The i4is Education Team are running a series of online talks for i4is members. The talks are based on the various modules we have provided for the ISU recently. The main reason for holding these talks is to give the i4is members another benefit for their support. We also see this talk series as being beneficial to our i4is colleagues and research collaborators by giving them the opportunity to present to an interested group, topics that intrigue them. We hope that you will join us.
Some of our talk are available publicly, however most are only available to members of the Initiative for Interstellar Studies. Join today!
Livestream recordings and slides
Video recordings and slides are available for most of the talks. They can be found via the links the the schedules below. Public recordings can also be found on our YouTube channel.
Register to attend
Register your interest by completing the following form or by sending a quick email to talks@i4is.org, and you will receive the connection information when needed.
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Schedule
Upcoming and past talks are listed on our events page. On that page you can subscribe to the i4is calendar and stay up-to-date with newly announced events throughout i4is.
Series 3 (2021)
- 8th June — Adam Hibberd — Guidance of the Ariane 4 launch vehicle
- 15th June — Rob Swinney — New Limitless Space Institute Course — Open
- 22nd June — John Davies — Visions of our Interstellar Future
- 29th June — Terry Regan — Scratch Modelling Conventional and Interstellar Spacecraft
- 6th July — Frederic Schoutetens — Optimisation of Photon-Sail Trajectories in Alpha Centauri using Evolutionary Neurocontrol
- 13th July — Satinder Shergill — The Role of In-Space Resource Utilisation (ISRU) as an Enabler for Human Expansion into the Solar System and Beyond
- 20th July — Robert Kennedy III — Humanity’s Power Basis for Starfaring
All starting 8pm UK time for about an hour.
Series 2 (2021)
- 26th January — John Davies — The Interstellar Downlink — Open
- 2nd February — Olivia Borgue — Advanced Propulsion 2 (Nuclear etc.)
- 9th February — Adam Hibberd — 'Optimum Interplanetary Trajectory Software', from Interplanetary to Interstellar
- 16th February — Robert G. Kennedy III — Assuring Humanity's Interstellar Mission Capability for Posterity, or, Learning from Bronze Age Mistakes
- 23th February — Dan Fries — Interstellar Travel using Einsteinian Physics — Open
- 2nd March — Patrick Mahon and John Davies — Debate — The Case for Interstellar
All starting 8pm UK time for about an hour.
Series 1 (2020)
- 27th October — Rob Swinney — Introduction to Interstellar Studies
- 3rd November — Marshall Eubanks — Missions to Interstellar Objects - an i4is Initiative — Open
- 10th November — Dr Andreas Hein — Worldship Design
- 17th November — Dan Fries — An Introduction to Advanced Propulsion
- 24th November — Robert Swinney — Interstellar Precursor Missions
- 1st December — Patrick Mahon — Science Fiction Interstellar Starships — Open
All starting 8pm UK time for about an hour.