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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
1 Kensington Gore
London SW7 2AR

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The Society is a Registered Charity, No.: 208791.

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Everest: 60th anniversary of reaching the summit

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the first known successful ascent of Everest, when on 29 May 1953 at 11.30am Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached its summit.

To celebrate the occasion the Society has a number of talks and exhibitions taking place throughout the month of May 2013, and into the summer. In addition to these events we also have a number of educational and research resources available. The resources and events have been brought together with a selection of the Society’s work, to highlight some of the related support we offer, in the form of a single reference web page - Everest's 60th anniversary.

BBC News have also published an audio slideshow, featuring images taken from the Society's Collections, and further information on the two Everest exhibitions can be found in the Society's media release (PDF).

Annual Conference 2013

The provisional programme for the Society’s annual international conference is now available. You can also read more about the plenaries and other special sessions.

Society members are invited to join conference delegates for the conference opening panel discussion on ‘Migration, climate change and the research and policy imperative’.

Annual Review 2012

Produced yearly, the Society's Annual Review reflects on our activities over the previous 12 months. It reviews major projects, funding and departmental developments, and provides an overview of plans for the future.

The Annual Review is published each year to coincide with our Annual General Meeting (AGM). This year, the AGM will be held on 3 June 2013.

Learning & Leading

The Society’s Learning & Leading programme gives opportunities to those who have faced challenging circumstances to experience high quality fieldwork and undertake geographical gap years.

Over 250 people have been given this opportunity for learning and personal development in its first five years. The programme also supports A Level teachers through funded weekend fieldwork master-classes.