This event is organised by the SPS Committee.
Full programme available soon.
Ticket prices
Society member/Widow(er) of a society member: £63
Not a society member: £73
Senior Physicians' Society - The natural world
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
Bringing back beavers to London
Şeniz Mustafa, urban beaver officer, Ealing Beaver Project
12.05pm
When the canary stops singing
Professor Hugh Montgomery OBE FMedSci, professor of intensive care medicine, University College London, and co-chair, Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
12.45pm - Seated lunch
2.45pm
Navigating the new climate reality
Mr Laurie Laybourn, executive director, Strategic Climate Risks Initiative
3.25pm
Understanding nightshades: evolution in the plant family Solanaceae
Sandra Knapp
4.05pm - Close of meeting
16 February 2026
Expand Details
Minimise Details