Timandra Harkness
Timandra Harkness – Journalist, scriptwriter, Fellow of the RSA.
Timandra works as a consultant, host and trainer in science communication and has worked for the British Council in India, Istanbul, Hong Kong and Cheltenham to help people learn to communicate science to the public. She is the former director of engaging cogs, a project bringing engineering into the public mind. She is member of the Association of British Science Writers and is on the Cheltenham Science Festival Advisory Group.
Timandra defends mobility as both facilitator and marker of human progress. A regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph Motoring pages, among others, she writes on science, technology, motoring and travel. She once appeared on the Motor Show Special as a woman from the future, reviewing concept cars. Her website is at www.timandraharkness.com
Timandra Harkness is speaking in the session The Agile City: Local Ties versus Global Reach
