Your next great journey starts here!
Ready to turn your ambitious travel ideas and projects into reality? Join the vibrant community at the Royal Geographical Society for the UK's only dedicated event for planning expeditions and purposeful journeys, packed with inspiration, practical advice, and networking.
Whether you're a student planning an overseas project, a budding field researcher with a new idea, an independent traveller seeking to make a positive impact, or an adventurous content creator looking to tell transformative stories 鈥� if you鈥檙e inspired to explore the world in a challenging and meaningful way, this is your launchpad.
- Learn from over 100 world-leading expedition professionals and field researchers.
- Attend diverse workshops from planning your itinerary and managing risk to ethical travel and sharing your discoveries.
- Get tailored guidance for your specific project, big or small.
- Meet like-minded people united by a passion for discovery and making a difference.
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Venue information
This event will be held in at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR.
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- Workshop
Off-Site Safety Management (OSSM) course
A must for those involved in planned visits in the UK or overseas, this course looks at the safety management issues involved in planning, managing and evaluating local visits, fieldtrips, residentials and exchanges.
Open to all30 Sep 2025 - 1 Oct 2025 - Workshop
Off-Site Safety Management (OSSM): training the trainers
A one-day course for trainers with relevant previous experience in managing a wide range of visits in the UK and overseas who wish to deliver the off-site safety management course to their own groups.
Open to allThursday 2 October 2025 - Conference
Challenging maps and exploration symposium
Join us for a day of expert panels discussing the connections, historical and contemporary, between maps and exploration. Event sponsored by the Sunderland Collection.
London and onlineOpen to allThursday 30 October 2025
