Together with Mike Towler, Royal Society research fellow of the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory, he organized a conference on the de Broglie-Bohm theory the Apuan Alps Centre for Physics in August 2010, hosted by the Towler Institute located in Vallico di Sotto in Tuscany, Italy, which is loosely associated with the Theory of Condensed Matter group of the Cavendish Laboratory.
In 2005, Towler opened the Towler Institute, a science institute, conference centre and events venue in a 16th century monastery situated in the village Vallico di Sotto in Tuscany, Italy, which he owns.