BGS175 Anniversary Science Symposium | 28 Sept. 2010 | Royal Institution
When? 28 September 2010
Where? The Royal Institution of Great Britain, London
Registration: competition winners and special invitation only
Symposium theme: Applied geoscience for our changing Earth
The British Geological Survey is the world's oldest national geological survey and commemorates its 175th anniversary in 2010.
The event will be marked by a one-day science symposium on 28 September 2010.
The symposium will showcase our world-class science and technologies, demonstrating their relevance, societal benefits and positive impacts in addressing 21st century challenges; including living with environmental change, energy and natural resource security, rising CO2 emissions and geohazards.
The event will be attended by influential stakeholders including representatives from government, industry, academia, international geological surveys, students and the national media. The event will be filmed and broadcast from our website to reach a global audience to further inform public debate and share our thought leadership.
Guest speakers include Dr Marcia McNutt, and Professor Iain Stewart.
Britain's best-known natural history film-maker, Sir David Attenborough, will feature in the panel discussion to close the symposium.
Win a place at BGS175
For a chance of winning a VIP day at the science symposium, featuring Sir David Attenborough, download the competition postcard 400 KB pdf, print it out, answer a simple question, fill in your details and send to:
BGS175 Competition, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG.
Over 18s only. The competition closed on 3 August 2010. Winners names to follow soon.
Competition terms and conditions 40 KB pdf.
About the day
Symposium agenda
Download the oral programme 200 KB pdf
Sharing your thoughts and pictures
Symposium Twitter feed: Use #BGS175 During the symposium . This tag will enable us to live stream your tweets on the day. You can also post questions to the speakers.
Flickr uploads: Upload your best photos and tag them with #BGS175 to help us find your photos. Please give your photos a Creative Commons (CC) license which means we can publish the best pictures of the day — we will credit you.
Keynote speakers and special guests
How to get there
The Royal Institution is marked by the blue drawing pin. Hotels nearby are indicated by red drawing pins. For further hotel listings see TimeOut London.
Contact Enquiries
E-mail enquiries or phone 0115 936 3143 for further information.
- Oral programme 200 KB pdf
- Poster programme 120 KB pdf
