Meeting the Needs of a Knowledge-Based Society Sir Richard Sykes, Rector of Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline plc, will deliver this year's JD Bernal Lecture on 14 May 2001.
Entrance is free but by ticket only.
Sir Richard was awarded a PhD in Microbial Biochemistry from Bristol University and a DSc from the University of London. Sir Richard received his knighthood in the 1994 New Year Honours list for services to the pharmaceutical industry. He sits on a number of government and scientific committees and is a Trustee of the Natural History Museum in London and the Board of Directors, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He served as President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1998-99, and holds a number of honorary degrees and awards from institutions both in the UK and overseas. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.