Ben Evans

London Lectures

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

Saturday
Jul
27
13:00
Science & Sorcery: Family event (matinee)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
17:00
Science & Sorcery (evening)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Jul
29
10:00
Holiday workshops: Intro to the BBC Micro:bit (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: Introduction to robotics week (ages 15–18)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Intro to the BBC Micro:bit (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Jul
30
09:00
Digital Marketing Masterclass
Brunel University London
10:00
SOLD OUT: Holiday workshops: Forensics (ages 12–14)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: Around the World in 8000 seconds (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Making music and sound with BBC Micro:bit (ages 12–14)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: Around the World in 8000 seconds (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
14:00
Investor Readiness Bootcamp
Brunel University London
Wednesday
Jul
31
10:00
Holiday workshops: Drawing Islamic geometric patterns (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: Forensics (ages 12–14)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: Patterns and predictions (ages 12–14)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Drawing Islamic geometric patterns (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
14:00
Building Bridges: A Symposium
King's College London
Thursday
Aug
1
10:00
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: Forensics (ages 15–18)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Drawing and painting Islamic geometry (ages 12–14)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: Codes and ciphers (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:00
How to build a rocket
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Codes and ciphers (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Friday
Aug
2
10:00
Holiday workshops: Polygons, Polyhedrons, Flexagons and Topology (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Aug
5
13:15
Holiday workshops: Investigations with Pascal’s triangle (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Aug
6
10:00
Holiday workshops: Codes and ciphers (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Computing with cards and dominoes (age 13–15)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: Codes and ciphers (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Wednesday
Aug
7
10:00
Holiday workshops: Shorelines, Snowflakes and Sierpiński Triangles (13–15)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Fractal fun (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Fractal fun (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
14:00
AI for Cultural Heritage: what of copyright?
Brunel University London
Thursday
Aug
8
10:00
Holiday workshops: Electrical circuits AM (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Electrical circuits PM (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Aug
12
10:00
Holiday workshops: Cosmetic chemistry (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Aug
13
10:00
Holiday workshops: The magic of computer science (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Cosmetic chemistry (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: To the Fourth Dimension and Beyond (age 12-14)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: The magic of computer science (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:30
The Good, the Bad and the Public
The Alan Turing Institute
15:00
Tech-Talk: Workflows as part of reproducible and replicable science
The Alan Turing Institute
Thursday
Aug
15
10:00
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: Colour chemistry (ages 12–14)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Friday
Aug
16
10:00
Holiday workshops: Artificial intelligence, but where is the intelligence? (7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Artificial intelligence, but where is the intelligence? (9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Aug
19
10:00
Holiday workshops: The magic of computer science (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: The magic of computer science (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Aug
20
10:00
Holiday workshops: Mathematical magic AM about (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: Where is engineering? (ages 12–14)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Colour chemistry (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: An expanding universe of knowledge (ages 15–18)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Mathematical magic PM about (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
15:30
Translational Science Methods Club: Explainable AI
The Alan Turing Institute
Wednesday
Aug
21
10:00
Holiday workshops: Crafting with code AM (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: An introduction to space science (ages 12–14)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Electrical circuits AM (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Crafting with code PM (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Electrical circuits PM (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Thursday
Aug
22
10:00
Holiday workshops: Colour chemistry (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Building with STIXX (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Building with STIXX (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Aug
27
10:00
Holiday workshops: Around the World in 8000 seconds (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Domino computing master class (age 12-14)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:00
SOLD OUT Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (ages 12-14)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Around the World in 8000 seconds (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Wednesday
Aug
28
10:00
Holiday workshops: Exploring the solar system (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Fractal fun (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
13:15
Holiday workshops: Exploring the solar system (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Holiday workshops: Fractal fun (ages 9–11)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Thursday
Aug
29
10:00
Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (ages 7–8)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Sept
2
09:00
Data Study Group - September 2024
The Alan Turing Institute
Tuesday
Sept
3
14:00
Pairs, Data Pairs!
Queen Mary University of London
Wednesday
Sept
4
18:30
Stamp Memorial Lecture
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Saturday
Sept
7
18:00
How to untie the quantum string
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Sept
9
18:00
The science of skateboarding
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Wednesday
Sept
11
19:00
A Mirror in the Sky
Gresham College
23:00
CALL FOR PAPERS – Catalan Theatre in English: Past, Present & Future
Queen Mary University of London
Thursday
Sept
12
17:30
Book Launch: Blue Jerusalem by Kit Kowol
King's College London
18:00
Magical Mystery Tour: The Invention of The Beatles
Gresham College
Saturday
Sept
14
18:00
The power of bioengineering
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Sept
16
09:00
Royal Institution Youth Summit 2024
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Sept
17
18:00
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence
Gresham College
Wednesday
Sept
18
18:00
What is Modern Paganism?
Gresham College
Thursday
Sept
19
13:00
Thermodynamic Computation and Applications to Machine Learning
The Alan Turing Institute
18:00
Human Rights Law: Bringing Power to the Powerless
Gresham College
Friday
Sept
20
18:00
Wifi Wars Debug XVIII
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Saturday
Sept
21
13:00
Gravitational waves: Discovering nature’s secrets (Family)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
18:00
Gravitational waves: Nature's secrets
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Sept
23
18:00
A crack in everything: Black holes
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Sept
24
18:00
The Ancient History of Computers and Code
Gresham College
Will there ever be a cure for cancer?
Queen Mary University of London
Thursday
Sept
26
18:00
Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend
Gresham College
Friday
Sept
27
18:20
Discourse: The scientist and the forger
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Sept
30
09:00
Autumn Data/Culture Workshop
The Alan Turing Institute
Tuesday
Oct
1
18:00
Raising the Net Zero Conversation: How to Stop Climate Becoming a Wedge Political Issue
Gresham College
Wednesday
Oct
2
18:00
Do Microbes Have Immune Systems?
Gresham College
Thursday
Oct
3
18:00
Charismatic Leadership: Nature, Causes, and Consequences
Gresham College
Saturday
Oct
5
13:00
Pokémaths: The maths of Pokémon
The Royal Institution (Ri)
18:00
Decoding reality
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Oct
7
18:00
An introduction to quantum theory (short course)
The Royal Institution (Ri)
European Security: Building for the Long Term
Gresham College
Tuesday
Oct
8
10:00
Family Business Networking Event
Brunel University London
18:00
Ada Lovelace Day Live!
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Wednesday
Oct
9
18:00
Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times
Gresham College
Saturday
Oct
12
13:00
A Periodic Tale with Dr Karl
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Oct
14
18:00
One bin to rule them all
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Wednesday
Oct
16
18:00
Whither the Public Lecture?
Gresham College
Thursday
Oct
17
18:00
The Sondheim Showstopper: ‘Send in the Clowns’
Gresham College
Saturday
Oct
19
18:00
Designing the James Webb Space Telescope
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Oct
21
18:00
A new way to understand the quantum world
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Is Your Money Safe? Unveiling Hidden Conflicts in Finance
Gresham College
Tuesday
Oct
22
18:00
Why Does Britain Have a Housing Crisis?
Gresham College
Wednesday
Oct
23
18:00
Bach’s Invention: The Divine Trickery of J.S. Bach
Gresham College
Friday
Oct
25
18:00
Discourse: Future of transplantation – from machines to 3D printing
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Sunday
Oct
27
11:00
Family Fun Day: Amazing animals
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Oct
29
19:00
Messaging and Signals
Gresham College
Wednesday
Oct
30
19:00
The Origins of Modern Paganism
Gresham College
Thursday
Oct
31
19:00
The Health Gap: Achieving Social Justice in Public Health 
Gresham College
Friday
Nov
1
10:00
Girls Robotics Challenge: space to explore
King's College London
Saturday
Nov
2
19:00
Anatomy of a particle detector
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Nov
5
19:00
Why Writing Women Back into History Matters
Gresham College
Thursday
Nov
7
19:00
The US Constitution: A Catalogue of Complaints about Britain
Gresham College
Friday
Nov
8
18:00
For your inspiration: Exploring extreme environments
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Nov
11
19:00
The lost scientists of WW2
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Nov
12
19:00
The Convoluted Brain: Wrinkles and Folds
Gresham College
Wednesday
Nov
13
13:30
Athena Swan Lecture - Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges
City, University of London
18:30
Jeremy Tunstall Annual Lecture - The Media and the Royals: From Queen Victoria to the Present
City, University of London
Thursday
Nov
14
19:00
Making Sense of Conspiracy Theories
Gresham College
Saturday
Nov
16
14:00
50 years of The Rubik's cube
The Royal Institution (Ri)
19:00
The art of stargazing
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Wednesday
Nov
20
10:00
Transform your family business into a thriving legacy (Executive Programme)
Brunel University London
19:00
Saints and Liars: The Untold Stories of Americans Who Saved Endangered People from the Nazis
Gresham College
Thursday
Nov
21
09:00
PhD Connect 2024
The Alan Turing Institute
19:00
How Inequality Affects Mental Health
Gresham College
Friday
Nov
22
19:00
Discourse: Christmas Lecturer 2024
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Monday
Nov
25
19:00
Who's Minding the Store? Corporate Rules to Align Interests
Gresham College
Tuesday
Nov
26
19:00
Houston, We Have a Problem: How the Fossil Fuel Industry is Risking Our Future and Your Pension
Gresham College
Wednesday
Nov
27
19:00
How Does Our Immune System Protect Us?
Gresham College
Wednesday
Dec
4
20:00
Black Holes and Bangs
Gresham College
Thursday
Dec
5
19:00
‘Is it in Pevsner?’: A Short History of the ‘Buildings of …' Series
Gresham College
Thursday
Dec
12
19:00
Unwrapping Irving Berlin’s "White Christmas"
Gresham College
Wednesday
Dec
18
19:00
WiFi Wars Christmas bash
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Thursday
Dec
19
18:00
Christmas special: Chemistry of a candle
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Friday
Dec
20
18:00
The chemistry of Christmas baking
The Royal Institution (Ri)
Tuesday
Jan
7
19:00
Who’s Afraid of Robots?
Gresham College
Wednesday
Jan
8
19:00
The Modern Goddess
Gresham College
Thursday
Jan
9
19:00
Writing a British Constitution
Gresham College
Tuesday
Jan
14
19:00
Science-Based Targets, Greenwashing and Brownscraping: Net Zero in the Private Sector
Gresham College
Wednesday
Jan
15
20:00
Touching the Sun
Gresham College
Thursday
Jan
16
20:30
Breaking the Fourth Wall of Sound: The Paradox of Screen Music
Gresham College
Monday
Jan
20
19:00
The Hidden Risks of "I Know Something You Don't"
Gresham College
Thursday
Jan
23
19:00
Writing Laws: Hammurabi to Solon
Gresham College
Wednesday
Jan
29
19:00
Green Immunity – How Do Plants Fight Infection?
Gresham College
Monday
Feb
3
19:00
Trust Issues: When Financial "Experts" Have Other Plans
Gresham College
Tuesday
Feb
4
19:00
The Injured Brain: Trauma and Swelling
Gresham College
Thursday
Feb
6
19:00
The Operatic Showstopper: ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’
Gresham College
Tuesday
Feb
11
19:00
Why Does Britain Have a Water and Sewage Crisis?
Gresham College
Tuesday
Feb
18
19:00
The UK’s Generational Wealth Gap
Gresham College
Wednesday
Feb
19
19:00
The Return of the Horned God
Gresham College
Thursday
Feb
20
19:00
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus
Gresham College
Tuesday
Feb
25
19:00
Data: A Love Story for the Ages
Gresham College
Wednesday
Feb
26
20:00
The Biggest Cosmic Map
Gresham College
Thursday
Feb
27
19:00
Is the First Amendment the Greatest Right of All?
Gresham College
Tuesday
Mar
4
19:00
Carbon Offsetting: Does It Really Work?
Gresham College
Thursday
Mar
6
19:00
Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek
Gresham College
Wednesday
Mar
12
19:00
Banned Books and Freedom of Expression
Gresham College
Thursday
Mar
13
20:00
Just Ask The Axis: Jimi Hendrix Unpicked
Gresham College
Tuesday
Mar
18
19:00
The Connected Brain: Network and Communication
Gresham College
Wednesday
Mar
19
19:00
The Case for Basic Income
Gresham College
Tuesday
Mar
25
19:00
Documentary Photography in Apartheid South Africa
Gresham College
Wednesday
Mar
26
19:00
How Do Vaccines Work?
Gresham College
Tuesday
Apr
1
18:00
Why Are Cities Going Bankrupt?
Gresham College
Wednesday
Apr
2
18:00
Modern Druids
Gresham College
Thursday
Apr
3
18:00
The LGBT+ Showstopper: ‘I Am What I Am’
Gresham College
Tuesday
Apr
8
18:00
How Surveillance Works
Gresham College
Thursday
Apr
10
18:00
What Rights and Duties are Missing from the U.S. Constitution?
Gresham College
Monday
Apr
14
18:00
The 2025 Annual Lord Mayor's Event
Gresham College
Wednesday
Apr
23
19:00
Asteroid Adventures
Gresham College
Tuesday
Apr
29
18:00
Does Net Zero Mean the End of Livestock Agriculture?
Gresham College
Wednesday
Apr
30
18:00
Labour in Post-War British Theatre
Gresham College
Thursday
May
1
19:00
From Thin Air: Minimalist and Process Music from Africa to Arvo Pärt
Gresham College
Tuesday
May
6
18:00
The Troubled Brain: Ageing and Dementia
Gresham College
Wednesday
May
7
18:00
Do Computers Get Sick? How Humans and Computers Fight Viruses
Gresham College
Wednesday
May
14
18:00
Modern Pagan Witchcraft
Gresham College
Tuesday
May
20
18:00
The Moral Case for Stealing Data
Gresham College
Thursday
May
22
18:00
Taking the Constitution into the Classroom
Gresham College
Wednesday
May
28
19:00
A New Sky
Gresham College
Thursday
May
29
18:00
From Machiavelli to Nietzsche: How Modern Thinkers Saw Ancient Lawgivers
Gresham College
Monday
Jun
2
18:00
Blind Spots & Bad Decisions: Why We Fall for Financial Traps
Gresham College
Wednesday
Jun
4
18:00
Sum Stories: Equations and their Origins
Gresham College
Thursday
Jun
5
18:00
Lawgivers in Modern Revolutions
Gresham College
Monday
Jun
9
18:00
The 2025 Gray's Inn Reading
Gresham College
Tuesday
Jun
10
18:00
Carbon Takeback: How We Will Stop Fossil Fuels from Causing Global Warming
Gresham College
Wednesday
Jun
11
18:00
The Future of Immunity
Gresham College
Thursday
Jun
12
19:00
Illuminating the Dark Side of the Moon
Gresham College
Monday
Jun
16
18:00
Outsmart the System: How Psychology Hacks Your Money Decisions
Gresham College
Tuesday
Jun
17
18:00
The Deceived Brain: Coding and Illusion
Gresham College
Wednesday
Jun
18
18:00
The 2025 Annual Provost's Lecture
Gresham College
Tuesday
Jun
24
18:00
The 2025 Annual Sir Thomas Gresham Lecture
Gresham College

Data is sourced from following institutions:

Pint of ScienceThe Alan Turing InstituteGoldsmiths, University of LondonThe Royal Institution (Ri)Brunel University LondonKing's College LondonQueen Mary University of LondonLondon School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Gresham CollegeCity, University of London