The symposium held by the Institute of History of the University of Iceland in Lón on August 29th in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy in Iceland to mark the 250th anniversary of the first British scientific expedition to visit Iceland in 1772 was well attended. Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir opened the symposium and the Rector of the University of Iceland, Jón Atli Benediktsson, gave an address. The symposium was held in English. Foreign speakers included Professor Sverker Sörlin, who gave a talk about the Swedish botanist Daniel Solander, Banks' closest collaborator, and Dr Neil Chambers, who discussed Banks' publishing work. Geophysicist Páll Einarsson spoke about volcanoes, but Banks' main purpose for the Iceland trip was to hike Hekla. Botanist Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir and biologist Gísli Már Gíslason discussed the expedition's scientific reports, which have never been studied before. Finally, historians Anna Agnarsdóttir and Sumarliði Ísleifsson discussed the legacy: Banks, the friend of Iceland, and the pictures that Banks' artists drew during his trip to Iceland, which can now be seen in an exhibition currently underway at the National Library.