Picocon 6 - 1988

Tom Yates supervised Picocon 6 which had Terry Pratchett, Mike Scott Rohan and Dave Langford as guests. There was also the "famous" Varsity Herring Fight over the Unicon Oxford vs. Cambridge bid.

Felix article with a preview of Picocon 6 - extract below:

10.00 General Mathematical Background by the team from Cambridge headed by Dr Monty Python
11.00 Research into particle beam weapons, laser swords and furry little creatures by Prof George Lucas
12.30 The classic research into genetic engineering - A Boy and his Dog
14.00 Prof Pratchett
14.45 See Below!
15.30 Questions from the audience
16.15 Blackholes and AI: Dark Star
18.15 See more below:
19.00 Policing space: Star Cops
20.00 Terminator?
21.30 Videodrome??

At 1445 and 1815 visiting research teams, from Oxford, Cambridge and Earthlight will enter into a competition with our own team to see who really knows most about their subject.

This year's greatest scientific experience - PICOCON 6 - tomorrow in the UDH and SCR, 1000 'till 2200. Do come; it'll look great on your CV.

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