Here we keep you up-to-date with upcoming events our members are involved in. These include specialist events at our HQ as well as events worldwide. So keep an eye on this page.
Events
Starship Engineer Summer School
- The Bone Mill, i4is HQ, Gloucestershire
- 15-19 August 2018
- The world's first ever dedicated interstellar summer school. More info and registration.
Past Events
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.
