Category: College Events

Black Doctoral Network Event for PhD Students of Black Heritage (29 October 2026)

Just started or well into your PhD? Come relax, decompress and connect with fellow PhD students of Black heritage over food and good conversation.

Sign up via Luma here: https://luma.com/w9ojjj5r 

​The Black Doctoral Network (BDN) is a community of Black heritage PhD researchers at Imperial College London dedicated to supporting one another throughout the doctoral journey and beyond. We aim to create a space where Black researchers can find community, share experiences, and access opportunities that empower them academically, professionally, and personally.

Find out more about the Black Doctoral Network here

Take on the Sustainable Christmas Tree Challenge! (Deadline: Fri 30 Oct)

Could your team create Imperial’s most sustainable Christmas tree ever? Gather up to 8 peers and put your creativity to the test in the Sustainable Christmas Tree Challenge.
Design and build a festive tree using salvaged, rescued, repurposed or recycled materials, showcasing sustainability, teamwork and seasonal spirit. Teams must register by Friday 30 October, and selected entries will be displayed in the Main Entrance at South Kensington from 16-19 November, where staff, students and visitors can vote for their favourite.
The winning team will be announced at the Sustainable Festive Fair and will receive a meal and drinks at Eastside Bar.
Register your team before Friday 30 October for the Sustainable Christmas Tree Challenge https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/khtCNkqBGAu
Please note: student teams are welcome but will need sign off from a academic or staff supervisor.

3rd Annual Londonomics Symposium – 17 Nov 2026

3rd Annual Londonomics Symposium

  • Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2026
  • Location: The Francis Crick Institute
  • Registration: Register here

Opportunities to Present:

We are welcoming submissions for oral and poster presentations!

  • Submit your abstract: Submit abstract here
  • Abstract submission deadline: 17 October 2026
  • Notification date: Successful applicants will be notified by 24 October 2026

Highlights of the Symposium:

  • Network & Feedback: Network and discuss/gain feedback on your work with peers across London.
  • Career Insights: Hear about career pathways from professionals working across different fields and recruiters.
  • Keynote Speakers:
    • Dr Nicky Whiffin (University of Oxford – Computational Rare Disease Genomics group PI and co-lead in Genomics at the Big Data Institute and Centre for Human Genetics)
    • Dr Andreas Tiffeau-Mayer (UCL quantitative immunology lab PI – presenting on convergence in T cell receptor repertoires)
  • Sponsor Exhibition: Speak to our sponsors at their stalls: Olink, Parse Biosciences, BGI, and Ultima Genomics.

Breaking Topics in AI Conference 2026 – 25 Nov 2026

We are excited to invite you to the fourth annual Breaking Topics in AI Conference 2026, supported by the I-X Centre for AI in Science.

The conference, this year bringing together speakers from Oxford, UCL, Cambridge and Imperial, will serve as a platform for sharing cutting-edge knowledge, discussing emerging trends, and fostering collaborative efforts to advance the field further. Plenary speakers will give overview talks outlining what they consider to be the exciting breakthroughs and future challenges in their area. The conference will also feature Paper Talks from authors of recent standout ICML and NeurIPS papers. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with leading experts in the field and expand your knowledge on AI technologies shaping the future.

Confirmed speakers so far:

This conference will take place on Wednesday 25 November between 09:00 – 17:00 in LRT 608 A+B on level 6, Translation & Innovation Hub Building (I-HUB), 84 Wood Lane, White City Campus.

If you are interested in attending, please register here.

Please note, this in-person event is expected to quickly reach full capacity, so please make sure you have registered for your ticket well in advance.

Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Lecture 2026 – Towards Solar Fuels and Fertilisers – 18 Nov 2026

🗓️Wednesday 18 November from 17:00 to 19:30

📍B10, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, White City Campus

🥂Drinks and canapés served after the lecture

This year’s keynote speaker, Jonas C. Peters, Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Director of the Resnick Sustainability Initiative, will give us insight into solar fuels and fertilisers.

In this talk, we will explore innovative approaches to catalysis and the quest to convert nitrogen from the air into ammonia, a process with profound implications for sustainable energy and food production.

Register for the event

Professor Peters is a world-leading chemist whose research focuses on new concepts for catalysis (including electro- and photocatalysis) with applications in renewable solar fuel technologies, distributed nitrogen fixation for fertilisers and fuels, and chemical transformations fundamental to the synthesis of organic molecules.

Great Exhibition Road Festival – Your Chance to Shape the Event

Have you got an idea you would like to share with the public? Or a project, new research or activity that could make a great Festival event?

The proposal process for the 2027 Great Exhibition Road Festival is now open, and we are inviting Imperial staff and students to get involved.

The Festival will return to South Kensington on 19 and 20 June 2027, bringing Imperial’s research and expertise to thousands of visitors through hands-on activities, talks, performances, demonstrations and more. It is a great opportunity to share what you do, spark curiosity, and exchange ideas and experiences with audiences from across London and beyond.

If you have an idea for an activity, event or experience, or would simply like to express your interest in being part of the Festival, now is the time to let us know!

The deadline to submit an idea or register your interest is the end of the day on Monday 2 November 2026.

✨ Please help us by sharing this opportunity with your teams and colleagues. ✨

The Great Exhibition Road Festival is Imperial’s biggest public event, delivered in partnership with leading South Kensington organisations including the Royal Albert Hall, Science Museum, Natural History Museum and the V&A. In 2026, we welcomed more than 57,000 visitors, and we are looking forward to building on that success in 2027.  If you haven’t been before, watch the short highlights film from last year: https://youtu.be/EHw_NO5ISx0

Any member of staff or student at Imperial can propose an idea. You do not need to have everything worked out at this stage. We are happy to hear from you whether you have a clear idea of what you would like to do or would simply like to get involved.

More information, including guidance and a link to the proposal form, is available on the Imperial website.

We are also holding an advice session on Tuesday 20 October 2026 for anyone who would like to find out more about taking part and discuss their ideas with the Festival team, however big or small. If you or your colleagues have questions, you can also contact the team directly at festival@imperial.ac.uk.

We look forward to hearing your ideas!

Find out more >

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