Our Events

The Systematics Association regularly organises events that promote Systematics research, specialists’ networking and education.

• The Systematics Association Biennial Conference
• The Young Systematists’ Forum
• Lectures by invited keynote speakers

Previous events

2021

• President’s Lecture 2021 – Dr David Williams, Principal Researcher at Natural History Museum of London and president of the Systematics Association. Virtual lecture, 13th October 2021.

• Young Systematists’ Forum 2021 Virtual meeting, 19th November 2021.

• Sir Julian Huxley Lecture 2021 – Dr Susan L Perkins, Martin & Michele Cohen Dean of Science at the City College of New York, United States. Virtual lecture, 13th October 2021.

• Science Policy Lecture 2021 – Prof Sir Ian Boyd, former Chief Adviser to the UK Government on Food and Environment. Virtual lecture, organised in collaboration with the Linnean Society of London, 14th October 2021.

2020

• President’s Lecture 2020 – Dr Sam Giles, Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow. School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham. Virtual lecture, 25th November 2020.

• Young Systematists’ Forum 2020 – Virtual Meeting. 23rd and 24th November 2020.

2019

• Annual General Meeting and President’s Lecture by Andy Brower – Assistant Director, National Identification Services (NIS), USDA APHIS PPQ Plant Health Programs, USA. London, 27th November.


• Young Systematists’ Forum, 21st Edition. London, 22nd November.


• Sir Julian Huxley Lecture 2019. “Sixty years in Asian rainforests: how systematics could support their Anthropocene future”, by Peter Ashton, FLS. In association with The Linnean Society of London. London, 14th November.


• The Systematics Association Biennial Conference. Bristol, 17th-19th June.

2018