Lord Robert Winston To Speak At BSAVA Congress

Following in the prestigious and popular footsteps of Congress guests that have included Susan Greenfield, Simon King and Monty Halls, is doctor, scientist, politician and television presenter Lord Robert Winston He has been described as “truly a ‘renaissance Man”, and is widely regarded as the UK’s pre-eminent expert in reproductive medicine. Lord Robert Winston is Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College – and this year’s invited guest speaker for the BSAVA 2012 Lecture. Lord Winston runs a gene transplant research programme in the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, where the team have achieved significant advances, particularly in endocrinology, IVF and genetics. For some years, Lord Winston has been Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University and has recently been appointed Chairman of the Council of the Royal College of Music. In the field of politics, Lord Winston sits on the Labour benches and speaks regularly in the House of Lords, particularly on science, education, medical ethics and the arts. He sits of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology. A seasoned and popular television presenter, Lord Winston wrote and presented Superhuman, The Secret Life of Twins, Child of Our Time and the BAFTA Award winning The Human Body. He presented five series of Your Life in Their Hands for the BBC. In addition to his science-based programmes, Lord Winston displayed his musical abilities in Play It Again, where he learned to play a saxophone, from scratch, in five months. He has even appeared in an episode of The Archers, as a fertility expert. A regular contributor to Any Questions, Question Time and the Today Programme, Lord Winston has also appeared on Have I Got News For You, Start The Week and Desert Island Discs. He has contributed articles to all the national newspapers and to journals ranging from The Spectator to Good Housekeeping. The professor is much in demand as a conference speaker, and Lord Winston is known to enthusiastically explain how the human mind is expanding exponentially and advocates greater trust in scientists, in everything from food scares to climate prediction. Lord Winston promises to be a thought provoking and thoroughly engaging speaker for the BSAVA Congress Lecture, which takes place on the Thursday of Congress and free for delegates to attend (tickets available on request). Those attending can look forward to hearing him convey his enthusiasm for science with a terrific sense of humour.

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