Herdman Symposium

In recent years this symposium has become a significant event in the North West England attracting over 250 participants each year.

The Herdman Symposium has been running since 1973 and is an annual regional gathering of Earth Scientists. For one day every year, the Herdman Symposium delivers a new scientific programme of talks given by internationally leading experts across earth sciences and centred on topical issues of the day. It is organised by the Herdman Society, which is the geology and geophysics undergraduate society at the University of Liverpool with links to physical geography and environmental geoscience.

The symposium is pitched at the undergraduate level, although our excellent speakers manage to excite interest across all levels including postgraduate students, academic staff, local geological society members, school students and teachers.

Past events

Herdman Symposium 2025 - Earth sciences in the anthropocene

Herdman Symposium 2024 - Energy and sustainability

Herdman Symposium 2023 - Looking Back and Looking Forward in Earth Science 

Herdman Symposium 2022 - Impacts of geoscience

Herdman Symposium 2021 - "Virtual Herdman symposium 2021: dynamic Earth".

Herdman Symposium 2020 - "Climate variation throughout Earth's histroy".