Darwin and Wallace: 150 Years of the Discovery of Evolution
Darwin: History, Medicine and Science
Euroscience Open Forum
Exhibition: NorthSouthEastWest
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Darwin and Wallace: 150 Years of the Discovery of Evolution
From February to May 2008
Fundación BBVA, Bilbao

Peter Bowler from Queen’s University, Belfast and Fern Elsdon-Bake,from the University of Leeds will be taking part in the “Darwin and Wallace: 150 Years of the Discovery of Evolution”  series of lectures, organised by Fundación BBVA and CIC bioGUNE in collaboration with the British Council. This series of lectures celebrates the 150th anniversary of the presentation by Charles Lyell and Joseph Hooker at the Linnean Society in London of the work carried out by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace on evolution. Amongst others, prestigious speakers such as Ginés Morata Morata (Premio Príncipe de Asturias 2007),  Miguel Delibes  (Premio Rey Jaime I en 2003)  and Eudal Carbonell  (Premio Príncipe de Asturias en 1997) will also be participating in the series of  lectures. More information on:
www.cicbiogune.es
www.fbbva.es

Darwin: History, Medicine and Science
April and May 2008
Residencia de Estudiantes

As part of the series of events to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the publication of “The origin of the species” and 200th of Darwin’s birth the British Council participates with the Fundación de Ciencias de la Salud in a cycle of conferences dedicated to Darwin’s live and work.
John van Wyhe, José María Sánchez Ron, Thomas Dixon, Paul White o Ginés Morata will be among the prestigious speakers taking part in this cycle. To obtain more information click here.

Euroscience Open Forum
18:15-19:15-18-22 July 2008
Conference Centre-Cafeteria 1st floor
Fira de Barcelona

The Euroscience Open Forum will be taking place in Barcelona between the 18 and 22 of July at Barcelona Conference Centre, Fira de Barcelona.  It presents and profiles Europe's leading research trends in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is an opportunity to discuss and influence the future of research and innovation in Europe by involving all main stakeholders: scientists, business executives and policy-makers.
The British Council is working in conjunction with the British Association for the Advancement of Science to bring the audience the X- change, a space which provides the perfect opportunity to hear the highlights of the day and participate in a debate with a panel of the best speakers in ESOFCome along to enjoy a friendly, interactive and multi-disciplinary talk show-style event. This is an ideal opportunity to get together, to have a drink, and share your views on the day's hottest topics with a panel of ESOF's best speakers.
www.esof2008.org

NorthSouthEastWest

Ten of the most prestigious photographers from the Magnum agency show us in this British Council exhibition both the dramatic impact which climate change is having on the environment  and the solutions being generated to combat this.
The photographs on display are striking. They depict many extreme situations ranging from the melting of the polar ice caps to the lack of clean drinking water endured in many parts of the world and the atmospheric pollution in our cities. NorthSouthEastWest is part of the British Council's ZeroCarbonCity campaign and will be on display in 2008 at the following:

			DATES		VENUE
			5 June - 9 July 2008 Monday to Sunday - 9:00 to 23:00		Estació Intermodal Central de Palma (Plaça de Espanya)
			mid-July to end of September		Sea Life Puerto Marina s/n 29630 Benalmádena Málaga

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