Unless stated otherwise, events in this region are organised by the Society’s Southern Regional Committee.
Local RGS-IBG contact: John Leonard CBE 
jp.leonard@btinternet.com and 
+44 (0)1962 886380
When tickets are required in advance, please enclose s.a.e. and make cheques payable to 'RGS-IBG'
Coming up:
Aquifers – the vital role of groundwater in alleviating poverty
Dr Richard Taylor, Reader in Hydrogeology, UCL
- Thursday 2 May 2013 at 7.00pm
- Lecture (Southampton)
Richard examines groundwater resources in the tropics. These increasingly play an important role in sustaining water and food supplies threatened by climate variability and change.
Joint lecture with University of Southampton.
Venue: Lecture Theatre A, School of Geography (Shackleton Building, 44), University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ (use South Entrance).
Tickets: free to RGS-IBG members and members of the university (plus one guest), non-members £5 each. Apply to John Leonard.
The Everest story
Stephen Venables
- Thursday 13 June 2013 at 8.00pm
- Regional Theatres Programme (Southampton)
Illegal trespasses, unsuccessful attempts, the 1953 triumph, an ascent without supplementary oxygen and today’s mass guided climbs. Join internationally acclaimed mountaineer Stephen on an intimate portrayal of Everest.
Venue: Turner Sims, University of Southampton, Highfield Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ.
Tickets: RGS-IBG members and one guest £12 each (quote membership number), telephone +44 (0)23 8059 5151.
Mapping the movement of humans and their diseases
Dr Andy Tatem, Reader in Geography, University of Southampton
- Thursday 27 June 2013 at 7.00pm
- Lecture (Southampton)
Andy has developed such novel tools as mobile phones and satellite imagery for measuring the spread of diseases. Joint lecture with University of Southampton.
Venue: Lecture Theatre A, School of Geography (Shackleton Building, 44), University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ (use South Entrance).
Tickets: free to RGS-IBG members and members of the university (plus one guest), non-members £5 each. Apply to John Leonard.
Future of national mapping – Ordnance Survey HQ
- Friday 28 June 2013 at 5.30pm
- Visit and lecture (Southampton)
High-quality spatial information is vital to the global economy. Ordnance Survey’s mission underpins Great Britain with easy-access accurate mapping. Attendees will see techniques of spatial data gathering and OS products.
Venue: Ordnance Survey, Adanac Drive, Southampton, SO16 0AS.
Tickets (advance booking only): free to RGS-IBG members (plus one guest), non-members £5 each. For security reasons names of all attending are needed in advance. Contact organiser Derry Corey by 7 June 2013, telephone +44 (0)17 5270 3354.
Emerging technologies for marine mapping
Dr Russell Wynn, Head of Marine Geosciences, National Oceanography Centre
- Tuesday 23 July 2013 at 7.00pm
- Lecture (Southampton)
Russell will cover aspects of marine mapping in all depths of water, and include the ways in which such technologies interact with seabirds and cetaceans.
Venue: National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH.
Tickets: free to all, contact Dr Travis Mason, email tem@noc.soton.ac.uk.
Chilbolton Observatory
- Date to be confirmed
- Field visit
Attempts are being made to arrange a daytime visit to this important site of atmospheric science, radar and radio research. Contact Debbie Milton for expressions of interest, email debbie.milton1@gmail.com.
Ice river – to Zanskar in winter
Paul Howard and Tanzin Norbu
- Friday 15 March 2013 at 11.00am for 11.30am
- Lecture followed by optional lunch (West Sussex)
The speakers will describe the winter journey they made together along a frozen river gorge to the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Zanskar discovering how much has changed since Tanzin’s childhood there.
Venue: Danny House, Hurstpierpoint, BN6 9BB.
Tickets (in advance please): free to RGS-IBG members and one guest, non-members £5. Optional lunch additional £15.
Contact: David Palmer, 5 Banister Gardens, Southampton, SO15 2LX, email drtpalmer@hotmail.com.
Living Africa
Steve Bloom
- Thursday 21 March 2013 at 8.00pm
- Regional Theatres Programme (RTP) (Southampton)
A visual exploration of an extraordinary continent through its diverse landscapes, wildlife and human life. Photographer Steve articulates the challenges faced by Africa’s people and environment in the 21st century, in the bi-centenary of explorer David Livingstone’s birth.
Venue: Turner Sims, University of Southampton, Highfield Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ.
Tickets: RGS-IBG members and one guest £12 each (quote membership number), telephone +44 (0)23 8059 5151.
See the lecture brought to life at www.rgs.org/rtp.