GLA Courses and Events

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GLA Courses and Events

Great Ormond Street Learning Academy (GLA) is delighted to provide a calendar of events that reflects the diverse and specialist nature of all that we do.

The events we host are aimed at a variety of audiences from healthcare practitioners, to students and professionals. The GLA events office ensures everyone enjoys truly unique and memorable experiences, from lectures, to digital learning, through to clinical simulation.

Upcoming Courses and Events

Simpson Smith Symposium_Square. Surgical team teaching using VR, students observing in the background

Lewis Spitz & Edward M Kiely Symposium with the 77th Simpson-Smith Memorial Lecture

3 Nov 2026 10 a.m. to 3 Nov 2026 6 p.m.

The Lewis Spitz & Edward M Kiely Symposium, held in honour of Lewis Spitz & Edward M Kiely, is one of the highlights of the UK Paediatric Surgical calendar. It is followed by the Simpson-Smith Memorial Lecture.