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• Bone Mill, New Street, Charfield, GL12 8ES
• 27-30 June 2019
• Workshop featuring 3 main themes across the 3 days: Living in Deep Space; Advanced Propulsion Technology and Missions; and Building Architectural Mega-structures. | More info »

The Initiative for Interstellar Studies and the British Interplanetary Society are pleased to announce the 2nd Foundation of Interstellar Studies Workshop, which will take place from 27th to 30th of June, at the current headquarters of the i4is, The Bone Mill, on the edge of the wonderful English Cotswolds, in south Gloucestershire, UK.

Interstellar Travel is and will always be one of the greatest human challenges. From science fiction to the adventure of travelling beyond the stars and exploring the vast space. Us, Scientists, Researchers, Engineers, and Adventurers are capable of making these dreams come reality. Through addressing the various challenges by scientific and innovative discussions, we believe, Interstellar Travel can become an accessible technology. Based on that, our workshop will be featuring 3 main themes across the 3 days. Living in Deep Space, Advanced Propulsion Technology and Missions, and, Building Architectural Mega-structures.

Researchers are invited to submit their abstract by 1st May, 2019. The abstracts will be reviewed by our committee to be featured in the workshop and an invitation will be made for selected authors post-conference, to the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society and/or publication in the official conference proceedings.

For Registration, and to submit an abstract please send an email/fill in the application through the website: fisw.space

Past Events

• Bone Mill, New Street, Charfield, GL12 8ES
• Friday 14th December 2018 6pm
• David A. Hardy has been producing astronomical art since 1952, and became freelance in 1965. Since then he has illustrated dozens of books – some of them co-written with Patrick Moore, and some written by himself. His work has also been included in international exhibitions. This talk, illustrated mainly with his own art but with examples of the work of earlier artists, shows how space art has developed over the years, and how our increasing knowledge about space as a result of robotic and manned exploration has been reflected in the work of artists. | More info »

• Bone Mill, New Street, Charfield, GL12 8ES
• Friday 30th November 2018 6pm
• Public Lecture by Professor Carl Murray, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London "Cassini at Saturn: the End of an Era" | More info »

• Bone Mill, New Street, Charfield, GL12 8ES
• Saturday 27th October 2018
• This event is not about the technology that we may use to search for intelligent life in the Cosmos, but more a discussion on what we mean by life, intelligence, and the philosophy of our approach to finding those things external to the Earth. It is about the assumptions we make in our lines of reasoning which may have an influence on our strategies. Multiple speakers! | More info »

• Bone Mill, New Street, Charfield, GL12 8ES
• Friday 26th October 2018 at 6pm
• Lecture by Professor Ian Crawford, Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology, Birkbeck, University College London | More info »

• Bone Mill, New Street, Charfield, GL12 8ES
• Saturday 29th September 2018 at 1pm
• Professor Greg Matloff, City University of New York, and C Bangs, artist, will give a lecture on the merger of science and art in the field of holographic photon sails and show the propulsive possibilities of holography in space. | More info »

• The Bone Mill, i4is HQ, Gloucestershire
• 15-19 August 2018
• The world's first ever dedicated interstellar summer school. | More info »

• The Bone Mill, i4is HQ, Gloucestershire
• 27 July 2018 at 6 PM
• A public presentation starting at 1800, doors open 1700. | More info »

A Presentation by Kelvin F. Long - The Apkallu Initiative: A Project to build a Minilithic Artefact to Preserve the Knowledge of Human Civilization into Deep Time In the Event of Global Cataclysm

• The Bone Mill, i4is HQ, Gloucestershire
• 29 June2018
• A public lecture starting at 1800, doors open 1700.

New i4is Symposium on Future Space Activities featuring Mark Hempsell: The Stellar Challenger - A Concept Study

The Bone Mill, i4is HQ, Gloucestershire, 01 June 2018

Mark Hempsell, President of the BIS, has kindly agreed to replace David Baker at our HQ lecture - 1 June 2018; doors open from 5pm, presentation starts 6pm.

6pm: "The Stellar Challenger- A Concept Study" - presented by Mark Hempsall, President of the BIS.  Proposes a nuclear rocket engine combining thermodynamic and electrical heating yielding exhaust velocities above 12 km/sec - about twice the maximum for a chemical rocket." Contact us at info@nulli4is.org to attend.  More info.

1:30pm - 5pm:  I4is public Symposium on Future Space Activities.  The Initiative for Interstellar Studies presents an afternoon of public talks on the near and far future of space activities: Kelvin F Long, Rob Swinney, Patrick Mahon, David Johnson and Stephen Ashworth on Current and Proposed Space Telescope Missions Post Hubble, Sustainability and Resource Utilisation in Space, Proposal for a Trans-Neptunium object mission design study, Derivation of Equation for Application to Mass Drivers, A Strategic Goal for Humanity on Earth and in Space in 2061 - followed by a discussion and summary.

HQ Lecture (4): David Ashford

• The Bone Mill, i4is HQ, Gloucestershire
• 11 January 2018
• David spoke about Bristol Spaceplanes and sub-orbital tourism.

HQ Lecture (3): Robert Kennedy III

• The Bone Mill, i4is HQ, Gloucestershire
• 08 December 2017
• Robert spoke about his work in geothermal engineering.

HQ Lecture (2): Dr Pete Worden

• The Bone Mill, i4is HQ, Gloucestershire
• 20 October 2017
• Pete Worden gave the second public lecture on Breakthrough Initiatives Project Starshot.

HQ Lecture (1): Al Worden

• The Bone Mill, i4is HQ, Gloucestershire
• 08 October 2017
• Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden gave the first ever public lecture to a packed out room at the new HQ opening on the subject of Apollo 15 and his thoughts about the future exploration of deep space by humankind.

Foundations of Interstellar Studies

• City University New York, New York, USA
• 13, 14, 15 June 2017
• A theoretical physics workshop on interstellar flight, a collaboration between the Institute for Interstellar Studies and the theoretical physics department of the University.

Interstellar Challenge (STEM)

• Imperial College
• 05 December 2016
• Science Technology Engineering Mathematics event organised by i4is Educational Academy Committee with 8 schools.

Science Fiction Starships

• British Interplanetary Society, London
• 13 November 2016
• One day workshop exploring the science and engineering of science fiction starships, building on from the Starship Engineer workshop.

Starship Engineer

• British Interplanetary Society, London
• 12 November 2016
• One day workshop exploring the science and engineering of spacecraft design.

Interstellar Spaceflight

• Scottish Dark Sky Observatory, Scotland
• 14-15 August 2015
• Public lectures by team members.

UK Space Conference

• Liverpool, UK
• July 2015
• BIS organised event on 75th anniversary of the society.

Project Dragonfly Workshop

• British Interplanetary Society, London, UK
• July 2015
• Student design competition for laser-sail study and associated presentations and awards.

Interstellar Travel

• Cotswold Astronomical Society, Gloucestershire, UK
• 11 July 2015
• Presentation by Gill Norman.

Starfest 2015

• North Essex Astronomical Society, Essex, UK
• 15 April 2015
• Trade stand and lectures by team members.

Eastercon 2015 (Dysprosium)

• Heathrow Airport
• 03-05 April 2015
• Trade stand and presentations by team members.

Interstellar Wormholes: Physics and Practical Realisation

• British Interplanetary Society, London, UK
• 24 November 2014
• Workshop event organised in conjunction with showing of film 'Interstellar' to discuss the physics.

3rd Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop

• Tennessee, USA
• 09-12 November 2014
• i4is facilitated the first science fiction workshop.

World Science Fiction Convention (Loncon3)

• London, UK
• 14-18 August 2014
• Trade stand, exhibition and entire talks session by i4is.

BIS Space History Conference

• Charterhouse, Surrey, UK
• 24-26 July 2014
• Annual BIS space conference.

Starfest 2013

• Essex, UK
• 02 November 2013
• Trade stand and presentations at the North Essex Astronomical Society.

14th Sci-Fi London

• London, UK
• October 2013
• Lectures plus the running of a film competition.

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