{"title": "IGHI Special Lecture 2026: Global Challenges, Human Solutions", "start": "2026-11-11T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/humanitarian"], "description": "A special lecture hosted in person and online, open to all with advance registration. Dr Christos Christou, a surgeon and former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières from 2019 to 2025, discusses how medicine, leadership and politics intersect in real humanitarian settings, drawing on his work with MSF during crises including Ebola and COVID-19. The Institute of Global Health Innovation, one of Imperial College London's global challenge institutes, is behind the lecture, which is introduced by Professor the Lord Ara Darzi. The talk also looks at where academic institutions can contribute to humanitarian medicine.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ighi-special-lecture-2026-global-challenges-human-solutions-74067/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/213463/ighi-special-lecture-2026-global-challenges-human-solutions/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bedfc8984c5a29d014c9fd68eb0bf33fde754c8abbc982bcb706a7229e9aa57f-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-11T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "MEDICINE IN CONFLICT AND NATURAL DISASTER: SHOULD IT BE A SUBJECT IN THE UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL CURRICULUM?", "start": "2026-11-09T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Medical Society of London", "address": "Chandos Street 11, W1G 9DQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine", "society/conflict"], "description": "An Ordinary Meeting of the Medical Society of London, a talk titled \"MEDICINE IN CONFLICT AND NATURAL DISASTER: SHOULD IT BE A SUBJECT IN THE UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL CURRICULUM?\". It is given by Air Vice-Marshal Aroop Mozumder and asks whether medicine in conflict and natural disaster should be a subject in the undergraduate medical curriculum.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/medicine-in-conflict-and-natural-disaster-should-it-be-a-sub-41691/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Inaugural Lectures: Professors Andrea Billè & Alan…", "start": "2026-11-11T16:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T18:00:00Z", "place": "Guy’s Campus", "address": "Great Maze Pond, London SE1 1UL", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine"], "description": "Inaugural Lectures by professors Andrea Billè and Alan, held at King's College London's Gordon Museum of Pathology. The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine presents inspiring talks from two of its new professors.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/inaugural-lectures-professors-andrea-bille-alan-39314/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1691a1646ee6659e74dba03715943501cf235c6a91d898df35fc6d92a6e3ddaf-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Metabolism across scales: AI and the future of global health", "start": "2026-11-10T09:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai"], "description": "A day-long launch of the CNRS-Imperial \"Antoine Lavoisier\" International Research Lab on Multiscale Metabolism, at Imperial College London's South Kensington Campus. It is hosted by Imperial, whose President Professor Hugh Brady joins Professor Thierry Dauxois, Chairman and CEO of CNRS, to open the third International Research Lab, part of the CNRS-Imperial International Research Centre for Transformational Science and Technology. The day begins with a scientific workshop, followed by a launch event with remarks from M. Sébastien Bidaud, Chargé d'Affaires at the French Embassy, and a panel discussion on the future of AI-driven health research and innovation in the UK and France. Guests may register for the workshop, the launch event and reception, or both.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/metabolism-across-scales-ai-and-the-future-of-global-health-74059/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/215954/metabolism-across-scales-ai-and-the-future-of-global-health/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/acab7a3d1901a80a8e321e0668af6b70c46e6612c5ffab08009fe2cf3b9a718e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Annual PaeCH Symposium “Making the Leap: From Research Idea to NIHR Funding”", "start": "2026-11-04T16:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T18:00:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine"], "description": "The Annual PaeCH Symposium “Making the Leap: From Research Idea to NIHR Funding” is a symposium open to all at Imperial College London. It is run by the Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health and celebrates PaeCH members' success in securing NIHR funding, with presentations from researchers at all career stages, a panel discussion on successful grant applications and a keynote lecture from Professor Waljit Dhillo, former Dean of the NIHR Academy. The symposium ends with a chance to connect with colleagues and celebrates the community's achievements, and a pre-symposium event from 1:45pm explores strategies for paediatric and child health NIHR applications. Attendance is free, with tickets first come first served.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/annual-paech-symposium-making-the-leap-from-research-idea-to-74041/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/214897/annual-paech-symposium-making-the-leap-from-research-idea-to-nihr-funding/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2008cde3c310dde297709b4b40bce085ebe0e63f500ae00d5e5e6f5b4fada610-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Notre Dame London College of Science Academic Series: Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance", "start": "2026-10-30T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T23:15:00Z", "place": "Marian Kennedy Fischer Hall at Notre Dame London", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine"], "description": "A one-day symposium on the global challenge of antibiotic resistance, part of a three-part academic series of workshops and lectures in London. It is organised by the University of Notre Dame College of Science in collaboration with Notre Dame London, with faculty lead Shahriar Mobashery, and features lectures by nine experts on mechanisms of resistance and the development of new therapeutics. Speakers come from institutions in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and the USA, with Christopher Schofield of the University of Oxford as keynote speaker.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/notre-dame-london-college-of-science-academic-series-antibio-37427/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/57924b02ae3931423bee33b321f4f96dee7db38debc8c5f6888e2d62e75c0abc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Crick Lecture | Philippa Matthews", "start": "2026-11-12T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Crick Exhibition", "address": "Midland Road 1, NW1 1AT London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine"], "description": "Crick Lecture | Philippa Matthews is a lecture forming part of the Crick lectures series, covering the full spectrum of biomedical research. The speaker, Philippa Matthews, is a Clinical Science Group Leader and head of the HBV elimination laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute. Her talk is titled 'The road to hepatitis B elimination: Dialling down viraemia' and draws on her work on hepatitis B virus infection, using molecular biology to study the interplay between host and pathogen, refine monitoring and treatment, and inform preventive interventions. The talks are open to scientists from other institutes and universities, and attendees should have a minimum of graduate-level biological knowledge.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/crick-lecture-philippa-matthews-60400/", "official_url": "https://www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/crick-lecture-philippa-matthews", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cd8f2fe89044317def4469bd2fb5dbb0d970d280e1f94cc89431ae56718c19f9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "2026 BRISMES Annual Lecture: Beyond Bearing Witness: Palestine, Knowledge Production and the Political Economy of the Future", "start": "2026-11-12T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "", "price": "Free, registration required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/book-talk-twelve-days-shook-middle-east", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "history/colonialism"], "description": "A public lecture, also streamed online, discussing what forms of knowledge and analysis are needed beyond documenting conditions in Palestine. The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) presents its 2026 Annual Lecture with Rafeef Ziadah, co-hosted at SOAS by the Centre for Palestine Studies and the SOAS Middle East Institute, chaired by Dina Matar. It examines the political and economic projects being assembled around Palestine, including infrastructures of regional integration, energy, logistics, reconstruction and normalisation. Admission is free, but registration is required and seating is first come, first served.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/2026-brismes-annual-lecture-beyond-bearing-witness-palestine-50444/", "official_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/2026-brismes-annual-lecture-beyond-bearing-witness-palestine-knowledge-production-and", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e938b9debef8b95d6129d3c305ce4e2fbad2471ae52b2b6be8eef06b5002bc31-2000.webp"}]}