This event is organised by the SPS Committee.
Online bookings for this event are now closed. However, you can still book by emailing conferences@rcp.ac.uk. Please note that at this stage, we cannot guarantee accommodation for dietary requirements. Thank you for your understanding.
Senior Physicians' Society – The sky and the stars
The Senior Physicians Society (previously called The Quincentennial Society) is an association that provides for widows and widowers of fellows and members of the RCP and retired fellows and members of the RCP and its faculties, an opportunity to contribute to the activities of the RCP and enjoy the scientific, cultural and educational meetings to which selected speakers are invited.
Lectures are now opened to the public. They are usually held three times a year, and attract outstanding speakers across science, the arts, the humanities and issues of the day.
10.15am - Registration, tea and coffee
11.15am - Welcome and introduction
11.25am
Written in the stars? The history of medicine and astrology
Katie Birkwood, rare books and special collections librarian, Royal College of Physicians
12.05pm
Einstein's aftermath: dark energy, black holes and the Big Bang
Professor Chris Clarkson, professor of Cosmology, Queen Mary University of London
12.45pm - Seated lunch
2.45pm
The great aurorae of 2024
Professor Mike Lockwood, president, Royal Astronomical Society
3.25pm
Ad astra
Professor Kevin Fong, professor of Innovation and Public Engagement, University College London
4.05pm - Close of meeting
10 February 2025
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