{"title": "Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Lecture 2026 – Towards Solar Fuels and Fertilisers", "start": "2026-11-18T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T19:30:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/chemistry"], "description": "The Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Lecture 2026 – Towards Solar Fuels and Fertilisers is an open lecture at Imperial College London. It is given by Professor Jonas Peters of the California Institute of Technology, who directs the Resnick Sustainability Institute there. He explains how chemists can use electricity and light to steer protons and electrons toward making fuels, fertilisers and other useful molecules, with a focus on converting nitrogen from the air into ammonia. His laboratory develops catalysts to control this molecular currency for renewable solar fuel technologies.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sir-geoffrey-wilkinson-lecture-2026-towards-solar-fuels-and-74085/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/212275/sir-geoffrey-wilkinson-lecture-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7a7b41ee60984b698e4d918c306685cb3463c145003b17ea0ea1e80450708e1e-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-18T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T19:30:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Physics Colloquium: From Curiosity to Breakthrough: Unlocking the nano world of colloidal quantum dots", "start": "2026-11-12T16:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/physics"], "description": "A Department of Physics colloquium entitled \"From Curiosity to Breakthrough: Unlocking the nano world of colloidal quantum dots\", open to all. The speaker is Professor Moungi Bawendi of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize for chemistry for his work on quantum dots, tiny particles whose unusual quantum properties depend on their size. He revolutionized the chemical production of quantum dots in 1993, and they now light up computer monitors and TV screens and help doctors map biological tissue. The lecture is followed by refreshments in the Level 8 Common Room of the Blackett Building.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/physics-colloquium-from-curiosity-to-breakthrough-unlocking-122184/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/216254/physics-colloquium-from-curiosity-to-breakthrough-unlocking-the-nano-world-of-colloidal-quantum-dots/", "image": ""}, {"title": "GeoFutures 2026: Critical Minerals", "start": "2026-11-17T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "place": "Geological Society", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "345.00", "price_to": "345.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["nature/environment/energy-transition", "science/earth-sciences/geology"], "description": "GeoFutures 2026: Critical Minerals is a conference on 21st-century geoscience, this year devoted to critical minerals as a crucial element of the Energy Transition. It is organised by the Geological Society of London and convenors including Kathryn Goodenough, Nick Gardiner, Sarah Gordon, Karen Hudson-Edwards, Libby Sharman and Sarah A. Gleeson. The meeting brings together those working along the critical minerals value chain to discuss new approaches for developing global supply over the coming decade, covering themes such as exploration, geometallurgy, the circular economy, ESG and supply chain mapping. It also features a student poster competition, sponsored by the Mineral Deposits Studies Group.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/geofutures-2026-critical-minerals-60633/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/11bc8729beb81672bf4b78a990de0cc424d0e438b6b700dbeba61958c40dfa84-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Imperial Fungal Science Network | Seminar Series | ECR Talks", "start": "2026-11-19T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-19T13:00:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology"], "description": "A seminar in the Imperial Fungal Science Network's Seminar Series 2026, highlighting the work of Early Career Researchers in a hybrid format on campus and online. It is run by the Imperial Fungal Science Network, a hub for the mycology community led by Prof. Darius Armstrong-James, with talks from Dr Cinzia Klemm on single-cell tools for microbial bioengineering, Sam Hemmings on fungal bioaerosols in UK households, and Alice Day on the soil mycobiome for sustainable crop production.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/imperial-fungal-science-network-seminar-series-ecr-talks-50306/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/212786/imperial-fungal-science-network-seminar-series-ecr-talks-4/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8d4275484ca14a5a64628e81022f8d42473a78c51acaa4b8a3b6a9307441197e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Metabolism across scales: AI and the future of global health", "start": "2026-11-10T09:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "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": ""}, {"title": "The Dennis Gabor Lecture 2026: A collectivist, economic perspective on AI – with Professor Michael I Jordan", "start": "2026-11-18T16:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T17:45:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai"], "description": "The Dennis Gabor Lecture 2026 is a lecture titled \"A collectivist, economic perspective on AI\", held at Imperial College London's South Kensington Campus. It is the flagship event of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, honouring Dennis Gabor, the inventor of holography, with a series focusing on the impact of science and engineering on society. The speaker is Professor Michael I. Jordan of Inria Paris and the University of California, Berkeley, a leading researcher in computer science and statistics for over four decades, who will argue that intelligence lies as much in overall systems of cooperating humans and computers as in individual agents, and will discuss bringing microeconomic concepts into contact with computing, statistics and decision-making. The lecture is followed by a question and answer session, with a research poster session and refreshments around it, and is open to all on a first come first served basis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-dennis-gabor-lecture-2026-a-collectivist-economic-perspe-74084/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/214455/gabor2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/23511872fc30e2d9238c2304fedf99a54ffbe1dbb36b9699cfce207e030ee334-2000.webp"}]}