Talks and Presentations by Philip Ball - Philip Ball

Talks and Presentations in 2025

13 February

Centre for Personalised Medicine Annual Lecture

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

“How Life Works: Dealing with Biology’s Changing Narrative”

Public talk, 17.30

CPM Annual Lecture 2025

12 March

“Communicating in a Crisis”

Panel discussion with Jonathan Van-Tam, Susan Michie, Jack Stilgoe, Cath Haddon

5 pm, Kennedy Lecture Theatre, UCL, Guildford Street, London

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/public-policy/events/2025/mar/communicating-crisis-lessons-learned-five-years-after-covid

13 March

“The Music Instinct”, Italian Cultural Institute, Belgrave Square, London

(as part of the London Book Fair)

23-25 March

“How Life Works”

Bloom Science Festival, Copenhagen

https://www.bloom.ooo/english

7-10 May

“The Future of Truth” symposium

Wenner-Gren Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden

https://www.swgc.org/en/upcoming-symposia

9 June 2025

Historical talks for “100 Years of Quantum Mechanics”

Helgoland, Germany

https://helgoland2025.yalepages.org/

20-25 July

Keynote address at the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology

Porto, Portugal

Talks and Presentations 2024

A user’s guide to the new biology. The Royal Institution. 12 February 2024, 2 pm. More details here.

18 December – “The Space of Possible Minds”

Trillion Parameter Consortium seminar, Argonne National Laboratory

15 December – Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People

The Cosmic Shambles, King’s Place, London

16 November – “How Life Works”

Molecular Frontiers, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

19 September – “How Life Works”, public talk

Studium Generale, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzpgGKQztik

12 September – “How Life Works”

Berwins Salon North, Crown Hotel, Harrogate

29 July – “How Life Works”

University of the Third Age (online)

Talks and Presentations 2023

Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Science and Magic. Royal Society of Chemistry History Group, online. 24 January, 2 pm. Details here.

Why Water Is Weird. 800th anniversary celebrations of the University of Padua, Italy. 6 February.

How To Build a Replicant (chairing). Science Museum, London. 12 March.

Can Science Be Neutral? Panel, Jermyn Theatre, Jermyn St., London, 7 pm. 22 March.

The Space of Possible Minds. Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, Highgate, London. 23 March.

The War of the Worlds. Pre-screening talk for Spielberg’s film, Barbican Cinema, London. 9 May, 6.10 pm. Details here.

Remaking Ourselves. Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal Lecture, The Royal Society, London, 11 May, 6.30 pm. Details here.