Welcome to the Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series page!

This weekly seminar series aims to provide a platform for researchers in the fields of evolution and ecology from across the UK to showcase their work here at Silwood Park.

Location

Seminars are in person in the Georgina Mace Centre (GMC) common room, Silwood Park campus, Thursdays at 13.00. The seminars are also streamed live on teams so are accessible to those working remotely.

Overseas speakers

Throughout the COVID-19 lockdowns we were able to invite speakers from around the globe to share their research with us. We will continue to do this for the forseeable future with seminars presented from overseas speakers being held online on MS Teams.

Meeting a speaker

If you would like to meet with the seminar speaker, please contact the host listed below.

Inviting a speaker

If you are faculty or a postdoc and have a speaker you would like to invite to give a seminar, please see the timetable below for available slots.

Once you have a speaker provisionally interested in giving a talk and you have agreed a slot for them to come, please email silwood.seminars@imperial.ac.uk with contact information and the preferred slot. We will double-check availability and provide further details to the speaker. Accommodation can also be arranged if required. Hosts are in charge of organising the day for their invited speaker (greetings, meetings, dinner, etc...).

PhD students: You are very welcome to invite speakers, though please bear in mind that you will be responsible for hosting the speaker while they are at Silwood.

Please be aware the timetable is not updated daily.

Speaker expenses / budget

When speakers are on site we can cover some costs with our yearly budget. The maximum amount that can be claimed when hosting seminar speakers is £200 per speaker, and includes travel expenses, one night accommodation and dinner for host and speaker. Please bear this budget in mind when considering invitations. Travel should be booked using cheap, advance options in line with the College’s Expenses Policy (requires College login). Entertainment costs are detailed in the Expenses Policy. Normally speakers should be travelling from within the UK. Exceptionally we can include speakers from Europe if they can travel here within budget: in such cases, the host must notify the seminar organizers for departmental approval ahead of time. Hosts are, of course, welcome to use any alternative source of funding to cover expenses above the £200 limit if required.

 Panopto recordings

Most presentations will be recorded/uploaded using Panopto (Imperial login required). You can find all of the recorded talks in the Silwood Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series folder, here. Note that not all talks are recorded, for various reasons.

Previous seminars

The schedules for previous terms (including links to Panopto recordings) can be found here.

Questions

The seminar is organised by a seminar committee (see here for a list of present and former members). Please email silwood.seminars@imperial.ac.uk with any queries.

Timetables

Schedules for upcoming terms are given below. Blank slots are free. Times given are based on UK time. 

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Institution	Host	Title
10th October
17th October
24th October	1pm	GMC	Silwood research groups	Imperial		Research group introduction session
31st October
7th November
14th November
21st November
28th November
5th December

 

SPRING TERM 2025:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Institution	Host	Title
16th January
23rd January
30th January
6th February
13th February
20th February
27th February
6th March
13th March

SUMMER TERM 2025:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Institution	Host	Title
8th May
15th May
22nd May
29th May
5th June
12th June
19th June

BONUS SEMINARS:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Institution	Host	Title