Royal College Day 2026

Registration and refreshments will commence from 10.30am, with the AGM starting at 11.00am and is open to all registered veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses.

Agenda:

• Formal declaration of RCVS Council election results and appointments
• Presentation of Annual Report and Financial Statements 2025
• Council Meeting to approve the new 2026 Officer Team - President, Vice Presidents and Treasurer

This morning session will be followed by a buffet lunch in the Great Hall.

Our Awards Ceremony starts around 1.00pm, and is open to all. 

Agenda:

• Presentation of awards
• Out-going President’s Address, Professor Tim Parkin FRCVS
• Investiture of new President Tim Hutchinson MRCVS
• Investiture of Vice Presidents Professor Tim Parkin FRCVS (SVP), Professor David Barrett FRCVS (JVP)
• New President's remarks
• Guest speaker address - Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE
• Afternoon tea

The keynote address will be delivered during the afternoon Honours and Awards session. Our keynote speaker for 2026 is:

Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE

His talk is entitled:

Communicating evidence and uncertainty in a trustworthy way.

Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE is Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge. He is a regular media commentator on statistical issues, and was very busy over the Covid crisis. His bestselling book, The Art of Statistics, was published in 2019, and The Art of Uncertainty in 2024.

His career highlights include appearing on Desert Island Discs in 2022, and in 2011 coming 7th in an episode of BBC1’s Winter Wipeout.

He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2005, awarded an OBE in 2006, and knighted in 2014 for services to medical statistics. He was President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2017-2018, and has been a Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority since 2020.

The deadline for submitting questions relating to the RCVS Annual Report and Financial Statements 2025 is Tuesday, 30 June, 5pm. If you have any questions relating to any other part of the AGM please email Deborah Rowlanes on [email protected]