Shell London Lectures 2009
The Geological Society of London is delighted to again host the 2009 Shell London Lecture Series. These monthly public lectures, are all held at the Geological Society's Piccadilly apartments. A full programme is listed below.
Entry to all lectures is free to all, but by ticket only. To obtain a ticket please contact Leila Talib (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.
Most talks will be given twice on the same day, once at 3pm and once at 6pm – please note that if you would like to attend the talks, the 3pm matinees generally have more availability. The talks will be exactly the same in the afternoon and evening. Please see each lecture's page (links below) for further details:
Programme – 3pm talk
14.30 Tea & Coffee
15.00 Lecture begins
16.00 Event ends
Programme – 6pm talk
17.30 Tea & Coffee
18.00 Lecture begins
19.00 Short drinks reception
20.00 Event ends
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.
The programme of talks for the 2010 Shell London Lecture Series is now available.
Thursday 15 January - Rivers, floods and environmental change - Lynne Frostick, University of Hull
Wednesday 11 February - Scelidosaurus the Dorset dinosaur - Tim Ewin, Natural History Museum
Wednesday 11 March - The Arctic 50 million years ago: a window into our future warm world - Jane Francis, University of Leeds
Wednesday 1 April - Fuelling the Future: Energy Questions Driving a New Geoscience - Dirk Smit, Shell
Wednesday 13 May - Tracking time of the earth and solar system - Randy Parrish, BGS
Wednesday 10 June - The life and death of coral reefs (Darwin lecture) - Rachel Wood, University of Edinburgh
Wednesday 9 September - The fossil record since Darwin - Richard Fortey, Natural History Museum
Wednesday 7 October - Perturbing plankton in the sea: past and future - Rosalind Rickaby, University of Oxford
Wednesday 11 November - Mountains in the sea - Tony Watts, University of Oxford
Wednesday 9 December - The sameness of rocks, the uniqueness of earth history, and what all that means for hydrocarbon exploration - Bruce Levell, Shell
The presentations from the 2008 Shell Lecture Series are available to view online.
Entry to all lectures is free to all, but by ticket only. To obtain a ticket please contact Leila Talib (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.
Most talks will be given twice on the same day, once at 3pm and once at 6pm – please note that if you would like to attend the talks, the 3pm matinees generally have more availability. The talks will be exactly the same in the afternoon and evening. Please see each lecture's page (links below) for further details:
Programme – 3pm talk
14.30 Tea & Coffee
15.00 Lecture begins
16.00 Event ends
Programme – 6pm talk
17.30 Tea & Coffee
18.00 Lecture begins
19.00 Short drinks reception
20.00 Event ends
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.
The programme of talks for the 2010 Shell London Lecture Series is now available.
Programme
Thursday 15 January - Rivers, floods and environmental change - Lynne Frostick, University of Hull
Wednesday 11 February - Scelidosaurus the Dorset dinosaur - Tim Ewin, Natural History Museum
Wednesday 11 March - The Arctic 50 million years ago: a window into our future warm world - Jane Francis, University of Leeds
Wednesday 1 April - Fuelling the Future: Energy Questions Driving a New Geoscience - Dirk Smit, Shell
Wednesday 13 May - Tracking time of the earth and solar system - Randy Parrish, BGS
Wednesday 10 June - The life and death of coral reefs (Darwin lecture) - Rachel Wood, University of Edinburgh
Wednesday 9 September - The fossil record since Darwin - Richard Fortey, Natural History Museum
Wednesday 7 October - Perturbing plankton in the sea: past and future - Rosalind Rickaby, University of Oxford
Wednesday 11 November - Mountains in the sea - Tony Watts, University of Oxford
Wednesday 9 December - The sameness of rocks, the uniqueness of earth history, and what all that means for hydrocarbon exploration - Bruce Levell, Shell
The presentations from the 2008 Shell Lecture Series are available to view online.
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Office contact details: |
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| Name: | Leila Talib |
| Address: | Geological Society |
| Burlington House | |
| Piccadilly, London | |
| Postcode: | W1J 0BG |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Telephone: | 020 7432 0981 |
| Fax: | 020 7494 0579 |
| E-Mail: | leila.taleb@geolsoc.org.uk |