Explain Like I'm 5, With BCS Northern Ireland

If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself. - Albert Einstein
“Explain Like I’m 5” is our collaborative speaker series, where local developers, technologists, entrepreneurs, artists, performers, scientists, and business people take a concept that may be highly specific to their area of expertise or work, and break it down to a lay audience from right across the STEAM spectrum with a minimal expectation of prior knowledge.

The Theme:
No themes this time, although if someone wants to suggest something crazy, get in touch!

The Audience:
The target audience is anyone and everyone who loves learning and expanding their horizons. No topic is off limits as long as you are confident that it can be delivered to a lay audience within the constraints of the format.

Given the now online nature of the event, we've had to change things up a bit; unfortunately we can't mail Pizza to all the attendees, and to do away with Zoom-fatigue, we'll be keeping the event short with a social intermission / 'conversation station' to keep everything flowing.

The Rules:

Speakers have a maximum of 7 minutes to speak on the subject of their choice, followed by a short open Q&A.

Given the current 'unprecendented times', we're lifting the previous rules around using presentations; if you want to use a presentation associated with your idea, please go ahead!

(We'll re-enforce the 'No Slides' rule when we go back to real life!)

If you’ve already got something you’d like to share, sign up for the "Speaker" ticket type or email events@farsetlabs.org.uk to discuss it with the subject line “ELI5”

See you there!

The Support:
Many thanks to The British Computing Society in Northern Ireland for continuing to support this programme for the past 4 years!