About this event
- Date and time Thu 19 Jun 2025 from 10:45am to 12:45pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Senior Fellows Forum
Please note that registration will take place between 10:45am and 11:30am, and you are welcome to register at any time within this period. To allow sufficient time for event preparations and to minimise waiting, we kindly ask that you do not arrive before 10:45am.
The Zoological Society of London was founded in 1826 with the intention of creating a collection of animals for zoological study, as well as establishing a museum and a library. Charles Darwin became a Fellow in 1839 and sat on ZSL's Council, and John Gould, Superintendent of the Ornithological Department, was of inestimable assistance in helping Darwin interpret the specimens he brought back from the Galápagos Islands. Indeed, it was after a conversation with Gould that Darwin wrote ‘One species does change into another.’
Two hundred years after its foundation, ZSL has been through many changes, but its significance in conservation, research and education, and as a learned society, has never been greater. Jim Smith will celebrate ZSL's bicentenary and introduce its new strategy, aimed at protecting species, restoring habitats, training conservationists, and creating change.
Registration, tea and coffee: 10:45am
Welcome and introduction: 11:30am
Lecture: 11:40am
Close of meeting: 12:45pm
Optional lunch: 1:00pm
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Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
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Registration for this event will close on Wednesday 18 June at 1:00am (GMT) for the in-person event and on Thursday June 19 for the live stream. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
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