The full conference programme for 2025 is now available
The programme can be viewed and downloaded as a pdf at the Programme page.
Early registration is now closed
Registration will still be possible on site or can be arranged over email to: info@lifeandplanet.com
Timeline and costs for Life and Planet 2025:
26th Feb 2025: Abstract submissions open 16th April 2025: Abstract submission deadline 7th May 2025: Registration opens 14th-16th July 2025: Meeting at Burlington House, London
Registration costs are £60 for students or GSL members, £80 for others. Travel grants of £100 are available – expressions of interest in the registration form. See the ‘venue’ tab for information on meeting location and accomodation, including low price options.
About the conference:
Life and Planet is the annual meeting of the Earth System Science Group of the Geological Society of London which takes place at the historic Burlington House in Piccadilly each year. We hope to have an exciting, inclusive and supportive yearly event where anybody interested in the co-evolution of life and the Earth can present their work, build collaborations, and grow the community.
We are dedicated to promoting the work of early career researchers (ECRs) and as such the meeting has free abstract submission, low registration fees and will feature selected ‘highlight’ talks from our ECR submissions rather than invited talks from senior colleagues. Attendance comprises researchers at all career stages as well as other interested parties and individuals.
Scientific focus and sessions:
The theme of co-evolution is broad and cross-disciplinary, and we welcome work that spans the fields of (in no particular order) palaeontology, (bio)geochemistry, sedimentology, geobiology, palaeoclimate, geodynamics, tectonics, astrobiology and any scientific work that aims to understand how life has shaped the global environment and/or how the global environment has shaped life on Earth, or how it may do so on planets in general. We welcome equally work from the field, the laboratory or from numerical simulation.
The meeting runs over three days and includes talks, posters, discussions, early and mid career workshops, the group AGM, and plenty of time for collaboration and network building in the wonderful surroundings of Burlington House.
