Re-Discovering Galapagos Day

Join the Galapagos Conservation Trust in this unique event at the prestigious home of the Royal Geographical Society in October as we launch our pioneering online educational resource and discover the Galapagos like never before.
The Galapagos Conservation Trust are excited to announce the return of the highly popular Galapagos Day this October. In partnership with the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) we will be showcasing our exciting new interactive web-based resource Discovering Galapagos in a unique event format.
Guests will embark on a one-of-a-kind journey of discovery around the prestigious RGS building travelling through special zones matched to aspects of the Discovering Galapagos project. Exhibits will offer a range of material from digital interactive activities from the Discovering Galapagos website through to historical memorabilia from the Voyage of the Beagle. There will also be the opportunity to attend a suite of talks on a range of topics by experts in their field.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Kelvin Boot, natural history writer and BBC broadcaster
• Jason Ali, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Hong Kong
• Henry Nicholls, author of The Galapagos: A Natural History
• Steve Blake, project leader of the Galapagos Tortoise Movement Ecology Programme
• Ian Dunn, CEO of the Galapagos Conservation Trust

Other exhibitors include:
• Silversea, event sponsor and luxury cruise operator
• Members of the 1972 Cambridge and London Galapagos Islands Expedition
• David Gordon, Chairman of The Book Bus
• Randal Keynes, great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin and a walking Galapagos library
• Charlotte Moreton, ecologist and artist
• Amie Shuttleworth and Jon Waite, sustainability engineers with 3 months on the ground experience in Galapagos in 2014
• Robert E. Fuller, British wildlife artist

Ran by the only UK charity to focus exclusively on conservation and sustainability in Galapagos, this event will be a fantastic way to discover Galapagos like never before whilst supporting the conservation of these unique Islands. We hope to see as many of you as possible at this event, so join us in re-discovering Galapagos!