Shell London Lecture Series - 2008

During 2007, Burlington House played host to an exceedingly successful series of ten public lectures, sponsored by Shell as part of the Society’s Bicentennial Celebrations. The first, by the President, Richard Fortey, on History of Life was followed by topics as diverse as earthquakes, water resources and the geological record of climate change. The lectures proved to be immensely successful, with a packed auditorium at each event and audiences who appeared to have found the lectures both an enjoyable and stimulating experience.

The Geological Society of London is delighted to announce that Shell would like to continue to support them during the International Year of the Planet Earth (2008), when they will form part of the Society’s contribution to the Year’s activities, and for a further two years after that. Monthly public lectures, all held at the Society's refurbished apartments in Burlington House, Piccadilly, will run throughout 2008. A draft programme is listed below and if you are interested in attending any of these lectures please contact Alys Johnson(see contact details below).

Entry to all lectures is free to all, but by ticket only. To obtain a ticket please contact Alys Johnson (see contact details below). Please note that due to the popularity of the lecture series, tickets will be allocated on a monthly basis. It would be helpful if those wishing to attend could indicate their preferred lectures. If at any point attendees are unable to attend and already have a ticket, please notify the Society as soon as possible.

The meeting format for each lecture will be as follows:

• 17.30 Tea, Coffee and biscuits
• 18.00 Lecture Begins 
• 19.00 Short reception
• 20.00 Depart

Each talk will appear online shortly after the talk has been given. To view the presentations please visit the talks event page. You must have Windows Media Player 10 or higher installed to view the presentation. Download Windows Media Player 10 now.

Programme

• Thursday 10 January - Richard Fortey, (NHM) History of Life
• Thursday 14 February - Mike Searle, (Oxford) Making mountains
• Tuesday 25 March -  Jane Francis, (Leeds) When Antarctica was green: fossil plants reveal Antarctica's climate history
• Thursday 3 April - John Barry, (Shell) Oil sands
• Wednesday 28 May - Andrew Curtis, (Edinburgh) Exploring the Subsurface using the Earth's Hum
• Thursday 19 June - Sara Russell, (NHM) How the solar system was born
• Thursday 4 September - Laurence Robb (The Mineral Corporation, South Africa, and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK) Base metals: where do they come from and how did they get there?
• Thursday 2 October - John Underhill, (Edinburgh) The search for Ithaca
• Tuesday 4 November - Bill Spence (Shell), Climate change and Shell’s response
• Thursday 4 December - Danielle Schreve (Royal Holloway, University of London), At the edge of the world: Ice Age mammals and the ancient human occupation of Britain
  

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For further information please contact:
Alys Johnson
Event Manager
The Geological Society
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1J 0BG
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7432 0981
Email: alys.johnson@geolsoc.org.uk