A group to try to bring together a community of animators and illustrators in the North East for informal gatherings. Bianca Ansems speaks.

Suw Charman-Anderson will talk about Ada Lovelace and 'Ada Lovelace Day' - an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths.

A Christmas party for game developers in the North East. The night will involve a best jumper competition, games quiz, a charity raffle, and there will be food and drink.

Is 'cyberwar' a real thing, or just used by politicians to scare the population and demand greater budgets? Sam Hogarth will attempt to put a foot in these murky waters.

Charles Veitch followed conspiracy theories to make a sense of major events. He then publicly turned his back on the scene amidst death-threats, hacked websites and an online campaign.

Part of the British Science Festival. Join 'Skeptics in the Pub' as they test your general knowledge with a slice of science - you don't need to be Stephen Hawking to win.

Kathryn Ford will look at the modern face of physiognomy trying to answer questions such as; why do we judge people as soon as we see them? How accurate are these judgements?

People that Will Storr met, in his ten years of reporting, were often not stupid. Many were intelligent. So why didn't facts fail to replace their inferior ideas? Why did logic fail?

Alice Sheppard will describe: the ways in which biases were found and dealt with, the projects created by members of her forum and the scientific thinking they learnt in the process.

Jon Timmis will discuss why we should not fear the "Terminator" robot for quite some time. In fact, sometimes they can not even manage to stay on a table, let alone direct a revolution.

In a break from the usual format there will be short talks on a range of subjects. An opportunity for local sceptics and free-thinkers to take to the stage for 15 minutes in the spot light.

Is homoeopathy harmless? Nancy Kane and Hayley Johnson examine the evidence for and against homoeopathy, which may be more harmful than you think. Dun dun dun!

Local geocaching group. A recreational event that revolves around GPS and its use to hunt containers of objects. Think: a tech-focused treasure hunt.

John Walliss will examine the phenomenon of prophetic failure, drawing on the wealth of literature that we have developed in the social sciences over the last 60 or so years.