Ben Evans
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London Lectures

Feed of lectures in London, UK sources from various academic institutions, particularly institutions with interests in Artificial Intelligence and Conservation.

Monday
Jul
20
18:00
Amped Up: Tesla and the art of lightning
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Jul
21
10:00
BriCS x Turing - Isambard-AI workshop (21st July 2026)
The Alan Turing Institute
18:30
No Such Thing As A Fish: Live Podcast Recording
The Royal Institution (Ri)
19:00
Path to Publication – Adult Fiction
Brunel University London
Wednesday
Jul
22
13:00
Your Skills & Employability Workshop
Queen Mary University of London
18:30
South Asian Heritage Month: After Eight: The Story of Satpal Ram by Mos Hannan and Usayd Younis
Queen Mary University of London
Friday
Jul
24
18:20
Discourse: Discoveries at the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Saturday
Jul
25
11:00
For Your Inspiration: Reach for the Cosmos
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Jul
28
19:00
Path to Publication – Adult Non-Fiction
Brunel University London
Wednesday
Aug
5
19:00
Path to Publication – Children’s and YA Fiction
Brunel University London
Monday
Aug
10
09:00
Holiday workshops: A Question of Taste (Year 12 & 13)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
10:00
Holiday workshops: STIXX shelters (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Digital Designs to Physical Products (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshop: Digital Designs to Physical Products (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: STIXX shelters (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Aug
11
10:00
Holiday workshops: Intro to coding for girls (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Smart Cities Lab (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshop: Bacterial evolution (Year 10 - 13)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Intro to coding (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Wednesday
Aug
12
10:00
Holiday workshop: Forensics (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: What are the odds? (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Around the world in 8000 seconds (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Around the world in 8000 seconds (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: How things get carried away (Year 10 - 13)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Thursday
Aug
13
09:30
Holiday workshops: Kitchen Lab (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
10:00
Holiday workshops: Crash testing (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
12:00
Holiday workshops: Kitchen Lab (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Friday
Aug
14
10:00
Holiday workshops: Architecture for plants (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Speak like a scientist (Year 10 - 13)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Architecture for plants (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Aug
17
10:00
Holiday workshops: Cosmetic chemistry (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Maths and Medicine (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Electrical & electronic control (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Introduction to robotics week (Year 11 - 13)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Maths and Medicine (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Electrical and electronic control (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Aug
18
10:00
Holiday workshops: Cosmetic chemistry (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Advanced STIXX Shelters (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Advanced STIXX Shelters (Year 10 - 13)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Wednesday
Aug
19
10:00
Holiday workshops: Paper Folding and Problem Solving (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Intro to space science (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: To the Fourth Dimension and Beyond (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Thursday
Aug
20
10:00
Holiday workshops: Magnetronics - Cracking the Code (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Introduction to evolution (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Introduction to evolution (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Magnetronics - Cracking the Code (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Friday
Aug
21
10:00
Holiday workshops: Magnets and motors (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: The Great Malteser Heist (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Micro:bits - Sensing the Body through AI (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: The Great Malteser Heist (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Micro:bits - Sensing the Body through AI (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Aug
24
10:00
Holiday workshops: Magic of Computer Science (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Cosmetic chemistry (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Skateboards to starships (Year 10 - 13)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Invention and Design (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Magic of Computer Science (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Invention and Design (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Aug
25
10:00
Holiday workshops: Engineering and Machines (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Skateboards to starships (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Colour chemistry (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Mathematical murders and mysteries (Year 10 - 13)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Engineering and Machines (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Wednesday
Aug
26
10:00
Holiday workshops: Codes and ciphers (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshop: Colour Chemistry (Year 10 - 13)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: LEGO Mindstorm (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Where maths meets maps (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Maths, maps, and adventures (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Codes and ciphers (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
19:00
Masterclass: Conversation with Stanley Kwan
King's College London
Thursday
Aug
27
10:00
Holiday workshops: How to Win at Game Shows (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Lego Mindstorms (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshop: Forensics (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Polygons, Flexagons and Topology (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: How to Win at Game Shows (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: From Fair Games to Fractals (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Friday
Aug
28
10:00
Holiday workshop: Extract your own DNA (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Exploring the Solar System (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Playing with proof (Year 10 -13)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Patterns and predictions (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:00
Holiday workshop: Extract your own DNA (Year 5 and 6)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Measuring the Earth (Year 7 - 9)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Exploring the Solar System (Year 3 and 4)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Thursday
Sept
3
13:00
Phi-ML meets Engineering - Physics-informed discovery of non-smooth dynamical systems from trajectory data
The Alan Turing Institute
Monday
Sept
7
18:00
The ecosystem of life underground
The Royal Institution (Ri)
An introduction to quantum theory 2026 (short course)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Saturday
Sept
12
18:00
The science of Star Trek
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Sept
14
18:00
JBS Haldane Lecture 2026: Genetic discoveries illuminating justice
The Royal Institution (Ri)
19:00
The Sky at Night, Tonight: A New View of the Changing Sky
Gresham College
Wednesday
Sept
16
10:00
International Conference on Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure 2026
The Alan Turing Institute
Saturday
Sept
19
13:30
Blood, guts and nasty cuts (family)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
18:00
You don't know what you're m ss ng: The hidden data shaping our behaviour
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Sept
21
09:00
Royal Institution Youth Summit 2026
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Thursday
Sept
24
10:00
Decarbonisation of Industrial Baking and Cooking
Brunel University London
Friday
Sept
25
15:00
Class of 2016/17 Reunion
Queen Mary University of London
18:20
Discourse: Physics and philosophy: On the equality of all things
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Saturday
Sept
26
18:00
The story of birds
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Saturday
Oct
3
14:00
Prism break (family)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
18:00
Supercharged: The future of energy materials
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Oct
5
18:00
Art cure: The science of how the arts transform our health
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Oct
6
18:00
The Life Scientific
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Friday
Oct
9
18:00
WiFi Wars Debug XXII
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Saturday
Oct
10
18:00
Extraordinary chemical experiments which shaped today’s world
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Oct
13
19:00
Writers Talking: Sarah Perry
Brunel University London
Wednesday
Oct
14
18:30
Francis Crick Prize Lecture: Pathogens and the power of evolution
Royal Society
Friday
Oct
16
18:20
Discourse: CERN - the past, present and future
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Saturday
Oct
17
18:00
The ancient cosmos: The James Webb Space Telescope's new revelations
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Oct
19
18:00
Centre of European Law 52nd Annual Lecture
King's College London
Saturday
Oct
24
10:00
Family Fun Day: Spooky science
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Oct
26
19:00
An Evening of Unnecessary Detail
The Royal Institution (Ri)
The future of fusion energy: The global race for power
The Royal Institution (Ri)
An introduction to particle physics 2026 (short course)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Oct
27
19:00
Writers Talking: Jamila Gavin
Brunel University London
Friday
Oct
30
19:20
Discourse: Nanotechnology in your body
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Saturday
Oct
31
14:30
ShRIek: The spooky science of the paranormal (family)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
19:00
ShRIek: The spooky science of the paranormal
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Nov
2
19:00
Gravitational waves
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Nov
3
18:30
Croonian Prize Lecture delivered by Dr David Baker
Royal Society
Saturday
Nov
7
14:30
How to build a chocolate bridge (family)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
19:00
The neuroscience of sadness
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Nov
9
19:00
Writers Talking: Benjamin Wood
Brunel University London
Thursday
Nov
12
18:30
Milner Prize Lecture delivered by Professor Johan Håstad
Royal Society
Saturday
Nov
14
14:30
Tomorrow: It's not a question of when, but where! (family)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
19:00
How to grow a quantum computer
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Nov
16
19:00
The new normal: how weather whiplash is shaping our lives
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Saturday
Nov
21
19:00
The Future of AI Is Tiny and Physical
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Wednesday
Dec
2
19:00
Writers Talking: Brunel’s Big Read with Claire Lynch.
Brunel University London
Wednesday
Dec
9
17:00
Intercalated degrees Q&A Online Session (9 December)
Queen Mary University of London
Monday
Dec
14
19:00
The Future of Medicine
Gresham College
Tuesday
Jan
5
17:00
Intercalated degrees Q&A Online Session (5 January)
Queen Mary University of London
Friday
Jan
8
08:00
Intercalated degrees science fair (online)
Queen Mary University of London

Data is sourced from following institutions:

The Alan Turing InstituteThe Royal Institution (Ri)Brunel University LondonQueen Mary University of LondonKing's College LondonGresham CollegeRoyal Society