Speaking on Saturday, January 3, 2026, we have :
Around the world in eighty minutes.
8-10 presentations of 10 slides
The format is talks by eight to ten speakers for ten minutes giving a fast-paced journey around the Globe.
There are four talks before the break and four to five talks after the break, with each speaker having around 10 minutes to speak.
The running order is:
- 1 Sandra Reekie – Biggest Recycling Centre in the World in Mumbai
- 2 Doreen Tayler – Vienna and Slovakia
- 3 Mike Smith – ‘Uninhabited Islands’ in the Outer Hebrides
- 4 Elizabeth Mioduchowski – 3rd Year of University in Spain
- Tea Break
- 5 Mary Fogarty – Pilgrimage and Purgatory in Međugorje
- 6 Peter Payne – Yangshuo, Southern China, ‘the Most Beautiful Place in the World’.
- 7 Simon Finnamore – Vietnam Cambodia & Thailand
- 8 Sheila Robinson – Portugal – A Whistlestop Tour
We still have a few spots open, if you would like to give a talk, please sign up here.
https://forms.gle/YmP6AheWexDGZqeWA
or email london@globetrotters.co.uk
Traditionally, we follow this meeting with a New Year’s Party post-meeting.
Everyone is invited to bring food, wine1, or soft drinks (we are not allowed beer or spirits) and participate!
We have now received permission for wine at the post-meeting New Year’s party, everyone is invited to bring food and wine or soft drinks.
(We will not have access to the kitchen to heat food, so please bring food that is ready to eat.)
Date & Time: Saturday 3rd January 2026
Doors open at 14:15 in London and on Zoom with the talks starting around 14:45 (London see Event Time Announcer for local times), please arrive before 14:45 and switch your phone to “do not disturb” or silent.
We would ask that anyone with respiratory symptoms participate via Zoom.
Admission costs:
- £7 for members. (Members can access a ticket code below or from the members area.)
- £10 for non-members. (save £3 if you join at this meeting)
- a recording to watch later will be available to members and non-member ticket holders.
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