Robert Winston – Keynote Speaker

Widely regarded as our pre-eminent expert in reproductive medicine, Lord Winston is Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College. He has over 300 scientific publications about human reproduction and the early stages of pregnancy to his name and runs a research programme at the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology that aims to improve human transplantation. He is also Chairman of the Genesis Research Trust – a charity which funds high quality research into women’s health and babies.

Lord Robert Winston was Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University and Chairman of the Council of the Royal College of Music. In the field of politics, he sits on the Labour benches and speaks regularly in the House of Lords, particularly on science, education, medical ethics and the arts. He is a past chairman 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. He has written over twenty books on science for school children.

Much in demand as a conference speaker, Lord Winston explains how the human mind is expanding exponentially and advocates greater clarity from scientists. As an after dinner speaker, he is thought provoking and engaging covering career, his views and his wide interests with a terrific sense of humour.