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Are you developing an idea for an overseas expedition or fieldwork project and in need of expert guidance on your next steps?

Throughout the first half of 2025, the RGS Explore team will be hosting fortnightly lunchtime webinars, each on a specific topic. You’ll learn how to refine and launch a successful exploratory venture, whether that’s a challenging journey with a purpose, field research in a remote location, or anything in between.

In the third event in this series, we will be discussing the critical topic of expedition safety, including the true value of undertaking a risk assessment, strategies for mitigating identified risks, and the importance of thorough emergency response planning.

You will learn:

  • The importance of assessing risks and weighing them against potential benefits, and how this process informs your overall planning,

  • Risk assessment and mitigation planning approaches, principles and techniques, and

  • What standards and training opportunities exist in support of expedition and fieldwork safety.

About the hosts

Tom Allen is the Society's new Expeditions and Fieldwork Manager. He is an explorer, author, trail prospector and responsible travel advocate specialising in the Caucasus region, as well a past recipient of the Society Land Rover Bursary.

In addition to supporting our core audience of fieldwork and expeditions practitioners, Tom will be helping the Society to expand the Society’s support to many more people, from leading experts to the simply curious, who want to make the world a better place as they travel with purpose, develop geographical knowledge, and share what they learn.

Shane Winser is the Royal Geographical Society’s Expeditions and Fieldwork advisor, providing advice, information, and training to a wide range of scientific, educational, and adventurous expeditions. Together with colleagues, Shane curates the Society’s annual Explore weekend held each November.

Shane is a member of BSI’s technical panel for BS 8848: the British Standard that specifies operational requirements for organisers of a wide variety of overseas ventures including university and academic fieldwork, gap year experiences, adventure holidays, charity challenges and research expeditions.

She is a co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine, now in its third edition, and editor of the RGS Expedition Handbook, soon be to be updated as digital resources.

About our guest

Dave Lucas has spent over 65 months on expeditions in 85 countries from Europe and Asia to Africa and Latin America. He thrives on exploring for unclimbed areas of the world and has climbed new routes in dozens of countries. To Dave, the climbing is the ‘icing on the cake’ and the real ‘fruit and nut mix’ is made from the people you meet, the animals you encounter, the sights you see and the wonderful food you eat.

Dave’s adventures have been on the National Geographic Channel and on Sky TV, in four books, and in seven magazines. He has been recognised by the Society and has been a Fellow since his mid twenties.

Dave inspires others by speaking about his adventures at numerous public speaking events. Just one of his many adventures was climbing new routes to explore a ruined inaccessible Ethiopian palace for gold, treasure and legends.

Dave lives for adventure, and this, combined with his professional manner and experience, has resulted in his being a very sought after expedition guide.

Booking information

  • Advance booking for this event is required. In order to book you will need an account on our website. If you already have an account you will be prompted to log in when you click 'book now'. Please create an account if you do not have one yet (you do not need to be a member of the Society to create an account).

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If you have any questions or require assistance with your booking, please email events@rgs.org

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Key Information

Expedition + fieldwork practitioners
12 February 2025, 1.00pm-1.45pm

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Non-member £0.00, Member £0.00
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