Event archive

Friends have a huge archive of past events. Shown below is a selection of past lectures and Fireside Chats since October 2020.

Many were recorded and are published on our YouTube channel here.

Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the most recent events.
06
Oct
Virtual Event

Coronavirus: The Analysis
14
Jan
Virtual Event

What gravitational waves are revealing
20
Jan
Virtual Event

Behind-the-Scenes @ Dept. of Earth Science and Engineering
04
Feb
Virtual Event

The second quantum revolution
10
Feb
Virtual Event

Behind-the-Scenes @ Grantham Institute for Climate Change
09
Apr
Virtual Event

Managing Black Swan Risks
20
May
Virtual Event

Detection of Dark Matter – the LZ Experiment
10
Jun
Virtual Event

Dark Data: Why What You Don’t Know Matters
09
Jul
Virtual Event

Tour of LEIR (Low Energy Ion Ring) at CERN
09
Jul
Virtual Event

Tour of the Antimatter factory at CERN
26
Aug
Virtual Event

Tour of ITER, the world’s largest tokamak project
03
Sep
Virtual Event

The History of Scientific Philanthropy
10
Sep
Virtual Event

Living with space weather: risks, challenges and solutions
07
Oct
Virtual Event

The James Webb Space Telescope
13
Oct

Behind-the-Scenes @ Centre for Transport Studies

  • Location:
    Centre for Transport Studies, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, London
22
Oct
Virtual Event

Aurora: In Search of the Northern Lights
28
Oct
Virtual Event

Developing RNA vaccines for COVID-19 and future pandemics
03
Nov
Virtual Event

Dyson School of Design Engineering – Creative Design Tutorial
18
Nov
Virtual Event

Behind the new AI revolution
30
Nov
Virtual Event

Friends Annual General Meeting
07
Jan
Virtual Event

New Events and Updates for the New Year
13
Jan
Virtual Event

The GAIA satellite
16
Feb

Behind-the-scenes @ RAL Space & Satellite Applications Catapult

  • Location:
    The Satellite Applications Catapult, Oxfordshire OX11 0QR
18
Feb

Tour of the Royal Society – group 1

  • Location:
    The Royal Society, London SW1Y 5AG
24
Feb

Investigating the origin of life in the universe

  • Location:
    Sir Alexander Fleming lecture theatre, London
04
Mar

Tour of the Royal Society – group 2

  • Location:
    The Royal Society, London SW1Y 5AG
09
Mar

Behind-the-Scenes @ the UK’s fusion research centre UKAEA – Culham Science Centre

  • Location:
    Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB
18
Mar

Tour of the Royal Society – group 3

  • Location:
    The Royal Society, London SW1Y 5AG
22
Mar

Cosmology and Dark Energy

  • Location:
    Sir Alexander Fleming lecture theatre, London SW7 2BX
30
Mar

Behind-the-scenes @ the Quantum Metrology Institute, National Physical Laboratory

  • Location:
    National Physical Laboratory, Middlesex, TW11 0LW
29
Apr
Virtual Event

Our precarious, unsustainable truce with boosters
10
May
Virtual Event

Cities of the future
18
May

Behind-the-Scenes @ the National Oceanography Centre

  • Location:
    National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH
27
May

Treasures of the Linnean Society and Royal Astronomical Society – group 1

  • Location:
    Burlington House, London W1J 0BQ
09
Jun

Mathematical Finance: from model to data and back

  • Location:
    Sir Alexander Fleming lecture theatre, London SW7 2BX
10
Jun

Treasures of the Linnean Society and Royal Astronomical Society – group 2

  • Location:
    Burlington House, London W1J 0BQ
28
Jun

Tour of the Royal College of Physicians

  • Location:
    Royal College of Physicians, London NW1 4LE
16
Sep
Virtual Event

The Next Frontier of Blockchain
21
Sep

Science tour to the Netherlands

  • Location:
    Leiden
07
Oct
Virtual Event

Printing bridges
13
Oct

The Search for Exoplanets

  • Location:
    Sir Alexander Fleming lecture theatre, London SW7 2BX
28
Oct
Virtual Event

The Neanderthals and Us
01
Nov

View from the front in the war on COVID-19

  • Location:
    Imperial College, London SW7 2BX
04
Nov

Treasures of the Linnean Society and Royal Astronomical Society

  • Location:
    Burlington House, London W1J 0BQ
29
Nov

Restoring the atmosphere – Greenhouse gas removal

  • Location:
    Sir Alexander Fleming building, London SW7 2BX
09
Dec
Virtual Event

Imperial Tech Foresight and the 2041 Scenarios
18
Jan

Behind-the-scenes @ the Central Laser Facility at Harwell Campus

  • Location:
    Central Laser Facility, Didcot
25
Jan

Behind-the-scenes @ UCL’s Astronomical Observatory, Mill Hill

  • Location:
    553 Watford Way,, London, NW7 2QS
27
Jan
Virtual Event

The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart – with Professor Sian Harding
31
Jan
Virtual Event

Friends Annual General Meeting
02
Feb

The role of psychedelics in medicine and brain research – with Dr Rosas and Dr Timmermann

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
15
Feb

Behind-the-scenes @ Dyson School of Design Engineering

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
21
Feb

The Universe, neutrinos, matter and antimatter – with Dr Patrick Dunne

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
24
Feb
Virtual Event

Global security threats beyond conflict and war – with Professor Deeph Chana
03
Mar
Virtual Event

The James Webb Space Telescope, the first stunning images – with Dr Olivia Jones
23
Mar

Juice, the mission to Jupiter’s icy moons – with Professor Michele Dougherty

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
31
Mar
Virtual Event

The Stegosaurian Dinosaurs – with Dr Susannah Maidment
14
Apr

Tour of the Royal Society

  • Location:
    The Royal Society, London SW1Y 5AG
21
Apr

Tour of the Royal Institution

  • Location:
    The Royal Institution, London W1S 4BS
28
Apr
Virtual Event

Life as a Guide to the Origin of Life – with Professor Nick Lane
11
May

The Story of AI (So Far) – with Professor Murray Shanahan

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
15
May

Behind-the-Scenes @ the Wellcome Sanger Institute

  • Location:
    Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SA
17
May

Behind-the-scenes @ Turbo Group at Imperial

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
09
Jun
Virtual Event

mRNA vaccines, where next? – with Professor Robin Shattock
16
Jun
Virtual Event

Are Black Holes the source of Dark Energy? – with Dr Chris Pearson
22
Sep
Virtual Event

PragmatIC, Journey to Manufacturing – with Dr Catherine Ramsdale
27
Sep

Keynote address from the head of NASA science missions – Dr Nicky Fox

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
04
Oct

International science tour to Darmstadt

  • Location:
    Darmstadt
10
Oct

LHCb at CERN: challenging all we know – with Professor Mitesh Patel

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
20
Oct
Virtual Event

The MRI success story, could it happen again? – with Sir Peter Williams
31
Oct

Can small-modular nuclear reactors solve our energy problems? – with Dr Michael Bluck

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
10
Nov
Virtual Event

A Woman in a Man’s Field – with Professor Averil Mansfield
16
Nov

Behind-the-scenes @ Molecular Sciences Research Hub, White City Campus

  • Location:
    MSRH, White City Campus, London, W12 OBZ
23
Nov

Chemicals in the urban water cycle: a One Health issue – with Dr Leon Barron

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
08
Dec

Secrets of the Natural History Museum Tour

  • Location:
    Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD
18
Jan

Quantum Entanglement and Reality – with Professor Vlatko Vedral

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
26
Jan
Virtual Event

Gene drive – innatural selection for vector control – with Professor Crisanti
30
Jan

Secrets of the Universe – hiding in plain sight? – with Professor Neil Turok

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
16
Feb

Secrets of the Natural History Museum Tour

  • Location:
    Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD
21
Feb

Behind-the-scenes @ Centre of Excellence, Infrastructure Robotics Ecosystems

  • Location:
    Dept. of Aeronautics, Faculty of Engineering, London, SW7 2AZ
22
Feb

ESA’s Comet Interceptor Mission – with Professor Geraint Jones

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
29
Feb
Virtual Event

Friends Annual General Meeting 23-24
08
Mar
Virtual Event

Mars Missions – with experts who have landed on Mars!
19
Mar

Behind-the-scenes @ RAL Space, Harwell

  • Location:
    STFC RAL Space, Harwell Campus, OX11 0QX
20
Mar

Behind-the-scenes @ Transport Systems and Logistics Laboratory, Imperial

  • Location:
    Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, London, SW7 2AZ
10
Apr

Treasures and Tour of the British Library

  • Location:
    British Library, London SW7 5BD
19
Apr
Virtual Event

Teaching mathematics to computers – with Professor Kevin Buzzard
09
May

The Secret Body – with Professor Daniel M. Davis

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
16
May

Behind-the-scenes @ Silwood Park Campus

  • Location:
    Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, SL5 7PY
17
May
Virtual Event

Transforming to a Green Economy – is it really possible? – with Alyssa Gilbert
14
Jun
Virtual Event

History of the Antarctic Ice Sheets: FIRESIDE CHAT CANX FOR FRIDAY 14 JUNE
20
Sep
Virtual Event

Feeding 10 billion people sustainably – with Professor Sir Charles Godfray
25
Sep

Behind-the-scenes @ UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory

  • Location:
    Holmbury Hill Rd,, RH5 6NT
02
Oct

International science tour to Madrid

  • Location:
    Madrid
07
Oct

Reaching for the stars with Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
18
Oct
Virtual Event

Myricx Bio: from an antimalarial to a £90m Imperial spinout – with Professor Tate
31
Oct

COP 29 and the underlying science – with Professor Sir Jim Skea

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
01
Nov
Virtual Event

Imperial College at the 21st Century – with Prof Ian Walmsley CBE
19
Nov

The Strangeness of the Quantum World – with Professor Fay Dowker

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
26
Nov

How to keep your brain healthy – with Professor Paul Matthews

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
29
Nov
Virtual Event

Synthetic cells: building a new biology – with Dr Yuval Elani
06
Dec

Treasures and Tour of the British Library

  • Location:
    British Library, London SW7 5BD
14
Jan

London’s Air Pollution Story: from pea-soupers to ULEZ – with Professor Frank Kelly CBE

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
24
Jan
Virtual Event

Home Grown School Feeding: A Game Changer – with Dr Lesley Drake
30
Jan

Hubble trouble: Constant tension – with Professor Daniel Mortlock

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
07
Feb
Virtual Event

Exploring the Universe with Quantum Technology – with Professor Buchmueller
12
Feb

Behind-the-scenes @ Transmission Zero, Dept of Life Sciences, Imperial

  • Location:
    Dept. of Life Sciences, London, SW7 2AZ
20
Feb

Imperial’s Quest to Create New Quantum Technologies – Prof Haynes

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
04
Mar

Inaugural science lecture at Imperial’s White City campus – with Professor Oscar Ces

  • Location:
    White City Campus, 82 Wood Lane
07
Mar
Virtual Event

Mission to Mars (Week) – exploration with UK space industry experts
12
Mar
Virtual Event

Friends Annual General Meeting 2024-25
14
Mar
Virtual Event

Ceres technology: clean energy, green hydrogen – with Dr Mukerjee
04
Apr
Virtual Event

Where next for solar? From printed solar cells to liquid sunshine – with Professor James Durrant
01
May

To Bennu and back: the OSIRIS-REx mission – with Professor Sara Russell

  • Location:
    South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
09
May

Behind-the-scenes @ The Royal Observatory, Greenwich

  • Location:
    The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, SE10 8XJ
20
May

The European Space Agency – 50 years journey through space, 10 years at the top!

  • Location:
    Skempton Building, South Kensington Campus,, London SW7 2BX
30
May
Virtual Event

Fresh off the ice – in search of Antarctica’s chilling secrets – with Professor van de Flierdt
20
Jun
Virtual Event

Space-Based Solar Power – with Stuart Martin

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