Category: College Events

Navigating IP in the world of AI Panel Discussion (6 Oct 2026)

Navigating IP in the world of AI

Join a panel of expert patent attorneys and Imperial academics and company founders for an in-depth discussion of the key points researchers and company founders need to know about protecting AI-related research. Through two expert panel discussions, we’ll cover patentability of AI inventions, copyright of AI-generated work and code, and look at questions of inventorship, authorship and ownership. We’ll also be looking at IP strategy in AI-related innovation – what can be protected, what should be protected, and how to go about it.

Event details:

  • Event format: Panel discussion with audience Q&A followed by a networking lunch
  • Event date: Tuesday 6 October 2026
  • Event time: 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm (Networking lunch: 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm)
  • Event location: The Arena, Scale Space, White City

Sign up link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/navigating-ip-in-the-world-of-ai-tickets-1999697766851

PhD Connect Café (30 Sept 2026)

A partnership between Imperial Connect and ECRI

Are you a PhD student looking to meet other students at Imperial? Want to learn about diverse cultures and backgrounds that make up our Imperial community?

Connect Café is a relaxed space bringing together students from different backgrounds with the aim of fostering connections across Imperial’s diverse student community.  We are hosting a Connect Café on 30 September specifically aimed at PGR students.

🕛 Wednesday 30 September 2026, 12.30

📍 Seminar and Learning Centre (SALC) Room 5 (access via Sherfield Building).

🍴 Drinks and snacks provided!

Don’t miss out, grab a spot now 👇🏾

PhD Connect Café sign up form – Fill in form

Ideathon: Addressing the Future of Travel in an age of Climate Change (07 Oct 2026)

What does the future of global travel look like in an age of climate change?
How can a world-renowned institution like Imperial maintain its global community and reach, and take responsibility for the impact of staff and student air travel on the environment?
Imperial wants to hear your voice!  Whether you have been at Imperial for a few years or just joined as a new student or staff member, join us for an interactive Ideathon, designed to foster solutions to minimise and manage our excess emissions from air travel.
Imperial’s Sustainability Hub is inviting you to a unique opportunity for you to help shape Imperial’s approach, future initiatives and contribute towards potential policies!
The event will be held on Wednesday 7 October, 12:00-17:00. Lunch will be provided for workshop participants.

The FoM Christmas Festival @ Hammersmith Hospital Campus (08 Dec 2026)

SAVE THE DATE AND JOIN US on the afternoon of 8 December at the Hammersmith Hospital Campus

Dear Colleagues

I am excited to invite you to this year’s refreshed Faculty of Medicine Christmas Festival, exclusively returning to the Hammersmith Hospital Campus on Tuesday 8 December from 14.30 onwards.

The format of the event has been revisited to offer an entertaining, social afternoon for all faculty members to enjoy.  We will be hosting some of our own fantastic Imperial speakers, an invited guest speaker Professor Nick Lane, Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London, and Director of the UCL Centre for Life’s Origins and Evolution (CLOE).

The event will followed by a range of cocktails and nibbles. Medical science-themed cocktail names to be decided and we would like suggestions to come from you!

We are still working on the finer details of the afternoon’s programme and further information will follow.

Please register your initial interest to attend; this will generate a calendar invite to reserve the time in your diary.

Professor David Owen PhD FRCP

FoM Director of Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College London

Natural Sciences Showcase (23 Sept 2026)

The Faculty of Natural Sciences invites you to a day of presentations and stimulating discussions with academics and prize-winning PhD students at our annual Research Showcase.

The one-day event presents a brilliant opportunity to engage with our academics and our talented PhD students, offering a vital snapshot of the work happening across our community, including a showcase from each of the Faculty’s departments: Mathematics, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Physics and the Centre for Environmental Policy.

This year will see a panel session on Curiosity-Driven Research, highlighting how fundamental science can lead to unexpected and transformative breakthroughs, as well as the announcement of the winner of the PhD students poster competition.

Register your place now