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NEW Programme of events for 2020-21

Our exciting programme of events for 2020-21 is below!

We are heavily reliant on ticket revenue alongside Membership subscriptions to fund the running of Friends therefore we have been severely impacted by the loss of event income due to the pandemic.

We had support to create our 2020-21 programme of events which was fantastic.

We would now welcome donations to help in the running of the annual programme of events. Your support allows us to continue to provide inspiration through education.

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Thank you so much!

Coronavirus: The Analysis

Coronavirus: The Analysis

As the world confronts COVID-19, Imperial is playing a leading role in the global effort to respond to the crisis. Its academics are advising policymakers, working to develop new vaccines and diagnostic tests. Friends heard direct from one of these key academics in the first lecture of the 2020-21 programme Read more

Start: 6th October, 2020 at 7:00pm

End: 6th October, 2020 at 8:00pm

Published: 31st August, 2020

Updated: 23rd November, 2020

Author: Angie Friends

Location: Past event - recording of lecture on our YouTube channel

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Higgs Cosmology

Higgs Cosmology

The Higgs field may hold answers to some fundamental questions about the Universe, from its beginnings to its current state and to its eventual end. Professor Rajante discussed what we have learnt since the Higgs Boson was discovered in 2012 Read more

Start: 22nd October, 2020 at 7:00pm

End: 22nd October, 2020 at 8:00pm

Published: 31st August, 2020

Updated: 14th January, 2021

Author: Angie Friends

Location: Past event - recording of lecture on our YouTube channel

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Roving on Mars – searching for ancient life

Roving on Mars – searching for ancient life

Held in Tomorrow's Engineers Week, Friends discovered how Curiosity and Perseverance are exploring Mars in search of evidence for life in its distant past: exploration that is a close collaboration of engineering and science. Read more

Start: 5th November, 2020 at 2:00pm

End: 6th November, 2020 at 3:00pm

Published: 31st August, 2020

Updated: 5th November, 2020

Author: Angie Friends

Location: Past event

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Becoming iHuman: science and society

Becoming iHuman: science and society

In this online talk and panel discussion, Friends explored the science and ethics relating to neural interfaces. They also found out what's happening in the world of brain implants and what needs to be considered from ethical and regulatory viewpoints. Read more

Start: 17th November, 2020 at 6:00pm

End: 17th November, 2020 at 8:00pm

Published: 31st August, 2020

Updated: 14th January, 2021

Author: Angie Friends

Location: Past event - recording of lecture on our YouTube channel

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Missions to the Inner Solar System

Missions to the Inner Solar System

Friends joined Associate Professor Suzie Imber on a journey to the inner rocky planets and the solar wind. Plus we had an update on the presence of phosphine, a bio-marker gas detected on Venus! Read more

Start: 3rd December, 2020 at 7:00pm

End: 3rd December, 2020 at 8:30pm

Published: 31st August, 2020

Updated: 19th January, 2021

Author: Angie Friends

Location: past event - recording of lecture now available on our YouTube channel

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Friends Christmas Party

Friends Christmas Party

Exclusively for Members and their guests, we held an entertaining hour of short talks, music and fun. For those Friends who had missed our social post-lecture drinks this year, this was (virtually) for them. Read more

Start: 18th December, 2020 at 6:00pm

End: 18th December, 2020 at 7:00pm

Published: 9th December, 2020

Updated: 18th December, 2020

Author: Angie Friends

Location: Past event

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What gravitational waves are revealing

What gravitational waves are revealing

For our first event in 2021, live streamed direct from Italy, this lecture explained how gravitational waves are detected, what we are learning and expect to learn from the European Gravitational Observatory. Read more

Start: 14th January, 2021 at 7:00pm

End: 14th January, 2021 at 8:30pm

Published: 5th September, 2020

Updated: 14th January, 2021

Author: Angie Friends

Location: past event - recording available soon on our YouTube channel

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Behind-the-Scenes with the Dept. of Earth Science and Engineering

Behind-the-Scenes with the Dept. of Earth Science and Engineering

This was an exclusive event for Members and their guests with this leading department at Imperial – hearing how they are involved in the Mars 2020 mission plus to their most recent research of Antarctica Read more

Start: 20th January, 2021 at 6:15pm

End: 20th January, 2021 at 8:30pm

Published: 1st August, 2019

Updated: 20th January, 2021

Author: Angie Friends

Location: Past event

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The second quantum revolution

The second quantum revolution

How can we translate our understanding of quantum physics into technological and industrial products and services? We heard from the leading expert in this talk Read more

Start: 4th February, 2021 at 7:00pm

End: 4th February, 2021 at 8:30pm

Published: 5th September, 2020

Updated: 4th February, 2021

Author: Angie Friends

Location: past event - recording available soon on our YouTube channel

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Behind-the-Scenes @ Grantham Institute for Climate Change

Behind-the-Scenes @ Grantham Institute for Climate Change

Members had an exclusive virtual visit to the Imperial centre of excellence for climate change. This hub of innovation drives discoveries and inventions through supporting start-ups. Read more

Start: 10th February, 2021 at 6:15pm

End: 10th February, 2021 at 8:30pm

Published: 1st August, 2019

Updated: 11th February, 2021

Author: Angie Friends

Location: Past event

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“Thanks to Imperial”

“Thanks to Imperial”

This inaugural talk was by the new Friends of Imperial College Chair, Professor David Southwood CBE. He described how, thanks to Imperial and the great institution that it is, it set him off on a career which took him all over the globe and even (vicariously) to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and to the stars beyond. Read more

Start: 16th February, 2021 at 7:00pm

End: 16th February, 2021 at 8:30pm

Published: 19th January, 2021

Updated: 16th February, 2021

Author: Angie Friends

Location: past event - recording available soon on our YouTube channel

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The Science of Skin

The Science of Skin

In this lecture we discovered biologically-inspired approaches to make skin stronger through ground-breaking Imperial research. We heard about ways being developed to accelerate wound closure, reduce scar formation, and make scar tissue resilient to injury. Read more

Start: 25th February, 2021 at 7:00pm

End: 25th February, 2021 at 8:30pm

Published: 5th September, 2020

Updated: 25th February, 2021

Author: Angie Friends

Location: past event - recording available soon on our YouTube channel

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  • What lies beyond the Higgs boson?

    What lies beyond the Higgs boson?

    Our esteemed expert Professor Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee FRS covered 'What lies beyond the Higgs boson?' in this exclusive event for Members and their guests. Sir Tejinder Virdee is one of the founding fathers of the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider which in 2012 shared the credit for discovering the elusive Higgs boson.

  • Friends 2021-22 Programme Appeal

    Friends 2021-22 Programme Appeal

    Friends are reliant on event revenue and Memberships therefore our income is depleted through the pandemic. On the horizon is the 2021-22 programme. To create this, we need your support to provide a wealth of knowledge for a further year. We hope you can help - click here to donate!

  • “Thanks to Imperial”

    “Thanks to Imperial”

    This inaugural talk was by the new Friends of Imperial College Chair, Professor David Southwood CBE. He described how, thanks to Imperial and the great institution that it is, it set him off on a career which took him all over the globe and even (vicariously) to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and to the stars beyond.

  • Friends Christmas Party

    Friends Christmas Party

    Exclusively for Members and their guests, we held an entertaining hour of short talks, music and fun. For those Friends who had missed our social post-lecture drinks this year, this was (virtually) for them.

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  • Drugs, booze and politics: finding a balance

    Drugs, booze and politics: finding a balance

    Professor David Nutt, a well known proponent of drug law reform, talked about evidence-based analysis of the harm to the individual and wider community arising from alcohol, tobacco and a range of drugs, and how this is or should be used to inform policy at the national level.

  • Our committee

    The committee of Friends of Imperial College

  • Black holes, entropy and strings

    Black holes, entropy and strings

    A full lecture theatre heard why black holes are amongst the most extraordinary objects in the universe.

  • Join Friends as a Member

    Join Friends as a Member

    Join as an annual Member and enjoy a range of benefits including free live streamed lectures, exclusive ‘fireside chat’ mini-lectures, reductions on ticket prices for in-person lectures and special Member-only visits. Click here for full details.

  • What lies beyond the Higgs boson?

    What lies beyond the Higgs boson?

    Our esteemed expert Professor Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee FRS covered 'What lies beyond the Higgs boson?' in this exclusive event for Members and their guests. Sir Tejinder Virdee is one of the founding fathers of the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider which in 2012 shared the credit for discovering the elusive Higgs boson.

  • Friends of Imperial College 2020/21 programme appeal

    Friends of Imperial College 2020/21 programme appeal

    Thank you so much for your willingness to support the creation of our 2020/21 programme. Together we can continue to provide inspiration through education!

  • Chirality and the future of electronics

    Chirality and the future of electronics

    Dr Jess Wade BEM, Imperial physicist, explained how in the right circumstances carbon could make a great replacement for silicon in a new wave of electronic devices.

  • Genomic Medicine: Report from the forefront

    Genomic Medicine: Report from the forefront

    Biomedical research has become a booming area of science with major implications for just about every aspect of medicine. In this lecture, we learnt if we are ready for them.

  • Behind-the-Scenes @ Physics Plasma Group

    Behind-the-Scenes @ Physics Plasma Group

    A Members-only exclusive Behind-the-Scenes visit to the largest university-based pulsed-power generator, MAGPIE, at Imperial College London

  • Cure: mind over body

    Cure: mind over body

    At this soirée, our Members were fascinated by author Jo Marchant's talk on alternatives to prescription drugs. The question 'can our minds really heal our bodies?' was dicsussed and it engaged everyone.

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