberty Suite at Jericho’s Kitchen, 4 Northgate St, Launceston PL15 8BD at 7.00pm.After the talk by a guest speaker, there is a break for light refreshments and conversation. The audience then reassembles for a question and answer session and general discussion. Anyone can ask a question and those which begin "This might be a stupid question but ……. ?" are positively welcomed.

Cafés are free. You just turn up on the night. However, we hope that non-student members of the audience will make a contribution of £2 to cover the hire of the venue and the speaker’s travel expenses. Refreshments cost £3 and must be paid for.

Anyone wishing to have a meal before the meeting can book a table in advance by calling Jericho’s Kitchen on 01566 770080. Please arrive no later than 5:30 pm on the day of the meeting. If you are eating, please ask for “Reserved” notices which can be placed on seats in the auditorium..

If you are not already on our email list and you would like to be kept informed please use the Contact Us page to send us your email address. Suggestions for future talks are extremely welcome.

A list of Cafes planned for 2018 is posted on the Cafes Page.

The next meeting will be at 7.00pm on Tuesday 19 June 2018 when Dr Meghan Gray, Associate Professor School of Physics and Astronomy will be giving a talk entitled “Untangling the cosmic web: the joys (and frustrations) of an observational astronomer"